Art Text | 
 enlarge | From: Belight Software
Category: Software
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $39.91
You Save: $10.04 (20%)
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2034
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Macintosh
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 1.6
MPN: 122006
Model: 122006
UPC: 184176000122
EAN: 0184176000122
ASIN: B000S604DE
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 80+ pre-designed styles to get you started | | • | Text and special artwork content (about 460 pictograms) as a source | | • | 50 Bitstream fonts (retail edition only) | | • | Shading Pro tool (ability to cover/shade anything with shading material ? any object can get the glassy, plastic or metallic look, it is also possible to add the effect of smooth or rough surface to any of the objects) | | • | Option to fill and outline text or artwork with different colors, gradients or textures |
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Product Description
Art Text is an application to create high quality textual graphics, headings, logos, icons, web banners and buttons. The program implements the latest Mac OS X technologies which allow you to easily modify any texts and vector shapes into a fancy graphic. Use the result with iWork, Microsoft Office, BeLight applications and other programs. Create more compelling business presentations, brochures, flyers, postcards, business cards and Web sites with the program. Pre-designed styles, shapes, icon art images, shading materials and other advanced visual effects make Art Text a powerful and intuitive program, which is a great example of delivering Mac OS X technologies to everyone. Not only professionals, but anyone, who wants to make his text work look attractive, will find a use for the program. Apply shadow and glow effects Ability to combine text with background image Bend text using 22 adjustable vector transformation shapes or Bezier splines Ability to export into a file or clipboard in TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PNG or other formats System Requirements - Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't Confuse Version One With Version Two! December 5, 2008
David Padfield (Zion, Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Version one of this software did have a lot of problems. Version two is now out and the software is VASTLY improved! I use Art Text in conjunction with Apple Keynote and the work-flow is very smooth. Every week I have to prepare two or three Keynote presentations and now I make my headlines in Art Text and then copy the file to the clipboard and then paste into Keynote (the file is saved as a PDF document inside of Keynote). You can also save the files as PNG, TIFF, JPG, PDF, GIF and EPS.
I became an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop nearly 10 years ago, so I do know how to use Photoshop and Illustrator to create stunning headlines. However, it is simply faster to make them in Art Text. It is true that this product does not come with a manual, but I never read them anyway. Anyone who is slightly familiar with any graphics program should be able to master Art Text in a matter of minutes. This is one of the most intuitive programs I have ever used.
Good, but not Good Enough for the Price May 18, 2008
Alfred W. (MD, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this software to do some small scale desktop publishing, and while I'm not an expert in illustration software, I did find it difficult to use. The Shadow and Glow effects are very nice, particularly if starting from one of the pre-made templates. But trying to do something from scratch can be difficult, especially if you have a spatial constraint in mind. For example, I wanted to curve some text to fit in a wheel diagram, but I had to experiment, cutting-and-pasting each time, to see if the curve was right (you can only use the mouse to drag-and-click for transforms, and there is no numerical input like radius, angle, etc). In short, the software does what it does well, but not well enough or easy enough to warrant the price. If it still seems interesting, try the demo first before buying.
 Avoid This One May 4, 2008
All100 (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This software is really difficult to use. You can't save more than one work-in-progress at a time - you must export when you're done. Worse - there's no manual for this product - not in the box, not on their website. And if you need tech support, their website lists a phone number... IN THE UKRAINE! I could go on and on. It's a cheap program in every sense of the word.
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