Digital Scrapbooking: The New Way
to Create Memory Books
Digital scrapbooking, or computer scrapbooking, is the newest
way to preserve your family memories. Using inexpensive, easy-to-use
scrap book software, you can create entire scrapbook
layouts and add fun fonts and graphics to take your scrapbook
project to a new creative level. Some software packages like
Corel
Photo Album 6 Deluxe
even come with free scrapbooking templates.
Computer scrapbooking has really taken off in the last year
because people are finding it is less expensive, fast and
takes up less space (no more taking over the family dining
table) to make a computer generated scrapbook versus traditional
scrapbooking techniques. Most people already have a computer
and digital camera, and once you have a digital scrapbooking
graphics software package such as Scrapbook Factory Deluxe
and ACDSee
Photo Editor and Manager.
and perhaps invested in a scanner for older photos, you're
ready to go.
Shutterfly.com
has a great a printing solution for digital scrappers. Shutterfly
enables you to easily place pages into high quality Photo
Books and print them with full bleed or die cut window covers.
You can create unique book sizes for special memories and
occasions—12x12, 8x8, 8.5x11 and 5x7. You can design
Baby Books, Wedding Books, Holiday Books, Casual Books and
more. It works seamlessly across Windows and Mac OS platforms
and there are easy-to-follow specs and guides to help you
create unique visuals for your scrapbook. New!
Print your digital layouts with Shutterfly. Learn more.
Use
scrapbook templates Several software
programs have scrap book software for making your own
templates or offer free printable software templates to help
you create great looking layouts.
Correct and enhance photos
You can easily color correct images, lighten dark photos,
crop out old boyfriends, and even erase scratches from old
photos.
Add special effects
Most software programs come with special effects so you can
enhance your photos and pages with antique sepia tones, torn
or burnt edges, crinkles, soften or fade the edges, add digital
picture frames, and much more. (continued below)
Hot
Scrapbooking Sites
We came across several excellent scrapbooking sites that scrapbookers--from
newbies to seasoned--will appreciate. We highly recommend
you check out these sites:
SimplyReady
Scrapbooking. lets you design and share personalized scrapbook
pages using templates, embellishments and backgrounds, all
in Microsoft Word. There are 5 themed design packages
including Simply Kids, Simply Recreation, Simply School
Days, Simply Vacations, and Simply Vintage. Click
here to check it out.
Scrapbook.com
carries thousands of scrapbooking supplies with great daily
sales. Everything from scrapbook albums to all kinds of scrapbook
supplies including the popular E-Cuts (printable scrapbooking
supplies that you download). They offer fast shipping, secure
online transactions and a money-back guarantee.
Creative fonts and colors
Quickly and easily add text to your pages, and get creative
with fonts and colors. Using the eyedropper tool that comes
with most programs, you can match your text color to any color
in your photo. Much of this is either more difficult or next
to impossible with traditional scrapbook methods.
Undo and delete options
If you have ever wasted photos or paper because you messed
up your layout or didn't like it, the great advantage of using
graphics software to create your layouts is that you can change
them as often as you want simply by clicking "undo"
-- multiple times if you want -- or simply delete it.
Share albums online
You can choose to keep your computer generated albums in digital
form and share
them online with your family, or you can print page layouts
and put them in your album...the choice is yours, or you can
do both.
even come with free scrapbooking templates.
Use
scrapbook templates
