Customer Reviews
Fabulous tool 
2008-07-06
The bulk of my projects as a freelance graphic designer is designing books for national publication. This collection is a treasure trove of images -- I can always find just the right graphic for my bookblock layouts. All 5 discs operate perfectly and I really love the 1800+ page image library catalog. It's very well indexed so I don't have to spend a lot of time browsing through the discs to find what I'm looking for. It has already paid for itself many times over, both in time and cost.
Explosion of Crap 
2008-06-20
This is horribly misleading. Not only did 3 of the DVDs not load (just spun and spun), but the two that did gave me a glimpse of the "art" they claim to be so great and high quality. The clip art is amateurish, the background images are ... ugh, they're just gross. And the photography is a complete joke. It's all circa 1970s and 80s, the quality is very poor. They appear to be scanned in and have the quality of a shaky grandmother's album. And high quality? Ha! The images not only are lo-res (180 dpi), but they are also small in size (4x5")! This is a complete and utter joke. Don't bother.
A waste of money 
2008-02-15
As a graphic designer, I'm always looking for tools like this. When I bought this for our shop, we were planning on using the icons for quick placement in our statement designs. We also looked forward to using the fonts and other clip art eps features for various quicky projects. Unfortunately, the interface is difficult to use, and loading the CDs is tedious.
The stock photos are worthless. I have yet to use one of their 1970s photos for anything other than a good laugh.
The font database has nothing usable.
Overall, this was a waste of $100. Our shop has used it probably half a dozen times, and I don't imagine we'll use it much from here forward.
Birthday gift for daughter 2007-08-26
My daughter works as a computer graphic's artist as her profession. Because of this I found out she wanted the Art Explosion 750,000 For MAC as an adjunct for her job. So I ordered one as a birthday gift.
Since we don't live near to one another I had it shipped as a birthday gift to her home.
Only weeks later did I find out that part of the delivery came through damaged, and she was then dealing to have the problem rectified!
I asked if she wanted me as purchaser to follow up, but she told me she would deal with it.
I'm sure she will eventually get satisfaction either from Amazon or whomever is eventually responsible.
Art Expolosion 750,000 Expolded 2007-05-30
Sure Art Explosion has nifty stock images that can help in a pinch with small graphic solutions, but what to do with 48 CDs that come shrink-wrapped on a spindle with no lid? In the past the CDs would come supplied with a carrying case. So don't expect one to come with this collection or to get a response from Nova even though they advertise a money back guarantee.
Fabulous Tool 2007-01-03
The Ultimate Library of Premium-Quality Clip Art / On 48 CDs 48 CD-ROMs, plus Two Convenient CD-ROM Portfolios 750,000+ Royalty-Free Images Ideal for First-Time Publishers and Professional Designers Alike More than 80% in Color 65% Vector Clip Art (EPS), Scalable to Any Size Vector Images; Raster Images; Photographs; Classic & Retro Images; Fine Art; Backgrounds; Web Graphics; Technical Symbols; Animations; Fonts
Worth the investment 
2006-09-04
I own an older copy of this product and have used the heck out of it on various Macs over the last 5+ years. Believe it or not, it was the PC version, but I am able to open all of the .wmf clip art files in Adobe Illustrator to use as raw material, deconstructing the vector forms to make fast, original illustrations and logos. A real timesaver if you don't feel like hand-drawing a mandolin, corn-on-the-cob, bicycle tire, or what have you. The huge catalog of images included is a great reference, too. I can only imagine how handy the Mac version will be and definitely plan on buying it.
Buyer Beware 2006-07-13
In a collection of 48 CD-ROMs I might expect that one of the 48 might be bad. Maybe. I would *hope* they would all function, but if one was bad I wouldn't be too surprised. But my first experience with this set was that the first 10 I chose (at random) would not mount. Wouldn't mount on my old G3. Wouldn't mount on my G4 Titanium. Wouldn't mount on my G4 Mirror Drive. Tried some more...some would mount and some wouldn't. Called the company to complain...they sent a new batch...all 48. Did it help? No. Same problem. Just for the record, I don't have trouble with other CDs. Just these. With the batch I have now, I'd say at least half of the CDs do not mount properly. On days when I know I'm going to have to look through this collection for a piece of artwork, I dread it...it's such a hassle. Some good stuff there, but not worth much when you can't get at it.
One massive library 2006-03-08
This is one massive image library. The package is so large that 48 CDs are provided. A catalog comprised of over 1250+ pages accompanies the discs in this collection. The categories/subcategories that the art is divided into, as well as the catalog make for quick, simple searching.
There are many pictures included, such as baked goods with different toppings and textures, as well as different perspectives. this is definitely a useful collection; I can see it being especially well suited for graphic artists, web designers, and amateur craft lovers.
Incorrect book enclosed 
2006-01-27
Part of what helps with these clip art libraries that are so huge, is a good, easy to see printed book. This one said it came with two books and showed that they were of decent size. I received a very small, single book that is hard to see all of the artwork. It will be very hard to be creative with this small printed book.
