It is very rare that I comment on a poorly done program. I go about my business and hope that the program's author will learn how to do a better job in the future. Today's program is an exception. I doubt that without heavy-handed direction that today's program developer will never get a clue on how to grow in the shareware field.

One heck of a lot of things must've been left out of my download. What I ended up with is an empty program with no meaningful direction to it. Is very difficult to comment on program that at the best is a smoke and change slideshow. The "templates", which are left out of the GOTD edition of the program, are so amateurish that they would probably only be used by a child of elementary school age.

A price tag of $4.99 might be appropriate for this program. Even at that low price probably the only people not wanting a refund of their money would be those that never ran the program. The discounted prices available for 24 hours only to the GOTD crowd will never fly. Maybe something was left out of my download. A charitable idea would be to download the program again and see if anything better comes out-of-the-box.

Crusader  –  15 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+122)

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Win XP SP3

I was fortunate enough to have downloaded this program the other day when it was offered here for a few hours before being pulled and changed for another program.
Be aware that the extra templates offered on the vendors website do not work with this special GOTD version - I have that info from the vendor after trying endlessly to install them (They install but cannot be seen by the program). Thank you to Chen @ Thundersoft for his speedy response.
Having said that, there are enough templates (47) with a wide range of subjects and overall the program is a nice addition to anyone's arsenal for creating flash projects.
Thumbs up !

Nigel

Nigel  –  15 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+36)

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I am a great fan of GAOTD and look forward to seeing what's new each day, and I have never seen a program where I was so affected as to write comments until today. This photo to flash program is at best limited to images of children compiled by someone with no computer skills.


The range of templates is pathetic and those offered for purchase don't seem much better.

Secondly, this is the first time I have seen a "GAOTD Edition" of a program. You must pay for the 'regular" version. Is there a new concept of "teaseware?"

There are dozens of such programs which offer a full range of templates and effects. I pass on this.

Marty  –  15 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+29)

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I usually don't comment on the Giveaways, but there seems to be some misinformation above, and a lot folks that might benefit from this software will likely be put off.

1. Downloaded and registered fine.

2. Spartan opening screen (really meant for playing back slideshows already created), but there's easily accessible "Help" button that steps you through creating a slideshow, and a fairly large "New" button that the curious will click on without bothering with the help.

3. Having clicked the "New" button you'll be greeted by a filemanager and a helpful "Collect photos" caption. So I found some photos in the filemanager and selected "Add". It's not brain surgery so far. (This tab also serves as a usable photo brower; you can also apply effects to each photo individually -- haven't tried that yet)

4. Next you'll notice there are 4 tabs on the bottom: "Photo" (currently selected), "Template", "Decorate" & "Publish"

5. I went to "Template" -- there are 70+ templates to choose from, as advertised. I'm not saying they're all fantastic, but they are there.
You can also select background music while on this tab. I selected a template and chose some background music -- done and done.

6. On the decorate tab you can add animated graphical effects and sound effects as well as provide your own clipart or text to decorate the slideshow (not tested)

7. On the publish tab you can select the output format. I've only tested 'Make executable' so far -- it worked fine with my selected template and background music.

I certainly wouldn't pay $50 for this software, but I am just as certainly tempted to pay $10 (for the full version today) to support the publisher.

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On a completely unrelated note -- if you missed the recently given away Process Lasso, that is another giveaway that I felt compelled to support given the quality and functionality of the software, and supportiveness (is that a word? not enough coffee) of the author.

Tony  –  15 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+26)

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#10 and #12

When you open the program, the first screen to appear is NOT the template screen. You need to hit the NEW button in the top left corner and then it will open the rest of the program, and a photo insert dialogue comes up. If you close that, you will see buttons on the bottom for Template, Decorate, etc. There are only 47 templates in this version. A new program should be given a little exploration before making some of these snap judgments I see all the time from the impatient and discontent.

hyperman  –  15 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+22)

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