Being a novice at Computer Technology, it was with a great deal of trepidation that I decided to review the Sierra software.

Loading the program into my computer was a breeze. It flowed from step to step without any glitches. My first step was to get my pictures into the program. I used my Logitech Scanner to place the photos into My First Album. No sooner said than done. I was able to print these pictures from the album. Other sources of pictures other than scanners are the Digital Scanner, TIF, FPX-format, GIF, JPEG, PCD file formats among others.

Now comes the fun part. It was easy to print onto a contact sheet showing all of the pictures on the album page. Next I printed actual size, and to fit the page pictures. So far so good .Next I attempted the projects I inserted a picture of my granddaughter and myself onto a birthday card for her 22nd birthday It was easy to get the hang of it with the prompts on the screen. I was able to turn the picture around so that it was right side up and to size it appropriately to fit into the allotted space. I tried another project and made a parenting diploma for some friends. I worked with framing. I inserted pictures into frames, retouched, enhanced, and adjusted contrast and color, and patched colors onto areas in need of retouching.

Editing the script was accomplished easily by following the prompts. Sound was added to a picture by clicking the picture and the photo sound button on the tool bar and clicking the record button to begin the message, and click stop. Click to play and listen. Information about a picture may be typed onto a page and copied into an album.

When copying the pictures onto a project, the picture to be copied must be brought up into the first horizontal row of the album page. This is accomplished by dragging and dropping. Albums may be edited or completely deleted but may be redeemed from the recycle bin. They may be renamed and locked for privacy.

I e-mailed some of the pictures in the album to my daughter who was delighted to receive them.

The only difficulty I encountered was with my own equipment. As I tried to go back to scanning another picture after printing one, my equipment refused to go back to scanning because it noted that the printer was not finished printing. I believe this is due to the way the scanner and printer are hooked up to a parallel port.

All in all, working with SnapShot was a breeze.