SOHO Business Cards 3.0.1

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.

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

FEATURES

iScrapKit Browser manages your artwork & makes it searchable
Horizontal business cards in many popular sizes
Font Preview shows you font samples (list & animated modes)
CD business cards when you want to include content
Vertical business business cards in many popular sizes
Double-sided business cards show both sides at once
Folded card business cards show both sides at once
Access the iScrapbook Store to acquire more iScrapKit artwork
Group multiple objects for easy moving and resizing
Export cards as single cards or a full page of cards
Trim-To-Page hides objects outside the page boundaries
Paste and Match Style feature matches the style of nearby text
Hold down the space bar and drag to quickly scroll the page
Automatic backups and recovery for peace of mind
Smart shapes let you customize shape attributes like # of points
Use papers to establish a theme for your page
Use a commercial printer to have cards delivered to your door
Fine-tune photos: brightness, contrast, sharpness…
Access iPhoto albums & photos from the built-in photo browser
Curve text for dramatic effect or to wrap around curved objects
Spiral text to tell your story in unique way
Cover Flow shows large previews of all your artwork kits
Favorites Bin to store and re-use creative design elements
Adjust the transparency of text, images, and shapes
Rotate any object in real-time to any angle
Bezier paths so you can create any custom shape
Add drop shadows and control height, blur, color, opacity
Gradients (linear & circular) for sophistication and realism
Single window interface is easy to learn and use
Place objects on different layers to organize and isolate
Super-masks let you control position, size, softness…
Crop zoom lets you zoom and move images inside of the crop
Perfect Balance ensures text is balanced (both directions)
Crop photos using any shape and adjust the crop at any time
Crop photos using text for original effects.
Grid overlay/underlay is useful for aligning objects
Lock objects on the page to prevent accidental alteration
Export cards in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and PDF formats
Print business cards on your inkjet or laser printer
Smart Inspector only shows context-sensitive tools
Ready-made templates let you create cards from re-usable designs
Placeholders let you define and customize image/text drop spots
Built-in spelling and grammar checker for word perfect results
Auto-capitalization: upper, lower, or mixed (first letter)
Specify your contact info once for all cards you create
Use the perspective tool to give depth to two dimensional images
Text Bin stores common styles like heading, caption…
Use the Template Wizard to start from scratch or a template
Zoom the card as small or large as you wish
Real-time alignment guides automatically appear
Use the built-in rulers to precisely position objects
Snap-To-Grid ensures objects are aligned
Align multiple selected objects simultaneously
Resize multiple selected objects simultaneously
Distribute multiple selected objects evenly
Tint an image with any color and control the tint intensity
Advanced typography: kerning, line spacing, more…
Calibrate your printer for perfect paper alignment
Preferred printer support for users with multiple printers
Move objects forward & backward on the page
Print crop marks for precise commercial printing cuts
Full bleed support for artwork past the edge of the card
Pulls contact information directly from Mac OS X Address Book

Requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later Snow Leopard compatible

Release Notes
Version 3.0.1
Optimized Preview mode to only redraw when absolutely necessary


Version 3.0.0
NEW! Smart Templates with advanced features like named placeholders, automatic images, and more
NEW! REGULAR text placeholders and TEXT+IMAGE placeholders
NEW! 75 Smart Templates for quickly creating professional business cards
NEW! iScrapKit browser manages artwork and makes it searchable
NEW! Font Preview mode for previewing fonts in a list or animated fashion
NEW! Curved & spiral text
NEW! Paste and Match Style feature to match the style of text nearby
NEW! Ability to hold down the space bar and drag the mouse to scroll the canvas
NEW! Trim To Card feature to hide objects outside the card for a quick preview
NEW! Six (6) new Smart Shapes
NEW! Multiple objects can be resized together without grouping
NEW! Edit bezier shapes
BONUS! Includes 20 iScrapKits containing 974 graphics