Art Explosion 600,000 Reviewer's Comments

"TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award" winning clip art program, Art Explosion 600,000 from Nova Development, offers variety, quality and excellent customer service. This is Nova Development's second-largest clip art package and it will run with Vista.

Clip Art Variety:  

The only difference between Art Explosion 600,000 and their top product, Art Explosion 800,000 is that this version offers 25% fewer clip art images. But this package still includes a wide variety of fonts, web graphics, backgrounds, photos, animations and scalable vector illustrations. It does not, however offer any sound files.

Search Capabilities:  

You can easily navigate through these clip art images by choosing the type of image, insert the appropriate disc and then performing a keyword search. Art Explosion 600,000 divides clip art images into different categories and subjects so you find the disc you need.

You cannot search the entire set at one time, as our #2 pick, The Big Box of Art 1 Million allows. Such a tool would be useful to find clip art that is so specific that you have to look several locations.

For example, if you want an image of a such as a sombrero, do you look under clothing first, or under Mexican culture? Searching a thumbnail file of the entire library would be a faster way to find images that fit into several categories easily.

Clip Art Quality:  

Art Explosion 600,000's clip art quality is superb. You can preview sharp, quality clip art images in the printed catalog as well as on the computer.

Customer Service:  

When we phoned Nova Development for assistance, we were connected to a customer service representative instantly. And even though it took us a few tries to receive a response to our emails, we feel this manufacturer offers excellent customer service.

Summary:  

Though pricy, we recommend Art Explosion 600,000 because of its image quality and variety. As an added bonus, the Art Explosion CDs come in tidy, convenient folders instead of flimsy envelopes. This is handy because there are over two dozen discs in the set.