Chronos SOHO Business Cards v3.0.4 Mac OS X

SOHO Business Cards is the #1 best-selling business card software for Macintosh. It includes everything you need to start making great first impressions. First impressions are important. Your business card is often the first promotional material a person receives from your company. It's also the thing most people keep to remember you by. SOHO Business Cards will help you create a professional and memorable impression every time.

NEW! The world's first searchable artwork.

Finding the right background paper or design element for your business card can be daunting task. Fortunately, SOHO Business Cards works with packages of related images called "iScrapKits". An iScrapKit is more than just a collection of high-quality graphics. iScrapKits also contain built-in information about the kit and the graphics in the kit. This information makes it easy to browse and search for the perfect graphic without any setup on your part. For example, you can quickly search your artwork for a blue sandstone paper by simply typing, "blue sandstone."

When searching for the perfect graphic, you can search by name, tags, primary color, secondary colors, and actual colors. There are several kinds of iScrapKits:

• Complete Kits
• Paper Kits
• Alphabet Kits
• Embellishment Kits
• Stamp Kits

Get speedy with Smart Templates.
SOHO Business Cards comes with over seventy (70+) 2nd generation Smart Templates that will revolutionize the way you create business cards. Each Smart Template has been professionally designed and shows you exactly where to place papers, embellishments, logos, and more.

The templates are "smart" because the software understands what each placeholder on the template represents. For example, double-click a paper placeholder on the template and SOHO Business Cards will show you all of your papers. Graphics in placeholders will even be automatically resized to fit the space.

Smart Templates are so amazing because they help you create custom business card in just a few clicks. Simply choose the design you like, fill in the placeholders, and you're done.

Let your artwork flow.
The new cover flow window lets you quickly view LARGE previews of your kits. It's now easier than ever to browse for the perfect artwork for your business card. It's also more fun than ever!

Flying font previews.
The new new Font Preview makes make choosing the right font for your business card fast, fun, and easy! The Font Preview shows you how your text will look in different fonts. Plus, you can choose to display the fonts in a standard list mode or an animated mode where the text flies across the screen in random directions. The animated mode lets you sit back and watch for the ideal font.

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.
SOHO Business Cards comes with everything you need to create stunning business cards in minutes. Your clients will be amazed and think that you have an in-house design department! Tell them you have something better: SOHO Business Cards.

• Step 1. Choose a design.
  Choose from over 140 professionally-made Smart Templates and Ready-Made-Designs. Many of these designs include photos or artwork right up to the edge of the card (full bleed). You can also start with a blank card.
• Step 2. Customize the card.
  Use the built-in design tools to customize your design and build your brand. SOHO Business Cards will automatically pull your name, details and logo from the Mac OS X Address Book for you.
• Step 3. Print.
  Print your design on virtually any business card stock using any inkjet/laser printer. You can also submit your design to an online commercial printer if you want special UV finishes or raised inks.

Choose your own style.


It's your card, so choose the style that suits you best. Whether you want a fancy double-sided card or a simple horizontal card, the choice is yours!

Works with any brand card stock.
SOHO Business Cards supports 700+ business card stocks from companies like Avery®, PaperDirect®, Idea Art, NEATO®, etc. The companies offer some sophisticated card stocks with features like:

• Two-sided printing
• Clean-edges (no perforations)
• Glossy, matte, and uncoated finishes
• White or ivory colors
• Linen textures

The more efficient, flexible way.
SOHO Business Cards is more efficient, flexible, and cost-effective than ordering business cards from traditional sources. Here's why:

• Only print cards when you need more
• Eliminate costly reprints when your information changes or your company relocates
• Refresh your corporate identity when you need to, not when you run out of business cards
• Create cards for different roles you have at your own company
• Hand-out modified cards at trade shows to limit private info
• Create cards for your various hobbies
• Create cards for your employees using the same design (software fills-in info from Mac OS X Address Book)
• Carry cards in your wallet for friends, neighbors, babysitters, etc.
• Use different email addresses on cards to control spam
• Travel with cards in the language/format of foreign countries you visit

iPhoto at your fingertips.
SOHO Business Cards automatically displays your photos directly from iPhoto in the built-in iPhoto Browser. The iPhoto Browser makes it easy to put a picture of yourself on your card or use a favorite photo of a sunset as your card's background.
Make it look sharp with smart shapes.
Create custom design elements with the 35+ Smart-Shapes built into the software. Control every aspect of a shape including stroke color, fill color, stroke style, stroke size, and opacity. Where appropriate, certain shapes include controls to customize attributes unique to the shape. For example, you can specify the number of points on a star and the height of the points.

Text madness: bend it, spiral it, crop it.
Text is magic in SOHO Business Cards. Bend it along a curve. Spiral it to tell a story. Or use text to crop an image. It's so easy that it's fun!

Double your impact with double-sided cards.
Both sides of double-sided and folding business cards appear next to each other on the design canvas. This approach helps you maintain a consistent look for both sides of the card. Business card stock manufactures now make two-sided stocks so printing double-sided cards is easier than ever.

Taking the mystery out of "full bleed."

There are two different kinds of business card stock: regular and full bleed. SOHO Business Cards works with both and has special features to assist with full bleed designs.

Regular. Regular stock means that all of the cards on the sheet share an edge with adjacent cards (no gap between cards). Manufacturers can fit 10 cards per sheet with regular stock since there are no gaps.

Full Bleed. Full bleed means that there is a gap between each card on the sheet so you can "print-to-the-edge" of the card without accidentally printing on an adjacent card. When printing full bleed designs, you want the artwork that goes to the edge of the card to actually "bleed" or extend past the edge of the card a little bit. The "bleed" gives your printer a margin of error in case the business card stock does not feed precisely in. Full bleed stock usually comes with 8 cards per sheet.

Optional crop marks can be added to assist commercial printers in making exact cuts for regular and full bleed designs.

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