Nova Art Explosion 800,000 Clip Art

O.K. I'm not going to list 800,000 best things about this software, but I can say:
It's a designer's dream - great images that you can adjust
It works with Windows Vista
Very well cataloged and indexed - necessary as there is so much to choose from
Sparks unlimited creativity
If you are looking for something, but will not know it until you see it, you will find it in here
Excellent! I used it to create the images for No man is an island
Alison J. Macmillan
www.WordisWorth.com

This was a fun collection of clipart! I have one major critique and that is the handy search feature and gallery they discuss in the product description did not work. If you are counting on being able to keyword search or view galleries do NOT buy this product! You're stuck using the old fashioned book with tiny black and white thumbnails. I have no idea why it failed but it did so on multiple computers, one brand new. The vector clipart is what you would expect, poor quality and pretty much useless. The rest of the collection is fun and just what I needed to complete my personal/professional projects.

Love the Nova 800,000 clip art. Has a great variety of clips for everything I need and works easily with my scrapbook program. Only picture I couldn't find was a good orchard picture, but oh well. It's a great value.

The amount of clip art is more than any mere mortal will ever need. The art ranges from animated to more sophisticated. My biggest criticism of this product is the system to look up the art on the 32 DVDs that it comes with. Sometimes it's difficult to find exactly which DVD it's located on. I'm confused as to why they didn't number the DVDs and then put the corresponding number of that DVD under the clip art in the guide book but they didn't so it makes finding the particular picture much more difficult than it has to be. If you are a casual user and want some simple clip art this probably wouldn't be a good product for you.

Before I purchased this program, I read A LOT of customer reviews. Most of those reviews were not great, and I almost did not buy this program. I'm glad I did. There were a lot of complaints about the clip art not been catagorized very well and it being hard to find what you're looking for. But, if you really stop to think about it, how in the world do you organize 800,000 images?!?! I feel this is a great collection of clip art. It comes with a huge 1700 page book which catalogues the images for you. Be aware the images are not in color in the book, they are just small black/white images to give you an idea. Take a rainy day and familarize yourself with the catagories in the catalogue and you shouldn't have any trouble finding the image that you want. For instance, if you want a picture of something pertaining to Christmas, Halloween, or Easter, you would look in the catalogue under "Holidays". Once you get familiar with the catagories, it should be easier and easier to find what you're looking for. Also, be aware that this product is just a collection of clip art, and you will need a separate program in which you import the images. I use my Windows browser to open the images on the CDs, then I use drop & drag to import the image into my Print Shop program.