Phantasmagoria for Windows

User Reviews

• A bit complicated for such a simple program.

  OldeFartNovember 9, 2009

  Pros

  Once you get what (picture) you want it can be fun experimenting.

  Cons

  It's (primarily) a screen shot, right? Then why make it so complicated.

  Summary

  A lot more screen shot programs are easier to use but this one has it's perks. I've got several and they can be retouched with other programs. This one however has it's own touch up program and some are really unique. My problem revolves around the actual capture. First you must make sure everything is in order to get just what you want (which can be quite complicated especially if you choose something from a web sight or off explorer as you must eliminate what you don't want included or else use yet another program to crop it). Secondly you only have three seconds to confirm then minimize the phantasmagoria screen which covers the actual shot. It's really all to complicated for such a potentially simple program yet I refrain from tossing it.

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• Amaze Yourself Once You Get The Hang Of It!

  selftaughtJune 3, 2009

  Pros

  Pull down menu simplified with visuals; restoration point for your capture, crop feature.

  Cons

  If you do not opt-out of Twitter function it annoyingly pops-up every 30 seconds or so and you must exit it. There isn't a save feature for each step so if you don't like a process you just clicked on you must undo the entire picture and start again.

  Summary

  It takes awhile to tweak the product to figure what you wish to use it primarily for your liking. It can make some fabulous imaging. Just make sure you write your beginner shots down step-by-step (unless you have a photographic memory). This way you will learn pretty quickly how to create the imaging shots you desire. If you don't, you'll get frustrated going back to step 1 over and over again. And don't forget to decide whether or not you want to login to Twitter. If not, that box will pop in all the time while you are working. Otherwise, I recommend this product. It makes for some really great professional imaging shots!

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• It has posebillities

  poulstaunMay 24, 2009

  Pros

  I fell that it can do things-that I maybe have could use : If I worked a lot with pic and with the program

  Cons

  a can lot of things that i never heard of

  Summary

  I do not feel at home in this program--and than dos not mean it aint good

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• Very nice!

  lordmachiavelliMay 14, 2008

  Pros

  Drag & drop photo to begin working. Offers a wide selection of filters and effects, some of them truly unique. Has a "create restore point" button.

  Cons

  Navigating could be smoother. For example, to do a standard median blur, you have to click on Effects, then Effects chooser. This brings up a box with a sample picture in it, and various tabs across the top. Click on the blurring and sharpening tab, then mouse down under the sample picture and click and scroll to choose Blurring (median). It's not a hard process to understand, but it makes exploring all the wonderful effects more tedious than necessary.<p>Some effects need more options. "Sparkle" plops a sparkle in the middle of the picture - no options. A preview would be really nice, especially working with those functions that have 4 or 5 sliders to tweak, and you can't see how your image is affected until it's processed. If you need to adjust the effect, start over. <p>One caution: if you create a second restore point, you will overwrite the first!<p>Overall, still a solid product that will make a permanent addition to my collection of image editors.

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