Choose the Right Album Software

Whatever your Budget design your Albums and Scrapbooks like a Professional

By Daniel Roberts, OPUSalbums.com

By far the most satisfying way of keeping and viewing photographs is the traditional way - in an album. It is accessible, visible and presentable. It is permanent too, unlike the rapidly changing technological environment that we live in. Moreover, with digital technology it is so easy to produce, whether you print your own, or use an outside bureau. The big question is, what software to use. Over the months I have tested many packages and am now giving my comments on those selected. Products come from freeware to the PXL dg Foto Art Gold product at £349 ($698). Like in everything you get what you pay for. I have tested some very cheap products. They may have some interesting features but the results are less than satisfactory. Others do not edit well for printing. As new products come on the market we will continue to test them and tell our OPUS Club members of our conclusions   We need your input We cannot keep tabs on all the useful software.  If you have advice to share let me know by e-mailing me- or appending a reply to this Ecademy blog.

How we select software

• It must be good value for money


• It must be easy and quick to use - without a large learning curve


• It must be well supported

dg Foto Art - the Flagship Product PXL Soft's dg Foto Art is the album creation product favoured by a very large number of professional photgraphers.  It is also used by many of the album and display printing bureaux.  Using dgFoto Art therefore our customers benefit from seamless file interoperability with their chosen bureau. Dg Foto Art – Essentia, is a Fast & Easy software tool to create Digital Albums. It can compose stunning Albums in minutes with ease using blend of easy-to-use tools, ready-to-use Templates and huge library of added décor. Being stand-alone Dg Foto Art – Essentia is independent of any third party tools or plug-ins.   For more information click here

dg Foto Gold is the most comprehensive and advanced suite to create Digital Album. This powerful engine has the capacity to create beautiful albums in minutes and so is known for its maximum output. Gold is built up by adding advanced features to Classic version for complete image management. Tools like Levels, Curves and Histograms have been added that aid in color correction. Gold also has many image editing tools like the Cloning Tool and Magic Wand and also carries a bunch of newly added image enhancement tools like Glows, Outlines and X-Y rotation. For more information click here.  A Mac version is also available

FotoSlate4 - Our every-day album package - exceptional value for money  We recommend FotoSlate4 for users of lower cost albums such as the OPUS albums, Print & Bind - and for PhotoArt albums where there are a lot of text blocks.  It is very fast and easy to use, with a good range of templates and editing features and is really good value for money.  But of course it does not have the interoperability with bureaux systems.

Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Our recommendation for hobby scrapbookers.  It is America’s number one best selling scrapbooking software.  It offers the ultimate collection of templates for scrapbooks and other keepsake projects, featuring beautiful photorealistic graphics sure to capture the excitement of any occasion or event.

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