Might want to try the landscape design forum on this site. I think some of the folks over there are using some of these programs.

I purchased GrowItGold and it is probably the most complete program you will ever find. It has a landscape module that you can scan a photo into and place your plants on, plus a CAD module that produces landscape designs, plus a diary module for tracking planting times (and anything else you want to track), plus a costing module if you happen to sell your designs to other people, and finally a database module that contains thousands of plants. I've used it for what I need and found it to be great, but now that my landscaping is done I would be willing to sell it if anyone's interested (I have the DVD version). If you want to check it out, go to the URL listed below. Here is a link that might be useful: GrowItGold Software

From About.com You can find out more information at www.dollwear.com, or e-mail Margaret Wolfe-Wilson, dollady45@adelphia.net for purchasing information. Hope this helps!

I agree with Hilary. A new program should be easy to use and have an assortment of colored mats in changeable colors and patterns. Often times it is REALLY hard to find mat colors that match your photos. Fonts should be of different styles as there are already stickers available for the simple styles. I also would go for the hard to find images for die cuts, such as race cars, bikes-(I don't know why this is such an under produced item, every child I know has had at least one bike, especially BMX bikes. My son had well over 15.) motorcycles, tv's, computers-lots of christmas gifts are these items, Cds, fake money, birds, large flowers with good graphics, etc. These are just a few of the items I have found hard to come by. As for cutting out the shapes, they have to be big enough that they are not a royal pain to cut out and small enough not to dwarf the pages. Heritage items are another biggy. If you did a section devoted to black and white die cuts ( or the darker muted colors like maroon, dark green, or gold and silver) with items from every decade, starting at the 1900's to present for example: the old gas pumps, ice cream palors, old cars, the different wars American's have fought (this would be a big seller since MANY of the older photo shots were of men in uniforms,) a rosy the riveter page, memorial tribute pages etc... These items are almost impossible to find, and yet millions of photos were taken during these times and scrapbook makers are now having a hard time finding die cuts, pages or stickers that fit those eras and photos. I too would be willing to test drive any new software or be a guinea pig for ideas. Penny