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Originally Posted by Gracey'sgirl Creative Memories Memory Manager?
What do you think of it.? I like CM but I would really only be using the program to organize my photos and possibly use it for storybooks. So please tell your thoughts on this.
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Hi there:
I have used Memory Manager since it came out in 2004 or 2005. I love it, and use it religiously. My husband uses it even more extensively than I do - he uses all of the photo editing features (altering light, shadows, cropping, etc), and I have used the clone tool to do some editing (eg. hiding acne, blemishes, etc). It is a great tool at a very reasonable price, and I love the organizational abilities - you can put your pictures simultaneously into multiple folders for sorting. As an example, say you have a picture of you son and daughter with the dog on the boardwalk at Navy Pier in Chicago. You could simultaneously store that one picture in folders marked:
Son
Daughter
Dogs
Trip to Chicago
Navy Pier
Family Vacations
It isn't actually storing multiple copies of one picture, it is just applying multiple tags so that when you pull up a folder, if it is tagged for that folder you will see it there.
As I said, Memory Manager is a great tool, at a very reasonable price. It will do most of the photo editing that many people would require, and is very easy to learn to use. I think it retails somewhere around $40 or $50. Photoshop or other software will offer many more options and editing abilities, however, they are MUCH more expensive. So, if you are looking for a basic organization and editing software for not a whole lot of money, I can wholeheartedly recommend it.
However, you have to realize that Memory Manager is the tool for editing and sorting your pictures. If you want to make digital storybooks, you have to purchase a different piece of software. Creative Memories version is called Storybook Creator. I know there are a lot of other ones out there as well. Since I have only used Storybook Creator, I cannot speak to those others. I enjoyed using Storybook Creator, and made several albums. I don't use it anymore, but only because after the first few times of making albums, I realized that I didn't really enjoy making digital albums, it just wasn't for me - I prefer the traditional style.
Again, a good piece of software at a very reasonable price. There are others out there, some of which may be free, and others significantly more expensive.
Hope this helps in your search.
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