Art Explosion Publisher Pro Description:

Art Explosion Publisher Pro review:
4 stars (Good Value) - I am a youth pastor and make a lot of flyers, calendars, postcards, etc. and needed a program to do just that. I previously had experience with Microsoft publisher, but didn't want to pay the cost for the software. I decided to take a chance with Publisher Pro and was fairly impressed for the price.



The "thousands" of design templates is sort of a misnomer, they use pretty much the same designs on all the different formats: flyers, postcards, newsletters, etc. But, Microsoft Publisher does that too.



However, Publisher Pro was not nearly as user-friendly as Microsoft Publisher. And, the graphics library is indeed large, but many of the graphics are fairly unprofessional and dated. It takes a little getting used to, especially if you are familiar with the Microsoft Program. One thing that I am disappointed with is the fact that you cannot change color schemes easily in Publisher Pro (or at least, I haven't figured it out yet and it's not intuitive).



The program does come with a very detailed and large instruction manual that I'm sure would be helpful. But I don't think someone familiar with publishing software should have to use it to do basic tasks.



I couldn't decide to give it 3 or 4 stars, but decided that it was a very good value and does have a lot of potential if you are willing to learn how to use the program. So, 4 stars it is.
5 stars (Great Product) - I like software that has a lot of templates and photos/graphics to work with and this program has it all!! And the templates are so easy to use and add to it is really nice. I have tried other programs and this one is the one for me. The templates are professional and easily integrated to what you need to use it for! Very user friendly!
5 stars (:)) - This is the second piece of software that I have purchased from this company. A little over two years ago was when I bought Photo Explosion Deluxe. This was when I was still learning how to use a PC and was easily flustered. I called Tech Support for some direction on using this software. I still remember that young man spent over half an hour on the phone explaining in detail everything that I wanted to do. It was a pleasurable experience dealing with them then.

Fast forward to one month ago, I bought Publisher Pro to design a website to show off my new born twins. I was surprised that designing a website was so straight forward and actually relaxing (try sitting down with twins). I did have to call tech support once while designing this. And once again, they patiently explained how to properly FTP my website to the host.

The programs are easy to use and the company is professional and helpful. I could not have had a better experience with a piece of software. 10 out of 10