SmileBooks
Photo Album
Software Reviews
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SmileBooks Photo Book Receive Rave Reviews
SmileBooks photo album software reviews continue to pour in. Our commitment to providing customers with an easy to use, rewarding product is proven over and over again, through the positive photo book reviews and awards we get on a continuous basis. Download our free software today to create permanent memories of your own.
CeWe Color has been selected as a finalist for the Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award.
06/16/2008 - The Microsoft Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award is given to the global ISV partner that has demonstrated consumer applications leadership excellence. This award winner has been the most valuable global consumer ISV partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to customers over the past year. This special recognition award acknowledges the global partner that has demonstrated leadership in driving Microsoft technology in a creative and ambitious way.
"This annual award is based on feedback from Microsoft partner and product teams and worldwide field. Your firm should be very proud of this award since this is recognition of the outstanding achievements that your company has accomplished as a Global ISV Consumer partner of Microsoft and positive feedback from our worldwide field leadership team.
Partners have always been critical to our success in providing solutions to our joint customers so we are especially pleased to honor your firm
in this manner."
Liron Shaked
Director, Microsoft Global ISV Consumer Partners
Photo Album Software Review - 2008 TIPA Award
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK (our European brand for SmileBooks photo books) has won the prestigious 2008 TIPA Award (Technical Imaging Press Association) in the category of Best Photo Service. The jury, made up of chief editors and representatives of 32 trade journals, merited the CEWE PHOTO BOOK as a leading product in a new photo service.
According to the TIPA jury, "SmileBooks is notably distinguished by its quality, flexibility and simplicity in design. It is distinguished by a particularly large range of formats, backgrounds and additional services, such as an archive containing professional photos."
The TIPA jury members considered the price/performance ratio to be extremely good. The software is plausible and can easily be handled in no time at all. In addition to a wide range of sample layouts, there are also plenty of personal design options.
Digital Photographer Magazine Peripherals Review
Test score : 90%
Our software was reviewed in issue 64 of Digital Photographer Magazine and received the following outstanding test scores:
Features : 9/10
Build quality : 10/10
Handling : 9/10
Quality of results : 9/10
Value for money: 8/10
"If you want to print your holiday snaps, wedding album or high school reunion pictures with ease, but still have a quality book you can show off to friends and family, this is the product for you."
Conclusion: "We were impressed by the quality."
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Photo Album Software Review – PCgo Magazine
In their June '07 issue PCgo tested eight photo book providers and said SmileBooks software was "flexible and easy to use" with a vast range of creative possibilities.
ColorFoto Declares SmileBooks an Award Winner
In the March '07 issue of Color Foto Magazine SmileBooks was declared the clear winner among the nine photo book platforms tested.
Additional Photo Book Reviews
"…reigns superior in all three areas: creativity, editorial features and quality" – Chip Computer Magazine
"…the huge range of tools and editing options let you create a book to your exact specifications. Individuality is key here." – Color Foto Magazine
"…the large number of layouts and backgrounds, combined with the simplicity of the software, enables even beginners to achieve stunning results." – PCgo Magazine
Download your free photo books software and in as few as three steps you can turn your photo book ideas into photo books you'll treasure forever. SmileBooks delivers your completed photo book in as few as ten days at a photo book price and quality you never dreamed possible. Start today.
CEWE PHOTO BOOK wins TIPA Award
- Prestigious European prize -
Oldenburg, Germany, 04-28-2008 – The CEWE PHOTO BOOK (our European brand for photo books) has won the prestigious 2008 TIPA Award (Technical Imaging Press Association) in the category of Best Photo Service. The jury, made up of chief editors and representatives of altogether 32 trade journals from all over Europe, merited the CEWE PHOTO BOOK as a leading product in a new photo service which had served to boost the photographic market over the past few months. CeWe Color is the innovative trendsetter in this product group and intends to produce more than three million copies of the SmileBook / CEWE PHOTO BOOK throughout Europe and the US this year.
According to the TIPA jury, the CEWE PHOTO BOOK is notably distinguished by its quality, flexibility and simplicity in design. This new market has not only generated considerable impulses for the photo and imaging industries, it also offers consumers in particular an extremely attractive opportunity to design a personal illustrated book with their treasured memories. The CEWE PHOTO BOOK is distinguished by a particularly large range of formats, backgrounds and additional services, such as an archive containing professional photos. A free, comprehensive software program containing numerous design options is available on the www.cewe-photobook.com website where a first-class ready-made SmileBook / CEWE PHOTO BOOK can be ordered. The TIPA jury members considered the price/performance ratio to be extremely good. The software is plausible and can easily be handled in no time at all. In addition to a wide range of sample layouts, there are also plenty of personal design options. The program also offers a large number of processing tools.
We are delighted that with the 2008 TIPA Award, we have received one of the most prestigious distinctions awarded for products in the photographic and imaging industry, said Dr. Reiner Fageth, member of the Board of Management of the CeWe Color Group and in charge of the Research and Development division. This prize is also a vital impulse for consumers and retailers to make the most of the numerous options offered by SmileBook / CEWE PHOTO BOOK. And for CeWe Color it is a commitment to continue to develop other innovative products for first-class image services.
Digital Photographer Magazine peripherals review
Test score : 90%
SmileBook (CEWE PHOTO BOOK) Software was reviewed in issue 64 of Digital Photographer magazine and recieved the following test score:
Features : 9/10
Build quality : 10/10
Handling : 9/10
Qualtiy of results : 9/10
Value for money : 8/10
"If you want to print your holiday snaps, wedding album or high school reunion pictures with ease, but still have a quality book you can show off to friends and family, this is the product for you."
Conclusion: "We were impressed by the quality".
» Please click here to read the complete article
Photo books - 12 providers put to the test
CEWE PHOTO BOOK under our partner brand names of Schlecker and Saturn was declared the winner in the February 08 issue of the German Foundation for Comparative Product Testing magazine.
"Photo books made using consumers digital images: many companies offer this product and there are huge differences both in the Software and the services provided."
"It's clear why consumers are drawn to this product: your personal images look so much more impressive once they have been professionally bound and printed Another advantage is that one can order multiple copies and distribute them amongst family and friends - a process that would have been both laborious and time-consuming in the days of analogue photography..."
"The test winners are the photo books from Schlecker and Saturn. Both provide a multitude of creative possibilities, easy order processes. The hard and soft cover books we orderd we ordered were of excellent quality..."
Conclusion: CEWE service and quality wins again!
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
Clicks instead of glue - digital photo books put to the test
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK won the comparison test in the June 07 issue of Internet Magazine.
"The award goes to CeWe Color, the giant in wholesale photo-finishing, who produces photo books for many German chain stores, e.g. Karstadt, Saturn, Müller and dm-Markt. CEWE provides the same flexible and easy to use Software to all of its clients. This Software includes a huge range of layouts, backgrounds and tools which means that a photo book can be compiled in a very short space of time. The Software even enables uses to design their own layouts thus providing a creative outlet for those who would like a more personalized product. The order process is simple and functions extremely well."
Conclusion: The CEWE PHOTO BOOK Software is fun to use.
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
At last - a Software for ceative people!
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK Software won the PCgo magazine comparison test in the June 07 issue.
PCgo tested eight photo book providers and published the results in their June 07 issue. The clear winner was CEWE PHOTO BOOK with its "felxible and easy to use Software" and vast range of creative possibilties.
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK Software offers unlimited opportunities for those who want to create a book that is unique and customized to their specifications. The large number of layouts and backgrounds combined with the simplicity of the Software enables even beginners to achieve stunning results. Advanced users are able to use the many editing tools and features to create books that will have friends and family wondering when they got their publishing deal. Extras include: breathtaking backgrounds, high-quality covers and professional editorial layouts. CEWE adds an element of fun to creating a photo book that other providers just can't match!
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
No cookie-cutter solutions here
CEWE PHOTO BOOK - Award winner in the March 07 issue of Color Foto magazine.
A total of 9 photo book platforms were tested. The clear winner was www.cewe-fotobuch.de due to the large range of creative features on offer and the fact that it offers good value for money. In addition, the CEWE PHOTO BOOK "beat the competition" when it came to image quality.
If you are a beginner and think that compilinig a photo book is complicated then CEWE PHOTO BOOK is the product for you! The Software is "easy to download from the website" and the books are created using a desktop application which means you do not need to be online to install or use it! The huge range of tools and editing options let you create a book to your exact specifications! Individuality is the key here. This Software is so easy to use that creating a CEWE PHOTO BOOK is a fun experience.
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
Leader in creativity, quality and service
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK was test winner in the January 07 issue of CHIP „Foto Video Digital“ magazine.
The magazine tested 12 providers. The clear winner was the CEWE PHOTO BOOK with it's unique Software which allows the user to create a book that is totally customized according to his/her needs.
No other provider offers the same level of variety and creative possibilities for creating a photo book: change layouts, add as many images as you like to a page, gorgeous backgrounds and much more. We reccomend you use the CEWE PHOTO BOOK Software when creating your photo book.
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
More creative freedom - bright colors, best layouts
Chip computer magazine tested 12 photo book providers - CEWE won by a mile.
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK reigns superior in all three areas: creativity, editorial features and quality.
The CEWE PHOTO BOOK Assistant makes childsplay out of ceating a customized photo book. There are no limits to the design options: you can scale and rotate images, add text to every page and alter every aspect of the book throught the editing process.
CEWE PHOTO BOOK - for those who want to make the most out of their digital images.
» Please click here to read the complete article in German
