This article is in collaboration with Graphics Toolbox.
Have you ever wanted to create customized invitations or personalized posters? How about blog buttons and banners? Have you ever tried to change the colors in a photo? Did you find yourself frustrated by the program you were using? Graphics Toolbox might be just the program you’re looking for!
Graphics Toolbox was created by a team of software designers with over 20 years of experience in graphics programming. Their plan was to create a program for everyday graphics needs that would be easy to use and understand. The product they created is perfect for a wide range of people – from students to business people. Here are just a few of the ways you can use Graphics-Toolbox:
- personalized cards and invitations
- science diagrams
- photo editing
- posters and business flyers
- photo cartoons
- scrapbook pages
- blog headers and buttons
Members of the crew received the licensed version of the program to play with and they have been blogging about the things they’ve created. They even had the opportunity to participate in some online training sessions which are now available at the Graphics-Toolbox website.
Interested in seeing what the crew has been up to? You can visit the crew blogs below to discover how they used Graphics-Toolbox:
This is a neat software and once you use the tutorials you can really create amazing things!
Tristan
http://ourbusyhomeschool.blogspot.com
This was so much fun to use!! My kids think it is fantastic, and they loved thinking of ways to alter photos and do other fun things. My oldest child will use it to do projects and book reports, etc., for his school work as well.
It has a learning curve. But LOTS of potential uses.
Kimberly
welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com
This was a neat program, and certainly offers something a bit different, but it was very time-consuming to learn how to use it.
Interesting for graphic learners and kinesthetic children too.
Julie K
I have real problems learning with a program like this, however my children have created some great things and will continue to do so. I am definitely not a child of technology!
This was a lot of fun!!!
This would be a great program for those willing to invest the time. We felt while it has some awesome features, the learning curve is steep. In time we may love it but right now I would still go to my more familiar programs even though the features might be less.
This is a powerful program with great videos to teach even non-techies like me how to use it.
Heidi
http://www.homeschool-how-to.com
Graphics Toolbox is a great tool for every home. It can be used for invitations, cards, flyers, book reports, posters, projects, bulletins, newsletters, and many many more things. The name describes the software to a T. It's a toolbox to use when wanting to make changes to a graphic. It was easy to learn using the video tutorials on the Great Software Tools website.
really enjoyed this review.
http://homeschoolproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/great-software-tools.html
My son would aboslutely love this program! He has his own blog, loves to create on the computer, loves photography, and likes to make personlized cards. He needs something to keep him busy the next few months, as I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. This would be a great self-learning, cross-curricular item!!
I used this product with my 9th grader and she did wonderfully with it – I have tried to add my link again, but can't find the linky. so temporarily, I am leaving a link here in case anyone wants to find my review of this program: http://cre8tivehome.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/high-school-electives-computer/
We are still using this software and my DD has posted some of her pics on her blog here: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GirlJedi/775502/
🙂 Merit K at Creative Learning
Mr. Linky seems to be missing! Here is my link to my blog post on this product.
Great product with lots of potential!! You can try it out for free for 30 days to see if it is for you!!
http://homeschoolducks.blogspot.com/2010/04/tos-crew-review-graphics-toolbox.html
Very different from what I was used to. So I had a learning curve. But once you figure it out, it has tons of practical uses and lots of potential.
Forgot to sign my above comment. 🙂
http://welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/03/graphics-toolbox-review.html