Customer Reviews
Not Crazy about Art Explosion 
2007-12-10
I returned this product after reviewing the book to see how the program works. I have Print Artist and it's so much easier to use than Art Explosion. When I'm looking for a particular picture in Print Artist, I type a word and it gives me numerous pictures to choose from. From what I read about Art Explosion, you have to look up the picture in a book and then find the right CD.
Great artwork and fonts 
2007-11-01
Disc 3 was actually a duplicate of disc 30. I needed the vector artwork contained on disc 3 and contacted the manufacturer. They did ship me out a correct disc 3 very promptly. However, it arrived with a 70 cent postage due envelope.
I am passing on this information because the manufacturer warned me that a large shipment of Art Explosion 800,000 was released with this error. Amazon needs to be aware of the problem. Regards, PJK
Tried and True 
2007-10-18
I used a similar Art Explosion product to this one at a place I worked in the past and I was impressed by the wide variety of images available and the ease of use. This new product doesn't seem to be as simple to use as the old one I used, burt once I got used to it, it is just fine. I love it.
I did have problems loading a few of the disks, but after talking with tech support they sent me new disks without any hassle. The 3 or 4 days I had to wait for the disks to arrive was inconvenient, and I was rushed on the j0b I specifically bought the disks for, but overall I am pleased with my purchase and the tech service.
Great selection! 2007-10-11
I am a graphic designer and a work-at-home-mom. This package has a ton of stuff to choose from, and when you use the vector art, it can changed to suit your needs. I don't always like the colors that are used, but it's very easy to change it and make it my own. I am also the editor of a monthly newsletter for my MOM's group and it's very easy to drop in pieces of clip art to highlight the theme of each month. No, this isn't high-end illustration but, for the money, this is a great product with plenty to choose from. My only complaint is having to send in for the accompanying book. It's too much of a pain to look at the stuff in the electronic catalog. Much simpler and faster to look through the book. The images aren't very big in the book, but there's a lot to fit in.
Good Value for the money 
2007-09-20
This is a vast collection of clip art and fairly easy to find once you get use to using reference card. I was quite disappointed to find that the graphics did not always correspond to those shown in the manual. Some were missing or different. Disc 3 didn't have the correct images, I email customer support and they mail me a replacement disc very quickly. When using the catalog book to look up an image you will need the Cd directory card to locate the right CD. The Portfolio image catalog is necessary if you are using Windows VISTA because Explorer won't display some images.
800,000 reasons to love this 2008-06-20
O.K. I'm not going to list 800,000 best things about this software, but I can say:
It's a designer's dream - great images that you can adjust
It works with Windows Vista
Very well cataloged and indexed - necessary as there is so much to choose from
Sparks unlimited creativity
If you are looking for something, but will not know it until you see it, you will find it in here
Excellent! I used it to create the images for No man is an island
Alison J. Macmillan
www.WordisWorth.com
Fun collection! 2008-06-10
This was a fun collection of clipart! I have one major critique and that is the handy search feature and gallery they discuss in the product description did not work. If you are counting on being able to keyword search or view galleries do NOT buy this product! You're stuck using the old fashioned book with tiny black and white thumbnails. I have no idea why it failed but it did so on multiple computers, one brand new. The vector clipart is what you would expect, poor quality and pretty much useless. The rest of the collection is fun and just what I needed to complete my personal/professional projects.
Great Variety! 2008-04-21
Love the Nova 800,000 clip art. Has a great variety of clips for everything I need and works easily with my scrapbook program. Only picture I couldn't find was a good orchard picture, but oh well. It's a great value.
Tons of clip art... 2008-04-05
The amount of clip art is more than any mere mortal will ever need. The art ranges from animated to more sophisticated. My biggest criticism of this product is the system to look up the art on the 32 DVDs that it comes with. Sometimes it's difficult to find exactly which DVD it's located on. I'm confused as to why they didn't number the DVDs and then put the corresponding number of that DVD under the clip art in the guide book but they didn't so it makes finding the particular picture much more difficult than it has to be. If you are a casual user and want some simple clip art this probably wouldn't be a good product for you.
Not so bad... 2008-02-15
Before I purchased this program, I read A LOT of customer reviews. Most of those reviews were not great, and I almost did not buy this program. I'm glad I did. There were a lot of complaints about the clip art not been catagorized very well and it being hard to find what you're looking for. But, if you really stop to think about it, how in the world do you organize 800,000 images?!?! I feel this is a great collection of clip art. It comes with a huge 1700 page book which catalogues the images for you. Be aware the images are not in color in the book, they are just small black/white images to give you an idea. Take a rainy day and familarize yourself with the catagories in the catalogue and you shouldn't have any trouble finding the image that you want. For instance, if you want a picture of something pertaining to Christmas, Halloween, or Easter, you would look in the catalogue under "Holidays". Once you get familiar with the catagories, it should be easier and easier to find what you're looking for. Also, be aware that this product is just a collection of clip art, and you will need a separate program in which you import the images. I use my Windows browser to open the images on the CDs, then I use drop & drag to import the image into my Print Shop program.
