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Review of Print Shop Companion
by Broderbund Software
Price $34.95
For all those C-64 users who have
grown to LOVE Print Shop.....
Broderbund Software has finally
released their long-awaited Print
Shop Companion. And boy, is it worth
the wait. If you thought Print Shop
was versatile and easy to use, just
run out and buy a copy of this great
program!!!!
The first and most important thing
to do is modify your copy of Print
Shop to enable it to use the 12 new
fonts, 50 borders, 20 bonus graphics
and 24 numeric graphics on the
Companion disk. After this is done,
you can use these when making your
signs, greeting cards, etc.
The main feature of Companion is
the graphic editor, which allows you
to make your own borders and fonts
(not to mention your own graphics).
This editor is a drastic improvement
over the one in Print Shop. Besides
the original features, you now have
your choice of patterns for fill, a
mirror image feature, lines, rays,
box and oval function. You can flip
horizontal/vertical or see what your
graphic will look like as a negative.
Also, the ability to add text any-
where you choose.
A bonus for 128 owners (or 64
owners with a reset button) is the
ability to "capture" graphics from
screen files. Companion also allows
you to capture a graphic from memory.
Nice!!!! But, my personal favorite
is the Tile Magic section. It has
11 different patterns that you can
capture, modify and use as a graphic.
The patterns you can turn out look
very professional and they look great
as a tile design in your cards, signs,
etc.
Much more could be said about this
excellent program (oh yes, you can
make your own calendars now), but
the best recommendation I can give,
is for everyone who wanted to be an
artist to go out and buy a copy of
Print Shop Companion. It makes
the most popular program ever, that
much better.
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