I just wanted to tell you how pleased I am with Essentia
FotoArt. I have put a wedding album together for my partner's
daughter as a trial - 300 images into 110 pages. Lovely.
I had been using Photoshop for putting together
photobooks, from holidays, birthdays, etc, and, in general, it was taking about
10 pages an hour.
I was able to do 100 pages in 4 hours yesterday,
including some false starts, and a couple of support 'calls' to PXLSoft.
They phoned me back within about 10 minutes, and answered my query fully.
I did discover a 'bug', but I found a workaround, so that was great. (For your
interest, with a second monitor, the full selection of editing tools is not
displayed (eg the black/white conversion icons). But if you start it on
the laptop screen, use it in editing mode, and then move it to the second
monitor, it's quite happy. It must be something to do with the way/timing
that it picks up the screen resolution.)
I've now submitted the draft to Blurb for printing, but
have no doubt that it will be more professional than I could have achieved with
just CS4. The built in masks are excellent, and once the PXLSoft chap
told me how to convert the backgrounds into images that I could modify, I was a
happy bunny. I didn't use the templates much, as I found them a bit
limiting. I had more landscape shots than portrait, and a lot of the
templates seem to have portrait frames.
Thanks again for the excellent service.
Kind Regards
Marilyn
My Reply:
Marilyn - Thanks for a great review. I think all your limitations would be overcome by upgrading to Gold. Best wishes - Daniel.
Dg Foto Art Gold is
the most comprehensive and advanced suite to create digital photo
albums. This powerful engine has the capacity to create beautiful
albums in minutes and so is known for its maximum output – for those
professional users whose business depends on quality and efficiency.Its powerful text editor comprises many Photoshop-type functions and advanced colour correction.
Dg Foto Art Essentia is
a Fast & Easy stand-alone software tool to create stunning
photograph albums. Compose albums in minutes with ease using blend of
easy-to-use tools, ready-to-use Templates and huge library of added
décor – and photo editing and background design tools. Supports all
page sizes. 15 languages .
What professional photographers say about dg Foto Art:
Beautiful templates- The templates are very beautiful and the software does not require any prior knowledge of any other photo editing software.
With DG Foto Art I have increased my profit margin TENFOLD!- With dg Foto Art I get more done, I sell more albums, but above all I can sell my albums at a 60% higher price compared with the traditional one pictre per page design. For more about Paul Callaghan's story click here
Powerful wedding photo album software.The most comprehensive solution for creating fast & easy digital album pages.
Great value"Worth every penny. What would take a day in Photoshop can be done in less than an hour with dg Foto Art."
Pictures come alive- Other photographer's albums are all dull compared to what I present customers using dg Foto Art.
Great Customer Service- absolutely
the best customer support I have ever received. If I ever have a
question, there is always somebody to talk with when I call.
A truely awesome piece of kit. Dg Foto Art digital album designer allows colour management, image manipulation, over 1000 templates.It’s saved us hours.
dg Foto Art is powerful – that is why it is acclaimed the most comprehensive and advanced suite to create wedding albums, calendars and more!
dg Foto Art is fast– so you spend more time with your camera and less on your computer.
We don't advertise - we don't run shows - so we can give you MORE help, MORE products and MORE solutions, LESS expensively
Delight yourself and your clients with imaginative, professional albums
- AND - do it in less time - so you spend more time with your client - and more time on your camera.
(or - if you are not a 'Pro' spend more time enjoying photography!)
As a tool to design wedding and other celebratory albums dg Foto Art is ranked second-to-none.It is rapidly becoming the software of choice for professional wedding photographers worldwide.
Its comprehensive templating and editing functions make it very easy to produce the most beautiful albums – quickly.What’s more it is easy-to-learn and easy-to-use – and for most things you don’t need Photoshop either!
Furthermore, many album and photo book production companies work with PXLSoft’s dg Foto Art.So you can produce your proof and extra albums with OPUSalbums PhotoArt or Pics Book albums – and use your favoured bureau for the really expensive product.
The Two versions - &
Dg Foto Art – , 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. Multilingual Essentia is currently available for Windows only.
Dg Foto Art – is the most comprehensive and advanced suite to create high quality digital photo albums. This powerful engine has the capacity to create beautiful albums in minutes and so is known for its maximum output. Tools like Levels, Curves and Histograms have been added that aid in colour 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. dg Foto Art Gold is available in Windows and Mac versions. In addition, there are versions in German, Spanish and Portuguese.
Supporting both versions dg Foto Galleria is a suite of outstanding templates - each one a work of art in itself. Click here for a feature comparison
Perhaps it is easy to say – Essentia is to Gold as Elements is to CS3. Or glibly “The difference between Essentia and Gold is – Photoshop – the latter includes so many features of the world-leading photo editing package.
As a tool to design wedding and other celebratory albums it is ranked second-to-none.It is rapidly becoming the software of choice for professional wedding photographers worldwide.
Its comprehensive templating and editing functions make it very easy to produce the most beautiful albums – quickly.What’s more it is easy-to-learn and easy-to-use – and for most things you don’t need Photoshop either!
Furthermore, many album and photo book production companies work with PXLSoft’s dg Foto Art.So you can produce your proof and extra albums with OPUSalbums PhotoArt or Pics Book albums – and use your favoured bureau for the really expensive product.
Enough said – a couple of testimonials:
-I use it for making wedding albums for clients and it is fantastic. Worth every penny. What would take a day in Photoshop can be done in less than an hour.
-Other photographer's albums are all dull compared to what I present customers using dg Foto Art - that the pictures in my album just come alive. As an artist and photographer, your album design program offers me everything I had ever hoped for in the new world of digital photography.
-As a professional photographer, you know that great images aren't just about capturing the right moment in time. They're about passion, patience, creativity, skill, hard work, and the right tools. From raw-image handling to production, dg Foto Art is at the heart of my digital photography workflow.