Works with AppleWorks and Adobe Illustrator Big Box of Art works well with Adobe Systems' Illustrator and PhotoShop. Also, you can use it with QuarkXpress, Word 98 and Corel Draw 8. Not mentioned in the Big Box of Art User Guide is Big Box of Art working with AppleWorks that comes free and works well with most Mac computers.
Vector It. You will love Big Box of Art's vector art. Using Adobe Illustrator you can now make your posters and illustrations assignments standout from other graphic illustrators. Big Box of Art vector art allows you to save vector graphics in EPS format for use in your Adobe Illustrator work.
Your Choices using Export Wizard
After you select the image you want, double-click on the image to start the Export Wizard. Now you can choose how the image will be used. The wizard chooses the suitable format and image size based on your choice of the program you want to place it in for final editing. Advanced users will probably want to just select "Export." With the Wizard you have a Resize/Crop dialog. The resolution can be adjusted. If you need to crop the image, simply drag the handles.
The Big Box of Art has 25 CDs for your use. When you search for the images you use Keywords, Type and Category.
Big Box of Art's Image Catalog
The Image Catalog gives you a thumbnail overview of several image types included in The Big Box of Art. Use it to supplement your searches when looking for the perfect image.
Image Catalog Photo-Objects
Agriculture & industry
Architecture
Business, commerce & trade
Food & beverage
Holidays & special occasions
House & home
Lifestyles & cultures
Nature
People
Religion, myth & fantasy
Science & technology
Signs & symbols
Social issues & government
Sports & leisure
Pro Comments
You receive both a Big Box of Art User Guide and Image Catalog in paper form (hardcopy). No missing manual here.
You receive both a Big Box of Art's Photo-Objects and Big Box of Art's PhotoFonts both worth the price of any single program.
The Big Box of Art's Export Assistant gives you several choices for exporting and saving to various formats. You can choice TIFF with Transparency, GIF with Transparency, JPEG, JPEG Progressive, Mac Pic and Windows Bitmap.
Con Comments
Missing are programs that come with the Windows versions: Greeting Card Creator and CD Design Creator.
Final Notes
The Big Box of Art for Macintosh collection includes 10,000 Photo-Objects, 110,000 vector clip art images and 10,000 raster illustrations. Plus you receive 20,000 color photos, 10,000 black and white photos and 2,000 textured photos. In the graphics portion of the program you receive 26,000 Web graphics, 25,000 web images, 1,500 animations and 500 PhotoFont textures. Also, The Big Box of Art for Macintosh includes a 750 page image catalog.
Added Bonus. One of best programs you can use is Big Box of Art's PhotoFont Maker. With this amazing program you can fill in fonts with photo realistic textures. Do as the professional designers do. Now, you can make your headlines come alive with graphics, texture and scenic sunsets with Big Box of Art's PhotoFonts.
My experience using Hemera Big Box of Art. I use Big Box of Art's PhotoFonts for my ...website. The stars and stripes of the American Flag for the ARIE Foundation letters sets the tone for donations of stamps and sports cards for veterans in VA hospitals though out the United States.