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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Description
MemoryMixer adds a few levels of sophistication to the concept of family slide show
software by adding video overlay on top of your slides and include voice narration that
can interrupt any background audio. All of these features are wrapped up with
“Embellishments & Backgrounds,” with ribbons and bows and textures.
It comes in two editions—MemoryMixer Lite, with 100 backgrounds and more than
375 embellishments; and MemoryMixer, with 400 backgrounds and more than 1,200
embellishments.
You can also create printed albums with this product as it ships with more than 30 professionally
designed albums and many more are available from professional designers.
The vendor has a photo-processing service with delivery to the door.
Comments
MemoryMixer has been vigorously promoted to become one of the leading brands in
this sector. It is sold in the online Apple shop, which gives it a kind of official seal of
approval, but it remains a basic program that places a lot of emphasis on decoration,
but comparatively little on photographic quality. However, that is par for the course
with most scrapbooking provision and MemoryMixer is no worse in that respect.
To use MemoryMixer you have a choice of three modes—InstaMix, which allows you to
select background and photos and then the program automatically puts the pages together;
QuickMix, where you start with a professionally designed album into which you insert
your photos individually; and From Scratch, with which you can customize the various
elements. This is a good approach as it caters for all levels of expertise. The vendor also
offers a photo-processing service for printing album pages to the size you want.
Versions: MemoryMixer 2.0 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000 and XP; Mac OS X
RAM: 256MB (512 or more MB recommended)
Supported file formats: Major image, video, and sound formats
Price level: Lite version $35, Full version $80
Address: Lasting Impressions for Paper, Inc., 2441 South 1560 West, Woods Cross, UT 84087,
United States
www.memorymixer.com
PhotoELF
Vendor: Landofcom Software
Purpose: Photo printing and editing software, with organizing and batch facilities