* You can’t save the finished product to your computer! It only offers the option to load directly to a website (where you have to give them your username and password!) or to email it to their servers and then they will email it back to you. This is the worst, piece of crap, notion in the history of software. To make it even worse (if that’s possible) I allowed it to email me the result and it’s now been 4 days and no email from them (and no, it’s not in my spam folder, etc.)

* Don’t let the pics fool you…it’s not as simple to implement as they appear. Morphing is the easiest but still requires a lot of time and patience to work. The other features take many hours before it will do what their sample pics do and, even after hours of working on it, it still didn’t look good enough…so be prepared for a huge learning curve and many hours and days working on just one photo.

* I’m requesting a refund on this one and will report back if that (at least) went well.

Rating: 1 / 5

“I do appologize, but if you look at our website (http://my.smithmicro.com/win/photoanimation/index.html), right in the requirements tab for this software it states:

* Windows 2000 or XP

* 500 MHz or faster

* 64 MB of RAM

* Direct X 8.1 or newer

* Windows Media Player 9 or better

* Live Internet connection required during installation to complete activation. < ------- PLEASE NOTE THIS LINE

Due to these requirements, you will not be able to complete the activation of this product until you have an internet connection. If you will not be getting a connection at home for a while, I would suggest finding someone you know who has an internet connection (physical, not wireless) and using that connection to get your software activated until you can get an internet connection at home.”

When I told him that I would not get the internet at home just to install a cheap program and that I had purchased another of their programs that cost 10 times this much and I didn’t have to go through this hassle he told me:

“Please understand that we did not develop this program, so it is NOT something that we can correct. If you want to contact the developer, Morpheus, you can go to http://www.morpheussoftware.net”

This company does not stand behind it’s programs and it seems that those programs that cost the least make you jump through the most hoops. Does this mean that if you can pay more for some program that you are more trustworthy than someone who buys a cheap program?

I guess that I will turn this over to the ACLU because their attitude and business practices stinks of discrimination.

Since Smithmicro can’t stand behind the products that they sell why would anybody trust any of their product.

Don’t buy any Smithmicro labeled or mis-labeled product. Buyer beware!
Rating: 1 / 5