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October 13, 2001 - Print Artist Print Kit Edition, Hallmark Card Studio 3

• Sierra On-Line, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing and part of its Games division, is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. The Sierra Home division deals primarily in print crafts for the home user. Anne Boswell discusses the massively popular Print Artist Kit Edition that features Print Artist v 15 - a testament to the popularity and longevity of this product. Leslie also discusses the Hallmark family of cards for the computer that includes Hallmark Card Studio 3 and Hallmark Holiday Card Studio among others.
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December 16, 2000 - Print Artist Grande Suite, Photo Expert

• Print Artist Grande Suite allows you to make themed party sets, 3D crafts, stationery, banners, cards, calendars, and other types of publications. In addition, you get photo-editing software and over 200,000 images to get your projects started. Also the Associate Brand Manager, Lisa Baisler, will discuss Sierra's new Print Artist Photo Expert, to help touch up your digital images.
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September 23, 2000 - Complete Home Designer 3D

• Sierra has been a leader in quality products for the end user for many years. Karen Redetski from Sierra discusses the many improvements to their popular Complete Home Designer 3D. This fourth version has Photo Designer segments for both interior design and gardening in which you can scan in a photo of your home and change paints, add borders, or design a fabulous new garden for that patchy spot in the back. Other segments in the suite deal with electrical wiring and home design as well.
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June 10, 2000 - Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe

• Sierra Home is the home products brand division of Sierra, Inc., one of the original developers and publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software for personal computers. Mark Tindall from Sierra Home will discuss the latest product - Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe. Whether you want to congratulate someone or send a birthday card, this package is great. Choose from over 1000 templates and add your own special touches to make your recipients know that you think they are special.
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March 18, 2000 - Hoyle Card, Hoyle Board, Hoyle Casino

• Crank up reality a notch with the Hoyle series of games from Sierra. John Friederich, the Brand Manager for Sierra Attractions, discusses the latest innovations to Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Board Games, and Hoyle Casino. If you have played these Sierra games before, then you know that the computer characters you play against interact with you and the other players. Now you can design your own character or choose one of an expanded list of already created characters. Anyway it's a lot of fun and an easy way to learn new game variations.
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December 18, 1999 - Print Artist Grande Suite 8, Card Zone Deluxe

• There's no place like home for the holidays-and what do you do then? Mark Tindall from Sierra has some suggestions using their publishing products. You can design a family party from banners to placecards with Print Artist Grande Suite 8. Is there a special someone you want to develop a card for- then you might want Card Zone Deluxe. Find out more about Sierra's publishing products and specifically these two products.
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March 6, 1999 - Print Artist, Snapshot

• Do most graphics programs give you a headache when you start to use them? Does the program do "everything" if only you spent "x" number of hours learning it? You need to listen to Anne Boswell in this interview. Sierra has had years of experience to put together a graphics program for the person who just needs to go in and create a project without having to learn technical terms and techniques. Print Artist and Snapshot have loads of templates to let you create a wide range of projects, yet it is flexible enough to let your own creativity shine through.
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January 16, 1999 - Web Studio

• Sierra puts together easy-to-use products for just about anything. Learn how to "take your web site to the next level" with Marcia Bales, Creative Director of Web Studio for Sierra Home. With an easy-to-use interface and an easy-on-the-pocket price, you can make your website more interesting.
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September 19, 1998 - Hoyle Board Games, Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Casino, Sierra Chess

• What can be better than going home and playing a game of Solitaire after a hard day at the office? How about a game of Parcheesi, Chess, or Blackjack? Sierra Home has a line of classic games to help you relax at the end of the day. Steven Van Horn, Producer of Hoyle products for Sierra, takes you through the games in Hoyle Board Games, Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Casino, and Sierra Chess.
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May 23, 1998 - Generations

• How do you go about finding out about your family's history? Elon Gasper, founder of Sierra Online will talk about their new product, Generations. Do your family research online then take your data and generate informative reports. Customize your reports and add pictures, biographies, etc. Find out how in this segment.
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