If you try to start it without a complete shutdown you get a crazy box which says PMW Retry/Cancel. For some reason Print Shop doesn't close completely. The built-in PDF printer doesn't work under wine. be patient - takes a while (about a half minute) to start up and get to the main screen Essentially it ships without any templates or clipart (i.e., "/Setup/ProgramFilesFolder/The Print Shop 23.1/Content"/* "$" Unless your program has 15000 templates it's not an alternate. You find a template you like, and then you modify that template to suit your needs. Print Shop 23.1 (the last released) shipped with 15000+ templates and 250000+ pieces of clip art. Print Shop is a program which has an intuitive user interface and is used for generating (simple?) documents such as greeting cards, banners, certificates, etc. Scribus is NOT an alternate to print shop I know this post was closed, but I wanted to insert my 2 cents.
No need to dual-boot, you can always install Windows in a VirtualBox VM. I've never used Print Shop, but I'm 100% certain that I can easily reproduce whatever it can create using Linux programs.
I mean Windows Movie Maker was actually not too bad and was super easy to use, but I would never use it and always preferred more powerful and more difficult to use programs when I used Windows. Seems "easier" is a common denominator when comparing Windows software to Linux software.Ībout the only thing I agree with that statement is that windows S/W is easier than Linux. Everything can be done with the mouse - no numerical information required (such as needed for labels, tags, paper size). Pictures are also infinitely shapeable/moveable.
For example: Headline text control - shape, outline, fill, bend, and easily placed.