December 6, 2024
Label Sheet Range
Now we can change the Range of the Label sheet (Starting and Ending position) during Printing in Print Windows. For this first launch the Print Shop 7.0 Application and...
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The Print Shop blog
How-to articles, project ideas and news from the makers of The Print Shop and PrintMaster.
September 20, 2022
PRINT SHOP IMPROVEMENTS!
Posted September 20, 2022 Hello! This is Jason your Product Manager from Encore Software. I am excited to announce some developments that we’ve been working on for Print...
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January 18, 2022
Print Shop Professional 6.0 is Your Best Option When It Comes to Business!
Posted January 18, 2022 With all of its new features and business utilities, Print Shop Professional 6.0, is the perfect print productivity software to give users all...
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January 18, 2022
Print Master Platinum v9 gives you a whole new design experience!’
Posted January 18, 2022 Creating brochures, banners, and greeting cards has never been easier or more inventive! Print Master Platinum v9 includes all of the design...
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January 7, 2022
Master Page in Print Shop
Posted January 7, 2022 Master page in print shop is a feature which can make your work and life easier. It can help you save time and money with wonderful design...
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December 2, 2021
How to use Mail Merge and Address Book in Print Shop!
Posted December 2, 2021 The feature of mail merge and address book in Print Shop will make your life easier and your designing convenient. Now, you don’t have to add the...
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September 16, 2021
New, enhanced experiences with Print Shop and PrintMaster!
Posted September 16, 2021 Hello, I’m Jason Carver a product Manager at Encore. I wanted to provide our customers an update about the current status of our some of our...
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July 13, 2021
Creating Custom Borders in The Print Shop
You may have seen fancy photo art on photos from your friends or you may have seen fancy photo frames in the store… So, the question is, how do I get those fancy sort of ...
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June 4, 2021
Summer Activities from Encore Software!
Posted June 4, 2021 Looking for ways to help you spend your summer activities and projects more efficiently and effectively? Look no further! We’ve got lots of...
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June 1, 2021
Labels - How to print a partial sheet
The Print Shop easily and by default will print a full sheet of labels. However, you may not need that many. For example, I only need three labels for the three candles...
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May 27, 2021
A big thank you to our loyal Broderbund Customers!
Posted May 27, 2021 A big thank you to our loyal Broderbund Customers! Hello! My name is Jason. I am a Product Manager at Encore Software and I have been with the...
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May 1, 2021
Special Effects
The Print Shop 6.0 Pro has a number of special effects that can be applied to your photos and other JPG images. They are accessible through the program's Image Editor,...
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March 16, 2021
Business Card Design
Anyone can design their own cards and order them from online printers for the price of a dinner. Not all business cards are created equal, however. There are a lot of...
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February 12, 2021
Old Product Shutdown!
Posted February 12, 2021 We’ve been up to a lot over the years! From the old Apple II system to other platform formats, Print Shop and PrintMaster users have enjoyed our...
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February 2, 2021
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY FROM BRODERBUND - By Jason Carver
Posted February 2, 2021 Ah yes, it is that time of year again. Love is in the air! What better way to say I love you! Or Happy Valentine’s Day! Than to create your own...
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January 29, 2021
Backing Up and Importing files from The Print Shop version 2,3,4, or 5
Posted January 29, 2021 Want to backup files or know how to look for files for The Print Shop series and open them in the current version? Here are some helpful tips...
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December 11, 2020
Tips & Tricks By Jason Carver - CREATING GREETING CARDS AT HOME
Posted December 11, 2020 This year, it's more important than ever to stay safe at home during these pandemic times. With PrintShop 6 Deluxe and Pro versions, you can...
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November 1, 2020
Christmas/ Holiday Letter
The Print Shop is a great program for making your Christmas/ Holiday letter. You can print it to be mailed or save it as PDF to be emailed. The Print Shop provides a...
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September 11, 2020
ENHANCING YOUR PROJECTS WITH CREATIVITY AND ROYALTY-FREE COLLECTIONS
If you have used The Print Shop 6.0, you will know we have a fantastic selection of clipart suitable for just about any kind of project you need to design. And then to...
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September 5, 2020
ENHANCING YOUR PROJECTS WITH CREATIVITY AND ROYALTY-FREE COLLECTIONS
Posted September 5, 2020 If you have used The Print Shop 6.0, you will know we have a fantastic selection of clipart suitable for just about any kind of project you need...
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August 11, 2020
Navigation of The Print Shop 6.0
So, you've upgrade to Print Shop 6.0 and have wondered, what happened to the old interface? How do I choose a project other than what's displayed on the screen? Where...
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August 4, 2020
The Print Shop 6.0 Tips & Tricks By Jason Carver
Posted August 4, 2020 NAVIGATION OF THE PRINT SHOP 6.0 So, you've upgrade to Print Shop 6.0 and have wondered, what happened to the oldinterface? How do I choose a...
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May 20, 2020
Card for Dad
This cute card for a first-time dad, was fast to make because I used a ready-made card template. Nothing makes it more special and unique than adding a personal photo. I...
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May 10, 2020
Will my PDF have embedded fonts?
When creating a PDF for professional printing, uploading to the web, or sending by email, you don't want your paragraph text to be converted to image; you want the fonts...
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April 23, 2020
Make a Webpage
Even without knowledge of HTML, you can create a webpage with The Print Shop 6.0. This program should not be used for creating an entire website. For that you would need...
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April 1, 2020
Create a Specific Size Photo
Sometimes we need a photo cropped to a precise size to submit for a publication, for example, a magazine article or ad. For this demonstration, let's say the publication...
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Make Your Day Even More Special
Create Wedding Invitations, Thank You Cards, Table Place Cards, Wedding Programs, Photo Books, and More! Make your day special by designing personalized wedding invitatio...
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February 9, 2020
The Print Shop 6.0 - Start with a Ready-Made template
The Print Shop 6.0 has a new interface so this demonstration shows how to create your project by starting with a Ready-Made template. Click the Ready-Made templates icon...
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December 13, 2019
Many on One Page
Here is an easy way to print many of the same thing on one sheet of paper. My tip is: Use a Label Sheet project . They are not just for making peel-off sticky labels....
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November 4, 2019
12 Month Photo Calendars
The new year is coming! If you are planning to create and print custom calendars as gifts for friends and family, it's time to get started. With The Print Shop, you can...
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October 8, 2019
The Magic Wand Tool
The Magic Wand tool in the Print Shop Pro version, lets you select a particular color from an image. and then apply certain special effects to that selected color . To...
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September 1, 2019
Aligning text using a table
If you are familiar with spreadsheets, you already know why putting your data into rows and columns makes sense. If your data includes numbers, it is especially...
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August 1, 2019
Calendar - Repeat Annual Events
Do you like to make photo calendars for family members as gifts for the holidays prior to the New Year? Then of course, after you painstakenly type in everyone's...
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July 20, 2019
Text Box Layout - wedding programme demo
Lining up text is simple when just typing a paragraph. However, when designing a project such as a menu or a wedding programme, lining up text requires more planning...
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July 14, 2019
Three Easy Steps to Make a Gorgeous Card
Recently a friend asked me to make a card she could mail to her little granddaughter. No special occasion - just a way to brighten a little girl's day by getting her own...
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June 30, 2019
The Print Shop 5.0 – A Guide to Creating a Perfect Brochure for your Business
The new Print Shop 5.0 brings to you an enhanced ability to embellish your business creatives and advertising designs. With 24 distinct categories available to work with,...
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PrintShop: St Patrick's Day Special
St. Patrick’s Day is a celebrative and joyous day, symbolized by the iconic 3-leafed clover-the Shamrock. Faith, hope, and love is dedicated to each leaf on the clover. T...
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Make Your Headings Stand Out Through PrintShop
Thriving in the market of desktop publishing software, PrintShop 5.0 lets you tap into your creativity and helps you create eye-catching projects. Whether it is the greet...
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PrintShop: Essential Components For Your Valentine’s Day Card
It is time to design the perfect Valentine’s Day card for the special someone in your life. Here is a thorough guide on how to create your personalized card from scratch!...
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January 4, 2019
Create a Facebook Cover Photo
Your Facebook Cover Photo doesn't have to be a photo from your phone. The Print Shop makes it easy to design your own Facebook Cover Photo, with the right template. You...
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December 23, 2018
Holiday Photo Card
The most time consuming part of designing your holiday photo card is choosing clipart from the huge library of art available, and then deciding how to arrange them with...
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December 5, 2018
calendar making tips
The year is ending so it's time to make your calendar for the new year. Whether you are making it for yourself or as gifts to friends and family, this is the program to...
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November 12, 2018
Holiday Open House Invitation
These colorful cards designed in The Print Shop, are printed by your favorite online 4x6 printing service. This way, you'll get full bleed printing on glossy photo stock...
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April 30, 2018
Creating a PDF with bleed margins
When we want professional printing with color right to the edge, we must include bleed margins. Printing services don't actually print to the edge. They trim off the...
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March 1, 2018
Photo resolution too low
Your photo image is composed of a fixed number of dots called pixels. Low resolution means the photo doesn't have many pixels; high resolution means the photo has a lot...
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February 1, 2018
Tint and Opacity Effects
There's nothing wrong with using a photo as is, but sometimes applying a filter to that photo will give you the desired effect you want for your special card. For...
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January 1, 2018
Appointment Calendar
Do you know someone who does not use a smart phone or any other electronic device to manage their appointments? Often, these would be seniors who are more comfortable...
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Holiday Ideas
Happy Holidays! Here are some holiday ideas - create these with The Print Shop: gift tags photo art print photo card
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November 1, 2017
holiday gift tags
This season, design your own gift tags with your own personal flair. You will need 8.5x11 card stock and a paper trimmer or scissors. Start a new blank Business Card...
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July 1, 2017
Fun Photo Card
Cards are nice to give, but you want yours to be special, not just something anyone can buy at a dollar store. What better way to make your card truly unique and from...
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June 1, 2017
Design a form with the table feature
When a printed paper form best suits your purposes, The Print Shop can help you design your form. Additionally, it can be saved as a PDF and sent by email. In this...
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May 1, 2017
Mother's Day Card 2017
May is spring time and Mother's Day. Already have a card for your Mom? If not, you may like to customize and print this Mother's Day card project file, exclusive to The...
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April 1, 2017
Easy e-mail greeting
Here is an easy way to create a fun banner that you can insert right into your email message from your Print Shop project. No email attachment required. Start a new sign...
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March 1, 2017
Easy, elegant wedding invitations
Spring is coming and so are summer weddings! Thinking of making your own wedding invitations with The Print Shop 4.0? Here are some ideas, and my personal tips, for...
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February 1, 2017
Tint Effect - Turn Photo Into Art
An ordinary photo can be turned into a classy art piece, using one simple Effect. It's so easy in The Print Shop! Import your photo into a new blank project. For this...
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January 2, 2017
Image Tray - selecting graphics the easy way
While working in The Print Shop, you may find yourself going back and forth between the Clipart Gallery and your project page, each time you choose a graphic and add it...
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Getting ready for the holidays!
Thinking of making custom calendars for holiday gift giving? It is not too early to start! You need time to choose, organize and edit your photos, and look up those...
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October 3, 2016
Photo Frame Overlays
The Print Shop has so many frames to decorate your photos. There are hundreds of "traditional" type frames, ones that look like wood or metal. The Print Shop also has...
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September 4, 2016
Art Collections
Have you browsed the Clip Art Gallery, just for fun, to see a fraction of what is available to you? It's like walking through a store where everything you see is free!...
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August 1, 2016
Easy Photo Borders
Here's an easy way to add a decorative border to your photo. Instant frames snap to fit your photo! Open a new project and add your photo. With your photo selected,...
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July 1, 2016
The Print Shop and Avery Design & Print Online
You can create a custom label stock in The Print Shop to match the Avery label stock you purchased. However, if you can't get accurate measurements to make the custom...
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June 2, 2016
Double-sided Printing
Printers with an auto-duplexing feature will print on the one side, then automatically flip the paper, and print on the other side. This is great, but what if your...
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May 2, 2016
Mini Flyers and Mini Cards
The Print Shop 3.5 and 4.0 can create multi-up projects easily! I want to design a mini-flyer that will be exactly 6 per letter size sheet, so that I can cut them apart...
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March 1, 2016
Drag and Drop Images
You can add your own images to a project via the My Photos button, but there's also another way, and it's quick and easy! Open your folder where you have several images...
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January 21, 2016
Cool Fills for Headlines
Here are some easy techniques for making outstanding titles using the Headlines feature. You can choose a Ready-Made Headline which has pre-selected style, color fill,...
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January 3, 2016
making a logo with a transparent background
You've designed your logo in The Print Shop 4.0. Now you want to save it as an image with transparent background (i.e. PNG) rather than a white background. For this...
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December 20, 2015
Be inspired by a ready-made template.
Of course you can simply select a ready-made card, and print it off as is. However, don't limit yourself to looking for only "finished" cards in a specific layout and...
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November 4, 2015
Custom Photo Card for the Holidays
Use a Ready-Made template from the Greeting Cards gallery, for a fast holiday card customized with a family photo. Follow along to see how this card was made. Go to the...
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September 1, 2015
Making a sign with tear-off tags
Do you have something to sell and you want to make a sign/ poster to put up on a community bulletin board? Whether it's for babysitting services, piano lessons, a lost...
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August 1, 2015
Understanding Borderless Printing
Most printers will leave a border along all 4 edges ranging from about .1 inches on the leading edge, up to .5 inches on the trailing edge (the unprintable margin area)....
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July 1, 2015
Ready-made guides
The Ready-Made Guides templates help you position your design elements in columns. Typically, you would need columns in a newsletter, so The Print Shop 3.5 has...
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June 1, 2015
Making a background
A simple background can be a solid color or a gradient. There are also lots of possibilities by creating a background fill using an image. Start a new project, open the...
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April 16, 2015
A Card for Mom
Mother's Day is coming up and The Print Shop 3.5 can help you make a really special card. Follow these instructions for an easy to design and print card. Download this...
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April 1, 2015
Cropping Photos
Most people add a photo to their project first, and then crop it. Although this is the intuitive method, it produces an edited image with the same aspect ratio of the...
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March 2, 2015
How to make your old projects compatible in new programs
You have projects that you created in older versions of The Print Shop, on your old computer. You bought a new computer with Win 8.1. Since your old version of The Print...
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February 1, 2015
Fill a Shape with a Photo
Trying to crop several photos, resize and arrange them just so on your page? It can be painstaking work. Here is an easier method! Create a photo collage template with...
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November 1, 2014
Poster Printing
Print a big poster with your desktop printer. The Print Shop 3.5 makes it easy to enlarge your poster design to cover 4 or 9 sheets of letter size paper. You don't have...
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October 20, 2014
Easy Greeting Cards - No Fuss Printing
Easily print two greeting cards on one sheet of card stock. What makes this a no fuss printing job: No double-sided print set up! No custom paper size set up! What you...
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October 1, 2014
Simplify Your Calendar Project
You have tons of digital photos taken of the family. What better way to share them all year long, than to give personalized calendars as holiday gifts? Start now so they...
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September 1, 2014
Use The Print Shop 3.5 to Create High-Res JPG for 4x6 Professional Printing
You've been getting professional 4x6 printing of your digital photos for as little as 10 cents per print. Wouldn't it be great to do this for some of your projects? How...
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August 21, 2014
Where do I get a free quick page?
You can access the Template Store from within your Print Shop 3.5 program. Just click on any of the thumbnails in the Template Store side bar. At the top of the page,...
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August 21, 2014
Create a Beautiful Print, Suitable for Framing
Here's a simple gift that's sure to please. Use The Print Shop 3.5 to print this beautiful quick page customized with personal photos. Start a new Sign project, portrait...
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October 18, 2011
Fun Halloween Treats - Spooky Scary Stickers
This weekend, I was at the drug store when it occurred to me that I needed to start thinking about Halloween treats for all the Trick-or-Treaters. I'd just spent some...
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October 13, 2011
Halloween with The Print Shop - Greeting Cards
Trick-or-Treating, Candy, Ghosts, Black Cats, Graveyards, Parties, Costumes, Pumpkins… The Halloween list goes on and on and on - where to start can be a little...
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Labor Day Creations...
Labor Day is a time to gather with friends and family. Share in good times as the summer ends. With all the parties, bbq's, gatherings and even extra time to catch up on...
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The Print Shop 3.0 is Now Available
For the thousands of you who participated in the presale, The Print Shop 3.0 is now available. We'd love to hear what you think. Please feel free to give us general...
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July 12, 2011
Meet the New Design Desk
One thing you'll notice when you open The Print Shop 3.0 is that it looks a bit different from previous versions. From the Project Picker to the Design Desk, we worked...
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What Were You Thinking?
The big inspiration for The Print Shop 3.0 is you . We received lots of customer feedback on what you like and don't like. And I mean LOTS! And we worked overtime for a...
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June 23, 2011
What is this Lock Thing?
One new feature you'll see inside The Print Shop 3.0 is that all of the assets you put on a page have a "lock" in the upper right-hand corner. This is how we made layers...
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June 23, 2011
What are Packs?
One of the great new options that we've added to The Print Shop is the ability to shop for new Clip Art and Templates. The Packs are design samples that were created by...
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Top 10 Reasons You Don't Need to Hire a Designer
Let's face it - hiring a graphic designer is expensive, and not many businesses today can afford it. Sure you are impressed with the saturated colors and the impressive...
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June 23, 2011
Project Picker. Wow That Was Easy
We know the concept of visually laying out projects into their respective categories isn't a new one. But we are really excited about what it brings to the ease of use...
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Opening Projects Created in Version 21, 22 or 23
I am going to preempt this post by acknowledging that this is a really touchy subject. And then I'm going to allay some of the unrest by telling you now that you can...
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Meet the Creators of The Print Shop 3.0
Now that we live in a world overflowing with technology, where communicating via text message is more common than even email (let alone regular mail), it's easier than...
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Help Me Help You! yes, that is a reference to Jerry Maguire
We know that learning new software can be difficult. That's why we spent a ton of time and energy perfecting the help files. Our tech support manager Chris has spoken to...
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June 23, 2011
Guides: From Blank Pages to Sophisticated Design
We've been getting lots of great feedback on what customers are looking for in a page layout tool. One of the most interesting things we heard was from a journalist...
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June 23, 2011
Facebook is Taking Over the World!
Facebook is everywhere. It's transformed how we communicate with our friends and family and it's made it even easier to share a photo or make a statement. But what if...
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Easy Ideas to Save Money on Your Wedding
You don't have to go broke to host a celebrity-quality bash. Create a do-it-yourself wedding in style with The Print Shop - America's favorite desktop publishing...
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Ding! You Have an Event Coming Up!
Forget to make a birthday card for Uncle Roger's birthday? Never again! The Print Shop 3.0 allows you to store key events inside the address book for all of your...
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Bring Back the Address Book!
You asked, we answered. And by the way, you were right - The Print Shop desperately needed an Address Book ! We modeled the Print Shop 3.0 Address Book off of The Print...
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June 23, 2011
An All New Approach to Headlines
Headlines are one of the most popular features in The Print Shop. So we set out to create a really fun and easy way to help you give emphasis to your words. One of the...
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June 23, 2011
A Fun Approach to Photo Editing
We live in a digital world where every device is a camera, making it easier than ever to capture moments. But we know that you want all of those photos you took to look...
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