Professor Franklin's Instant Gift Wrap

Age Group: Age 8 and Up, Adults Type: Computer Toolbox Price: $30

Description:

Instant Gift Wrap has a user-friendly interface that puts the fun back into giving presents! Create customized gift wrap by adding your own photos or images. "Accu-wrap" calculates the number of sheets needed to print for the package size specified. Print out self- adhesive ribbon to make your gifts appear seamless. Would you rather have a gift bag? Press a button!

Organize and share your photos using the photo album feature. You can e-mail your photo album or create slide shows with your photos.

Features:

• User friendly interface
• Create customized gift wrap, bags, tags, and stickers
• Create matching adhesive gift ribbon
• Personalize with your own photos
• Red Eye correction and touchup features
• Add personal messages on gift wrap and bags
• Templates and clip art images included
• Professor Franklin "Online Guide to Wrapping with Style" tips (available free with product registration)
• "Accu-wrap" calculates paper needed
• Photo Album: e-mail photos or make a slide show
• Photo Glossy Banner paper, included
• Adhesive Ribbon Tape paper, included
• Online ordering for supplies

Technical Aspects:

A nice improvement would be if the default directory would point to a specific folder related to the program rather than C:\Windows. Another nice feature would be if the Ribbon could be customized with your own words or graphics. These are just suggestions for a new version, it has no bearing on the program itself.

Report and Conclusions:

I also made 12 more gift bags by importing a picture and dropping it into one of their Christmas templates. I then added a "To Grandma and Grandpa" and sent the gift bag to print on cardstock. I edited the TO area for each person, and printed out a personalized gift bag. This was a very quick change and is creating personalized bags for each person.

The self-adhesive ribbon is made using their special Adhesive Ribbon Tape paper or by using 8 ½ x 11" labels and cutting into strips after printing. The ribbon is used to make larger gifts appear seamless and to add pizzazz to your gift. The gift bags are the right size for small ornaments or other compact gifts. They print off with cutting and folding lines and are very easy to assemble.

Instant Gift Wrap is FUN! I have several different types of graphics/card programs that 'talk about' gift wrap...but this one delivers! It makes it easy to make your own! You work in an "edit" mode...then just click on whether you want: gift wrap, a gift bag, or matching stickers...and Voilą it's done!! This is a great program for people that don't like to "fight" their software to create great customized gift wrap!