![]() It took me several months to give it a serious look, but when I did it was kinda like that movie Ratattouie – fireworks went off and it reminded me of my youth when I first discovered apps like pkzip and GIF Viewer – simple, but fantastic! This is how I’d sum up Qimage as I was able to quickly able to do what I want, print and move on. When I looked at the web site and read about it I thought huh? Could this be true? But then I looked at the web site counter and saw over 2 million hits and I started to think – there’s probably something to this app so I should probably give it a try. When I was working on my Epson printing series I was researching RIP’s and Qimage came up as favorite choice by at least one Epson engineer. I was so happy with Qimage that I decided to show it to one of my friends to give him a demo of how cool it is, but his first impression was the same as mine – is this just some shareware crap or is it really any good? Well to answer that, let me first tell you how I found out about it in the first place. Two words – WOO HOO!!!! When I think of the hours I’ve wasted doing these simple tasks in so many programs including Lightroom I wonder where this program has been all my life?!!! So this app looks like shareware, is it really any good? For example, here’s an example where I’ve used different images and different sizes and voila – it just figures it out and even added crop marks at my request:Ĭomplex layouts (this wasn’t a template) with 6 different image sizes in seconds!!!! In short, they have thought of everything to create exactly what I want quickly and easily. You’ll notice in the image above I’ve also put spaces around the images via a simple list selection, but I could have just as easily chosen the option to not have gaps – as well as many other options. ![]() Layout multiple images as fast as you can click a mouse – no thinking required! ![]() Here’s an example of a nice layout it performed after I quickly added 5 images all of the same size onto a letter size sheet of paper: Simply put the later is what Qimage does and it does it very, very well. Now if you’ve done image layout before you have to be skeptical about that last statement because everything I’ve ever used has been frustrating because they require a lot of human interaction whereas a smart developer could write code to try a bunch of options and quickly make a decision for a new layout without ever asking the user for input. The most valuable feature of Qimage to me is its powerful layout engine as it does what computer software should do – it allows you to add the files you want to print to the page and it does an intelligent layout exactly the way you want it. Prepare to be amazed by the cheapest product being one of the most amazing products you’ve seen in quite some time. What does all of this have to do with Qimage Ultimate by ddisoftware? Well in this case, there’s the problem of image layout and a variety of expensive products that offer a solution – and then there’s this inexpensive product called Qimage Ultimate that does it better than its more expensive brethren. I hate the latter choice, as I’m sure many of you do as well, so when life offers a surprise and offers something just as good I’m a happy dude. The consequence of this philosophy is that the best many times is also the most expensive choice which means in the real world it is either get the best or do without. Generally speaking in life I live by the philosophy of never settling for anything less than the best as anything less will just lead to frustration and remorse. *** Visit the bottom of this review for an exclusive discount offer ***
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