What is digital scrapbooking? |
Digital scrapbooking is a method of preserving your memories through tools on the computer. You create digital pages (that will eventually make its way into a printed album) that show off your photographs and other memorability. Digital scrapbook pages look very similiar to traditional scrapbook pages (12" x 12" paper with several layers of 'digital' papers, accessories (like ribbons or buttons), and photographs. |
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Digital scrapbookers use digital papers, photographs, and accessories to make scrapbook pages. Digital scrapbooking materials can be bought and downloaded at online stores or made by the scrapbooker. One of the perks of buying materials is that you can learn just a few actions in a program (crop, cut, paste, move) and to start scrapbooking. |
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Photos |
Many people get into digital scrapbooking initially because they have a digital camera. You can create digital pages using the photos that you download from your camera from templates (can be bought on online stores) or by making unique pages for your album by buying kits, paper packs, etc. Scanning is another way people convert their photographs into digital form. Many digital scrapbookers who use a camera with film select this option. This is also a great way to preserve older photographs that you may be collecting from family members. |
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Digital photographs are usually downloaded to your computer (either via camera or scanner) as a jpg or tif file. Saving files at high resolutions may take longer, but it will result in a photograph that can be blown up to bigger sizes. |
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Most online stores offer all of their products at 300 dpi. What does this mean? DPI stands for dots-per-inch—so, a digital paper that is 300 dpi has 300 dots of color in each inch of the paper. The higher the dots in an inch, the higher the quality of the paper or picture. For example, if you printed this website page out, much of it would be fuzzy. That is because visuals on computer screens are set at 72 dpi. It is a lower resultion because it loads quicker and is easily visible on a screen (but since it only has 72 dots-per-inch, it does not print well). |
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Software |
There are several different types of software out there to use for digital scrapbooking. Most things you buy at an online store will open fine in any software designed for digital scrapbooking (usually jpgs, tifs, and pngs). Here are some of the most popular software, the links of where to buy, and tutorials. We will be continuing to update this list and informational websites. I do not endorse any one of these products. The lists and websites contained here have been compiled by the site owner to help beginners get started. |
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Adobe Photoshop Elements |
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Coral Paint |
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CorelDraw Graphics Suite |
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Printing |
You can get your digital scrapbook pages printed one of several ways. First, you can print from home. If you crop your pages and make mini-albums or 8.5" x 11" albums, you can print from your regular printer. You can also buy large scale printers. Some craft stores and electronic stores carry printers large enough to print 12" x 12" papers. Second, you can find a local or online printer. Here are some places you might be able to find printing: | ||||||||||||||||||
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Resources |
www.digitalcandy.ca There are Tutorials in the forum. | ||||||||||||||||||
http://www.digitalscrapbookpreviews.com/ Click on galleries to see new products and promotions from online stores. |
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http://www.digi-nirvana.blogspot.com Yep, this is my blog. You want to know about something? Just ask! I'd love to help! I've taught Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign at the University of Minnesota and the Arts Institute, and I might be able to help you! |
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http://www.digitalscrapwiki.com This is a new digital scrapbooking wiki site! Information is added by anyone who knows anything about digital scrapbooking |
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http://www.digishoptalk.com This is a digital scrapbooking messageboard and forum. You can ask questions to other members of the digital scrapbooking community! |
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www.digitalscrapbookingclasses.com There are different classes you can take online that can help you with the software. This is a great deal! |
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www.digitalscrapbooking.com/blogs/molly Molly Newman is part of Digital Scrapbooking Magazine and has GREAT tutorials on her blog. |
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Here's my article in Utah Baby Fair Download the pdf or go to the website and check out any of my articles at http://www.utahbabyfair.com |
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