RSSCorel Debuts Free Photo Product
By the Betanews Staff | Published September 5, 2006, 5:09 PM
Corel aimed to break further into the consumer digital imaging market with the release of SnapFire Tuesday, which the company is marketing as a replacement for standard digital imaging software. Corel plans to offer two versions, one free and the other available for $39.99 USD. The company says most users would be well served by the free version, which offers organization, editing, and sharing features for pictures and videos.
The paid version adds enhanced editing capabilities, including some tools found in Corel's Paint Shop Pro product, as well as additional sharing features and backup options. Additionally, users of SnapFire Plus would be able to add new functionality through modular application support, the first of which is a DVD authoring plug-in. Corel SnapFire is available immediately from the program's Web site, and through select retailers.
This product does NOT work.It just crashes when opened
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|It's for windows, so I don't see the bloody point of even mentioning it.
Why not write a review of the latest Commodore 64 software?
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|Yeah... since it would be SO relevant to the majority of PC users...
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|Get yourself suitable glasses. Maybe that'll help you.
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|Not very impressive - plenty of better, similar apps out there.
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|Imagine a 6th grader trying to mimic Picasa and doing it poorly. Snapfire is so slow and cumbersome that it's a bad joke. It even has a link on its front page that reads: "Open with Paint Shop Pro."
Not! If you want to use this kind of system-hogging photo app, just use Picasa2. Otherwise, ACDSee owns this category by a mile.
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|Thanx for your evaluation!
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|nobody's forcing anybody to try/use corel's product. the more free stuff available the more choices we can pick from.
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|*sighs*
First they took on Adobe, and Microsoft. Lost that battle, and now they are going after Google. You'd think they'd learn their lesson the first time around.
I'm starting to think that Corel likes hurting itself.
Oh well.
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|Well, it is true that Corel acts sometimes like masochists, but they have a couple of great sofware that none of the mentioned companies have, like CorelDraw (it beats Illustrator in functionality and usability by far), Corel painter (never saw a more smooth drawing software as this one), or Corel DRAWings X3 (they made IMHO the best design-to-stitch application today).
Snapfire is just a first step in a new market for Corel, so blaming them for this first try is somehow unfair.
Also, notice that on the Snapfire website and in the ads on the internet Corel is targeting mainly female users (mothers and young women), and women are today the biggest consumers of "digiphoto" products. If this step is right, Snapfire may have a bright future...
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|I would recommend after looking at this product, take a gander at the FREE Google package "Picasa 2". Very impressive - and free.
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