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corefx Three Level given five stars by Children's Technology Review

mary | 15 May, 2007 08:53

corefx Three Level, 5.0 stars, Core Learning Ltd., ages 5-up.

We don't throw around five star ratings. In order to get one, a title needs to be the best in it's category, have quality content, and empower a young mind. That's why we were so thrilled to find corefx Three Level.

Once you start doodling with this simple, powerful graphics program, you simply can't stop. Somebody finally listened to the masses and made a reasonably priced graphics program that any child can be successful with. Take the drawing palate - you get 12 types of art tools, in any color or tip size. You can scribble with wax crayons - the harder you press, the darker the line - or let the watercolors bleed into a silky parchment. Every feature on our creativity wish list was covered: unlimited levels of undo (or redo, if you want to put your mistake back ), a nice collection of commercial free, resizable clip art, and the ability to easily add text to your work. The standard pull-down menus are familiar, often duplicating the icon menus, increasing your chances of making things work.

If you have children (or say, work with a room full of wriggling Kindergartners), you'll appreciate the ability to simplify the menus, with a beginners level. Advanced users will find features even Photoshop doesn't even have... corefx Visual Effectslike a tutorial on how to make animated graphics, and a quick redraw feature that can fast-forward through your project, one stroke at a time. Like a digital Swiss army knife, the program successfully opened a variety of file formats, so you can pull in a JPG straight out of your digital camera, add some text, and create a cover for your family DVD. Trial versions, that will work for 3 days and have print/save features disabled, can be downloaded at a variety of shareware sites. The program runs on newer Windows computers - there is no Mac version. All in all, this is the best consumer level drawing program on the market, for both children and adults.

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