Greeting Card Builder

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET staff on July 17, 2009

Greeting Card Builder offers to help users create personalized cards for practically any occasion. While its commands take a little getting used to, users will soon find that this is a very helpful greeting maker.

The interface takes several minutes of experimenting and a trip to the Help file in order to understand how this program's many tabs and menus work together. However, once users get a grasp for the controls, creating a personalized image becomes natural. Users can create an original card by simply dropping in clip art and photos from simple menus. Users can also input text from a simple menu that allows for many fonts, colors, and sizes. Users can also utilize the program's templates to create a vibrant card for various holidays, birthdays, and more. Most allow for personalized photos to be inserted among the art and for individual messages to be written. The results are cards whose art will not surpass store-bought cards, but are unique enough to be quite special. The program provides for one specific special feature that users will enjoy. Under the Edit Pieces heading, users can use a few simple tools to crop and perfect the size and add effects and masks to create unique images.

While the program initially gets off to a rocky start, this 15-day trial with a watermark is long enough to get a sense of its multiple options and the fun cards that can be created.