Amara Flash Slideshow Builder for Windows

User Reviews

• Not worth the trouble to download and then delete

  jamesdaleburnsAugust 4, 2010

  Pros

  Nothing to like - a waste of time.

  Cons

  Poor picture quality, cannot see the code that creates the flash show, so you learn nothing, end up with nothing unless you pay them money. No value here.

  Summary

  A total waste of time to download this when you will be in a hurry to delete it soon afterward.

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• Perfect program to build photo slideshows

  Paul_KoFebruary 1, 2010

  Pros

  Very straightforward and does exactly what I want to do - build a professional looking slideshow of my photos. I tried out the free download, decided that's what I needed, bought it, got it, built my slideshow and had it up on my site within an hour.

  Cons

  Haven't encountered anything I don't like about it yet.

  Summary

  See under 'Pros' above. Just a great little program to build slideshow easily and it's also pretty cheap. Would gladly recommend the Amara Software Slideshow Builder to anyone.

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• A Total Ripoff

  yogagirl2006January 20, 2010

  Pros

  abosolutely none unless you like getting ripped off

  Cons

  They take your money and dont send you the info to get the program to work, or offer any customer service to try and resolve the issues

  Summary

  other than taking my money and not giving me the product key to run the program the customer service is very poor . I have sent 4 e-mails on my own and filed a dispute through paypal all they said was the product was sent, and still I have not received any product key to make any of the programing work. They claim that my junk mail filters are the problem but nothing from them is in my junk mail. The only reply I have recived from them (that wasn't sent to my junk mail folder) was sent after my first question. They havent responded to anything else. So if your willing to risk losing your money too Have fun

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• Excellent, stable and easy to use!

  steveleach999November 19, 2009

  Pros

  This is just what I needed - it is very easy to learn and rather fun to use. It is quick to load, and doesn't seem to use up a lot of resources. Highly recommend it if you need to create flash slide shows.

  Cons

  When I embed the swf file in my site, there doesn't seem to be a way to let the user know it is loading. It also loads the last project you worked on rather than a new, empty one (unless I am missing something!). There is no pause option either.

  Summary

  If you want to create a fairly simple slide show embedded in your site, this is great. I am over 50 and finding it difficult to learn new software, so this works for me. If you choose to show slides automatically, it would be great if there were a pause button, but there isn't. Also, I can't seem to figure out how to have my site show "Loading ..." while the swf file is loading, but that may be a function of my html generator rather than Amara. All-in-all, I find it well worth the money.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Dec 15, 2009<p/>I may been a bit too generous on my review. Having used the product for a few weeks, it is missing the versatility other products have for the same price. If you add a lot of pictures, the thumbnails slow down to a crawl when you get to the beginning or end. Also, if you want the "loading ..." screen at the beginning, you must buy that product also, and creating your slide show is done in 2 steps. Still very easy to use, and stable, but I'd give it a 3.

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• Excellent software

  maninozApril 30, 2009

  Pros

  The UI is intuitive. Easy to use and allows you to crate slide shows easily. I do like the option to insert other SWF files to set a certain theme, which gives you the opportunity to do a bit more to the slideshows

  Cons

  Has worked smoothly, so no problems encountered

  Summary

  This is the easiest to use, Flash Slide show builder I have used. I have tested several others similar programs, and decided to buy this one, as it was not that complex as some of the others and operated smoothly.

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• Very good, very nice

  ogojogjoApril 19, 2009

  Pros

  I can do animations for website

  Cons

  All is very good, I'm happy, Thank you

  Summary

  Very good

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• Great easy to use tool

  krapviewApril 7, 2009

  Pros

  I needed a quick solution to get some Flash slide shows on a customers website. This tool creates one single compressed SWF file, so it's easy to add to any webpage, after 10 minutes the job was done.

  Cons

  A bigger interface would be nice, with bold , large buttons.

  Summary

  Simply a good and useful tool

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• Improving maintenance

  harrypillarDecember 13, 2008

  Pros

  Good flash show builder

  Cons

  Improving maintenance

  Summary

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• Full of BUGS

  mike786July 25, 2008

  Pros

  price

  Cons

  the software has plenty of bugs that will makes it unwieldly and impossible to use except for the most simple tasks. Contact them and they send back an email saying they are "aware" of the problems but they have "bigger issues dealing with Vista". Well that is comforting. They told me they would have it fixed in a month or two, which then went on to 2 - 3 months, and them on to 6 months and on and on. <p> <p>These guys are amateur clowns who should no[t be in software development! <p> <p>DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY LIKE I DID

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• Beautiful Results

  KipukaJune 7, 2008

  Pros

  If you can't afford the money to buy Flash or the time to learn it then this little program is for you. It is very easy to learn and creates beautiful slide shows that can be uploaded to any website. My web design business went up a few notches because of this software.I plan to get more products from Amara when I can because we are all competing for attention on the web and everyone wants their site to look classy.

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