Smile Box is intuitive and easy to use. The program has a wide variety of choices for every occasion. You can upload to Social Media and also email your creations to just about anyone. I have had the program for many years and am happy for that partnership!
I like the options SmileBox has available for collages. Their "enhance" photos feature works quite well. Unfortunately, the resolution of the final piece is quite low. After doing 10 collages for my wedding website, I was disappointed to find that you could hardly see the faces in the photos. And if you zoomed in, they were a complete blur. A fancy collage doesn't matter if I can't see the faces are in the photos.
SOOO worth the membership! I am always late sending invites, greetings and thank-you's. This makes it so easy to send out all of the above, even last-minute! I often times upload my own music for the e-card, but really love the musical scores they have included too.
The site says sign up at 3.99 but I was charged 6.99 instead. When I wrote in to ask for an explanation, I simply got a curt "3.99 per month billed at an annual cost of 47.88
6.99 per month billed at 6.99 per month."
That's ALL he wrote in the reply. Great customer service Smilebox,
You don't have to go shopping for a card, everything right at your fingertips. When you pay for your membership you get access to more songs and you can add your own if you want, you also get access to premium choices so you know the receiver won't be getting something "free" anyone can send. It's worth it.
This program let me make a wonderful 'slideshow' presentation for my mom's 80th birthday with over 150 people watching. They were moved, not only because of the slides, but because I could add captions and music! Thanks Smilebox!
I don't care for the fact that I am forced to choose a "free" trial by giving you my credit card number. When the so-called "free" trial is up, send an email to me that says it's time to pay to keep premium. It's not truly free.
I couldn't even post it to Facebook without paying.
I thoroughly enjoy making Smilebox Presentations. They are easy to complete, have lots of themes to use and over 2,000 pieces of music to select from. There is a free Smilebox with some ads and restrictions on Premium themes so I opted for the full version. Great choice for me. To date I have designed Smileboxes for Weddings, Family group presentations, Anniversary's, Presentations of my dog & her friends. The list of Presentations are endless with some Presentations for one photo up to four hundred photos of your choosing. The Smilebox software uses a copy of your original photos so not one of your photos is altered. For the small annual price this program is awesome and could be fun for the entire family or for the children to send to relatives in an E-Mail, to one person or to hundreds. Great music too. Enough said, gotta go. I hope y'all will try this Smilebox program. You won't regret it. Carl (Central Florida 6/11/14)
It is good for sharing pictures, but it does not have enough cards that are just greeting cards to send messages. One has to feel obligated to find a photograph to add to the card or otherwise it is difficult to use the greeting cards on Smilebox. I tried it for a while, but got tired of not finding just simple cards.
Love this! I have dozens of slideshow and photo programs, but this is quick, easy and professional. It's such a nice touch to post a birthday message--or any message on social media. I've put together picture slideshows or greetings with music in the past, and had trouble posting them -I ended up with warning messages from Facebook warning I'd violated a copyright by using my own music (even musically legally downloaded from iTunes or Amazon).
Smilebox offers music from its own collection, so there's no worry with this.
BEWARE! BAD BAD BAD They automatically bill your credit card each year unless you cancel in advance. Their is no alert sent, or invoice. They do not make it easy to find a telephone number to call them. If you e-mail them to cancel, they will cancel but not refund the charge once billed. Many complaints online regarding their billing technique. BEWARE
I have renewed twice because it so simple and fun to use. I love creating projects and seeing people look at their pictures come together with smile box and cry, smile and tell me I brought them joy. Thank you smile box.
I have had SmileBox for a few years. It's an electronic conduit to express yourself with your own photographs, videos and much more.
However, I am surprised that after all these years there are only '1st, 2nd and 3rd music' to select from amongst the over 2000 pieces of music available. For hundreds of photos there ought to be about 6 consecutive music selection opportunities.
Please could you add more to accommodate for lengthy Creations?
I do PR for our local charity organization, and I have found this site VERY useful!
I have used it to do our flyers, as well as, monthly newsletters. It has also been really nice for doing special family moments we can share with others.
I can't believe all the free designs you can pick from plus they have wonderful premium designs as well but you have to sign-up to there members package. Really a great site to do all your creative photo designs!
I love Smilebox. My friend introduced me to it when she sent me photos of a photo shoot she did with my daughter. I love that it's free, the monthly fee is very low - if you want to join, there are so many options - collage, slide show etc. Easy, easy to learn to use, easy to share!
Spent 2 fruitless days looking for an appropriate template with animation for my aunt's retirement invite then suddenly I found Smilebox and in in an hour my invite was on its way. Everyone likes the design and my creation.
This is a very fun program, and easy to use. You can create any kind of greeting and send it to your friends and family. Sharing is simple and requires very little technical knowledge. I highly recommend this software.
Loved it except for the free version I have scheduled something to send in 5 days and can not find the post now. Not sure if it will send on time or if it is gone forever? The creation is saved but not able to access the recipient list to edit and not sure if I will be able to know when/if it gets sent out. Guess I should have gone for the paid version?
I used Smilebox for my Chanukah and Christmas cards. Personalized them with different photos. Wish it would work better on people's phones so they can open them and click on the pictures to enlarge them. But I was able to send so many more cards than I ever had before!
Answer: It sounds like the pixels don't support the size you are trying to view it in. Try shrinking the output and see if that helps. If all of your pictures are still blurry, make sure your software is up to date. Hope this helps and congrats on your wedding!
Answer: Hello! Thank you for your question. F you purchase the Pro plan, you can download your creation as a video file and share it with the recipients. There would be no need to continue paying for the annual plan. If you share your creation online, you will see a Smilebox watermark and limited functionality once your subscription is canceled. Please send an email to support@smilebox.com so we can reply faster if any questions appear.
Answer: NO charge for using the electronic cards designated as "FREE"
Answer: On my smugmug site, aaronsbarefoorphotography.smugmug.com, they typically print within 2 business days and ship via the method you choose USP Priority UPS Ground 2-5 days, or UPS Next Day. Or 2nd Day Air Mahalo Aaron
Answer: Hello! You can add a clickable link to the comments section next to the invitation.
Answer: Hello! The slideshow is always available for you if you do not delete it. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
Answer: A: Hello! Please send an email to support@smilebox.com or submit an online form https://support.smilebox.com/hc/en-us/requests/new so that the Smilebox Support Team could assist you as soon as possible. Thank you and take care!
SmileBox has a rating of 3 stars from 2,310 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SmileBox most frequently mention credit card, customer service and free trial. SmileBox ranks 60th among Greeting Cards sites.