Features

• CD-ROM
• Word processing combined with professional script formatting
• Designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics, and stage plays
• Automatically paginates and formats script to industry standards
• 100-percent cross-platform compatibility; easily import/export files
• 50+ templates; text to speech, have your script read back to you

Reviews (48)

Final Draft 7 does the job.
When I wrote my incredible screenplay on Final Draft 7 I was amazed. My first screenplay was done on Word and took forever to format. The only problem is that my screenplay sits and waits for representation--it's an awe-inspiring story and I can be reached at wlux22 at aol dot com.
A Beginner's Thoughts.
Even though I have done a lot of writing in my life, I had never written a complete screenplay.I've had lots of ideas, but had never written them down.I finally decided to get some of these ideas out on paper.I knew from talking with friends who already work in the industry that script readers are very particular when it comes to the format of a screenplay and that one formatting error can cause someone to throw away an otherwise wonderful script.I considered other screenwriting software, but after speaking with my industry insider friends and doing other research I felt that FINAL DRAFT was the best software to get.I've been using FINAL DRAFT 7 for awhile now and have not had any problems with it.For writing screenplays, I love this software.I have not had any trouble with the software not loading and I've not lost anything I've ever written (though I tend to save a lot of my work frequently anyway).I've read most of the other reviews about FINAL DRAFT 7 on Amazon and it seems that people either really like the software or they hate it.I fall into the former category and have found it quite useful.For a beginning screenwriter, it works wonderfully.The only downside I have with the software is that it is quite expensive.As an educator, I was able to get a discount. FINAL DRAFT offers a discount for students, educators, and military personnel, but if you're not able to get that discount then the software is about double the cost that it should be.

What a transformation!
Reformatted previously written scripts.The script was transformed to a professional looking one.I was going to rate this a 5 but reformatting is a slow process but well worth it!I have still a lot to learn! Loved it immediately. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Corel Paint Shop Pro is the all-in-one solution for photo editing, organizing, sharing, and creativity. You will get tools for making your photos look just the way you want, organizing them so they are always at your fingertips, and making photo postcards, calendars, and more--advanced enough for a pro and easiest enough for a beginner. Version X is the best Paint Shop yet, with run times 50% faster than previous versions, more teaching resources (more than two hours of tutorials) for you to easily get the most out of the program, and 500 special effects.Read more

Features

• Simple, one-click red-eye removal
• Over 500 different Special Effects & NEW Picture Tubes
• Black & White Conversion and Black & White Infrared Conversion filters - can control the contrast strength and adjust the grain level of your photos to simulate real black and white or infrared film
• One-Step Noise Fix removes digital camera noise or excess graininess
• Color Management engine lets you read and save color profile data and ensures screen to-print color matching

Reviews (54)

Not A Cheap PhotoShop Alternative - Better!!
It's a shame Paint Shop Pro (PSP) is so often described as simply an alternative to PhotoShop. In reality, Paint Shop Pro is better. While both are fairly evenly matched when it comes to image editing, PSP also has a full set of graphics editing tools that PhotoShop mostly lacks. These tools allow one to draw and paint in vector, raster, and art media layers for the creation and editing of clip art, business logos, web graphics, and similar artwork. Reviewers (magazine or other) rarely mention this when comparing the two products, instead pointing to a few additional esoteric image editing tools while claiming PhotoShop is the superior product.
Go find a copy of version 7
I guess Corel thought PSP would sell better if it was dumbed down for the masses. I am in complete agreement with everyone who says Corel has done a bad number on it.
Goodbye Corel
Well, I finally got around to it: uninstalling PSP X. It was just a waste of perfectly good harddrive space. And besides, I have PSP 9 installed, which is just a better program than PSP X. I'm only sorry that I purchased the "upgrade" to PSP X when it was first offered by Corel, after they bought out JASC. What a waste of money. Now I hear that Corel has released PSP PHOTO XI. Yes, what was once a fine image processing software program has been relegated to being a mere photo enhancement program. No thanks, Corel! ... Read more

Features

• March 1963 through December 2006.

Reviews (1)

MUST HAVE FOR ANY SPIDER-MAN FAN!
This set has got everything.Almost every major Spider-man moment is in this collection.From Spider-man's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15, his wedding, and not to forget those great super-villain battles with the Green Goblin and Venom.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• 20-lesson singing tutorial with real-time pitch recognition technology
• Automatically adjusts songs to specific vocal range; sheet music view
• Edit songs or compose new songs with compose mode
• Learn to sing with proper breathing and posture; measure performance
• Imports MIDI's; microphone headset included

Reviews (21)

Great if you want to train Pitch Accuracy!
I am an above average singer and want to take the next step to becoming a professional and found that my pitch accuracy needed some help. Problem is that I can't always hear when I'm off pitch and have to depend on my husband to tell me - which is a pain when you're a singer. I got this program for that purpose which is to train this very important part of singing. I would definitely recommend this program if you are a beginning singer - it will help with understanding the basics and pitch accuracy. If you are an intermediate singer or expert singer this can still help you - not in improving your vocal flexibility, range or tone (I recommend Brett Manning's Singing Success CD set for that), but if you want to improve pitch accuracy.I must say in the week that I've had this, I think I've improved. Yes it is a cheesy program - with lots of cheesy animated characters but it is easy to skip this stuff if it annoys you as it does me. I just wish that we could have more interesting songs on the program - the songs that already come with the program are songs like Amazing Grace and Danny Boy - which are good but get a little boring. This gives you 12 free downloads of better songs (i.e. pop etc.) but I do wish it was 20 or something like that. Would be nice if Carry a Tune had a bigger selection of songs - like I couldn't find a single Jewel song! That's my only real gripe. I'm pretty happy with it overall...

Misleading
I was expecting much more than what I got. There are 25 songs but they're all juvenile songs. You can download some but I guess I just expected more help with pitch than what this provides. For the money, it's not worth it.

Awesome software
I picked this product up recently and I have to say it is even better than advertised. It gies you everything it says it does and more and works great. The fact that I can see my voice on the screen is amazing and in real time no less.
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Editorial Review

Based on powerful and professional photo editing software, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 helps you edit and share your photos easily and conveniently. Ideal for home users and hobbyists, Photoshop Elements 4.0 provides all the tools you need to edit and enhance photos while expressing your creativity. Read more

Features

• Edit and enhance your photos easily and creatively with a variety of new tools
• Fix common photo flaws, touch up specific areas, and add special effects
• Show off photos with customizable slide shows, online photo albums, on your television, or through email
• Find and view photos easily, with multiple search and browse options
• Based on industry-leading, professional Adobe Photoshop technology

Reviews (75)

Keeps getting better
I started with Elements 3 and thought it worked great. I have Elements 4 and can see it got better.

Poor, Slow, and a disappointment
Being familiar with some Adobe products, we opted to try this at work as a cheaper alternative than some other packages for simple web graphics work.Boy, were we disappointed. Poor -- don't bother
I am in agreement with others here who indicate that 4.0 is a downgrade from 3.0.Performance is very poor, especially the organizer.It's depressing to see how fast alternative programs are, such as Mac iPhoto and even the Canon software that came with my camera, compared to Elements.Recently, I've been getting lots of crashes, though everything else on my system is completely stable.The only reason I gave it more than 1 star is it does have some nice functionality, when it works correctly. ... Read more

12. Barbie Fashion Show by Vivendi Universal
	CD-ROM (17 August, 2004) list price: $19.99 Asin: B0001BR9O8 Sales Rank: 284 Average Customer Review: US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan
Features CD-ROM Help Barbie get ready for fashion week in Paris Complete 10 exciting fashion assignments Advance through 3 different design studios Choose the styles, fabrics, and colors Select the stage, music, and special poses Reviews (56) This is the Defination of something great! This game is the coolest it gave me no trouble at all. Buy this you won't be disapointed and its only a click away. Very fun game This is a very fun game especially for little girls that LOVE to dress-up.My daughter was so excited to get this game and wasn't a bit disappointed.She will probably spend hours playing this game. Fun game for girls This is one of my 8-year old daughters favorite game.I love sitting down and creating fashions for the models and watching the fashion show.I love how you have different options for the stage & music.This has brought hours of fun in our home! ... Read more

13. Apple iWork '06 (Mac DVD) by Apple
	DVD-ROM (18 January, 2006) list price: $79.00 -- our price: $69.97 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B0007LW23A Average Customer Review: US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan
Editorial Review iWork '06 features two powerful applications for creating everything from school newsletters to business presentations. With Pages 2, you can quickly create a wide variety of stunning documents. With Keynote 3, you can produce cinema-quality presentations, storyboards, and more. iWork '06 lets you express yourself with style.Read more Features CD-ROM Create eyecatching three-dimensional charts, tables with calculations, freeform shapes and photo. Pages 2 includes mail merge, auto-correction, and new Page Keynote 3 features stunning new animation effects, a Light Table view, and tools to help you rehearse, present, and publish with ease. The powerful new features in iWork ‘06 make it easy to get just the look you want. Create beautiful documents and cinema-quality presentations in minutes with iWork ’06, including Pages 2 and Keynote 3. Reviews (15) iWork Want To Make A Magazine, A Show That Shows Info, A Book? Powerful and Easy This software package makes desktop publishing and presentations a snap!I am continually amazed by the software available for the Mac.I don't understand how anyone can prefer a PC.This software package is the perfect example of simplicity and power.I threw together a family newsletter in about 20 minutes shortly after installing the software on my machine.All my relatives think I had the newsletter done professionally!iWork is simply amazing! Great replacement for Microsoft Word, for most purposes I was stunned when I started using Pages v2... because I'd been convinced that Apple would never get a word processor right. AppleWorks pretty much sucked (tedious interface, limited capabilities, never fully updated for Mac OS X). TextEdit is nothing more than a rough draft of an application.