PhotoSuite currently includes the largest selection of templates of any image-editing software. At a retail price of around $50 as of the writing of this book, it might be a good investment for the templates alone. Most other image-editing programs contain templates, although usually a considerably smaller selection.
Templates might be available in your image-editing software for a number of projects you can print and distribute.
- Frames and borders Adding a decorative border to a photo, especially one that looks like an actual frame, gives it a finished look.
- Calendars Photo calendars make great gifts for family, friends, and business clients at a fraction of the cost charged by professional printers.
- Family trees These templates offer a great way to organize and display photos. Family trees reproduced on nice paper or laminated make terrific keepsakes for family reunions. PhotoSuite 4 includes four different familytree templates, into which you simply drag and drop scanned images you’ve saved on your computer or a disk.
- Stationery and note paper Image-editing software makes it economical to include photographic images in your stationery and note paper. What better way to make a statement?
- Fake magazine covers, sports cards, and gag IDs It used to be that these kinds of items had to be specially produced. Now you can have fun doing them on your own, using the templates that come with PhotoSuite 4.
- Business cards and brochures Whether your business is a corporate conglomerate or an enterprise you operate out of a spare bedroom, image-editing software, quality paper, and a good printer allow you to produce items that convey the image you’re looking for.
- Name and gift tags Even if you’re all thumbs when it comes to wrapping, cute photographic gift tags make a clever statement.
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