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HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite |  | From: Nova Development US Category: Software
List Price: $49.99 Buy New: $37.00 as of 11/21/2009 19:17 CST details You Save: $12.99 (26%)
New (5) Used (1) from $35.00
Rating: 41 reviews
Format: CD-ROM Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP Media: CD-ROM Edition: Home Operating System: Windows Vista Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 2.1
MPN: DJWT Model: DJWT UPC: 727298406696 EAN: 0727298406696
Release Date: December 1, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Build a Green Kitchen—HGTV will help you plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances | | • | Wizard-driven interface makes any project easy, plus HGTV How-To Video Tips and a printed user guide to get you started | | • | Photorealistic 3D Technology with virtual walkaround and thousands of 3D appliances, furniture, lighting and more | | • | Easy room makeovers--start with your own digital picture | | • | Includes free technical support |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description Want to see how existing furnishings and wall hangings will look in your new room? It's easy. HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software lets you import any photograph into your design. Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or even pets in your new home
Amazon.com Design Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV, the No. 1 home improvement television network. Take a fresh approach to the way you live, including building a green kitchen, with HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite. Design Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV. | Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping. Click to enlarge. | Perfect for creating a new living space. Click to enlarge. | All the tools for creating winning kitchens & baths. Click to enlarge. | Are you looking to update a living room, bedroom or other space but aren't really sure where to begin? HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite makes the process a cinch. Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping. This new software is perfect for creating a new living space; adding a fireplace; making your home energy efficient with new appliances; replacing countertops, cabinetry and fixtures; and enhancing any room in your house with a brand new look. You can import digital photos of your home's exterior or interior and instantly change paint colors. You can even design your dream home from scratch. And it's easier than ever--no design experience necessary! Just point and click! - Room Makeovers
- Interior Design and Remodels
- HGTV How-To Video Library
- Kitchens & Baths
- Landscaping & Tools
- Home Design
- Cost Estimating
Get Professional Tips from HGTV's Video Library and a printed user guide to get you started and keep your creativity flowing. A variety of important topics are included, all to ensure your home improvement project turns out just as you dreamt it! Subjects include: - Interior Paint Finishings
- Improving Your Kitchen
- Artistic Backsplashes
- Framing Windows
- Eco-Friendly Carpets
- Mold Prevention Methods
- And Much More
Easy Room Makeovers with multiple options--or you can start with your own digital pictures. Import digital photos of home furnishings--or family photos--into your one-of-a-kind design! Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project. Click to enlarge. | HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Click to enlarge. | Hundreds of 3D Appliances, Furnishings, Lighting and More! Customize your space by selecting countertops, furniture and appliances in every style imaginable. Everything you need to plan, design, customize and create. HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Easily refinish cabinets, replace countertops, update appliances, and more. Even add decorative hoods and backsplashes and more functional eating areas. Plan Your HGTV Green Kitchen. Kitchens are the energy hog of the home. Between refrigerators and the ovens, cooktops and dishwashers, microwaves and small appliances, it's easy to see how a kitchen can cook up most of your energy bill. HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software will help you to plan and visualize a ne, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances. Wizard-Driven Interface makes any project fast and easy. There's even free tech support! Photorealistic 3D Technology for unparalleled visualization capacity. 3D Real View makes it possible to conduct your own virtual walkaround. Sample Home Plans for a fast start and virtually limitless creative options and innovations. Create your own floorplan in minutes or, create your own door and window styles, cabinets, lighting and window coverings. Build in everything from electrical outlets and switches to home networking and theatre systems. Plus: automatic roof placement, complete HVAC and plumbing, easy material selection--brick, stone, siding--and more.* Landscaping Tools Choose from hundreds of plants, fences, gates and more to plan beautiful, functional landscapes. Plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances. | It's easy to plan even the most challenging project. Click to enlarge. | The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan--automatically. Click to enlarge. | Hundreds of 3D models to choose from. Click to enlarge. | Summary of Features for Makeovers and Remodeling Flexible Interior Design Features - Replace Paint and Fabric:
Take a digital picture of any room and visualize your new space.
- Flooring Materials Library:
Woods, tiles, carpets and more
- Countertops Library, including granites and marbles
- Brand Name Content and Materials
- Complete Furniture & Appliance Library:
Hundreds of 3D models to choose from Realistic Visualization Features - Design in Photorealistic 3D:
The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan--automatically.
- 3D Walkthrough:
Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project.
- Accurate Natural Lighting:
Visualize your home's interior at different times of day.
- Easy Zoom and Navigation
- And Much More!
Powerful Home Design Features - Intelligent Walls:
Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair.
- Doors:
Use the Door Wizard to add simple doors, bi-fold doors, French doors, sliding doors, garage doors and more.
- Windows:
Just click along a wall to insert casement, hung, sliding, bay, vent, hopper or louvered windows, plus windows in virtually any shape.
- Hundreds of lighting fixtures
*Requires Internet connection
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| Customer Reviews:
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Would be 5 stars if the developer was better in documentation November 19, 2009 D. Ross Actually, my rating is 3.5 stars.
I've been using HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite for a couple of months now to design my dream house. It is a good program.
The reason it is not 5 stars is because of documentation. While it is good, it also covers not only this program but also the home and landscape version. Unfortunately, the documentation (either the printed user guide and the help available within the program) indicates if a feature is available only in the landscape edition. It is very frustrating to read the documentation and find out that a feature you want is not available.
The only way to upgrade to the landscape version is to buy the program. There is not upgrade fee from the home design version to the landscape version.
HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite Review November 13, 2009 T.H. (Utah, USA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite is a great, affordable way to help you envision any remodeling you're planning on doing to your home. This program can help you with interior design & remodeling, room makeovers, kitchens & baths, landscaping, and much more. There are thousands of sample plans to work with so you can get a feel for how the program works. You can import your own digital photos and instantly change the paint and fabric colors.
My favorite feature in this program is the HGTV how-to video library. The videos are very helpful and feature topics such as eco-friendly designs and interior paint finishings.
I recommend this software to anyone who's looking to do some remodeling without hiring a professional to come in and design everything for you.
*This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
Easy to use and great graphics! November 13, 2009 Laura Hesterton (Camp Lejeune, NC USA) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite Review
This program is so much fun! My husband and I are remodeling our first home, and I have tried several home design software programs, but none with such instant success as HGTV's version. My favorite feature is the pop-up tutorial that appears every time I select a new design element. No more guesswork or hours spent poring over the User Guide. Thankfully there is also a box to check if you've figured out that particular feature so that the pop-up doesn't, well, pop up. :) I also appreciate the availability of real colors from Benjamin Moore and real flooring options as well; those options make visualization and store selection so much easier! The paint colors in another design program, Punch!, were so distorted in the 3-D view that I almost returned the program, but HGTV has more true-to-life graphic detail. My only complaint is that the plumbing options are not as varied as I'd like. The cabinets & cabinet-like furniture are all very boxy and square, but I wanted to try something more rounded. Maybe in the next version...
*This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
Painful Learning Curve with Great Reward November 12, 2009 F. M. CHRISTENSON (Greater Kansas City, KS) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The "Easy! No design experience necessary." was definitely misleading and not related to the use of this software. Some common-sense design and remodeling knowledge are necessary. It took some getting used to, learning the lingo and understanding of the program nuances before I could actually do something decent. I started with a basic bathroom remodeling project which took hours to do.
Since I persisted, the next Kitchen remodeling project was more fun to do. This software allows me to see my ideas vs. what it's going to look like. A great eye opener!
If you have the time and patience to learn the software, it may be a great tool for you. But know of its limitations.
*This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
Overall very pleased October 28, 2009 iagree (Pennsylvania, USA) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It seems that reviews of this product are very mixed. After reading through some of the more negative reviews, however, it seemed that the problem was in the amount of time necessary to master the program.
I admit it took me several hours to get a workable plan drawn up from my house, but I was able to save the layout and have been referencing back to it for several home projects since. (We recently moved in and have BIG plans!) Once my initial home plan was done (the bulk of the time), the rest of the time spent has just been fun!
We are planning a large remodel to a portion of our home to accommodate an in law suite. This program allowed us to sketch up all the necessary details and see them for comparison. Invaluable! And very unusual to be able to do outside of profession programs.
I never had any experience with CAD programs, so I feel like if I had it wouldn't have taken me quite so long to get the hang of, but even so, the pop up tutorials really made it pretty user friendly. At first, I was slightly annoyed that they popped up everytime, but then I realized that it was very helpful since there was so much info to retain!
I really liked the ability to upload pictures of an existing room. It was quick and easy. I also was unable to save these pictures, but it wasn't a big deal since they are on my computer and easy to upload when necessary. I wouldn't necessarily choose shading based on these results, but it was fun to try out entirely different color tones.
Ultimately, I would recommend this product if you are willing to put in the time to learn how to use it. It does take time, but it's worth the output for DIY home owners!
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