When I first became interested in Photo Editing and Digital Scrapbooking, I had absolutely no idea that you even needed a Software Program in order to begin Digital Scrapbooking!

I am not quite sure how I imagined that I would begin Digital Scrapbooking, but I didn’t realize right-off-the-bat that I would need any Software!

Luckily my mom was already an avid Digital Scrapbooker at the time and explained that in order to begin Digital Scrapbooking, that yes, I would in fact need to purchase Digital Scrapbooking/Photo Editing Software.

She went on to explain that this type of Software would allow me to combine both Digital Photos and Digital Supplies together (like Digital Papers, Frames, Embellishments, etc.) to make Digital Scrapbooking Pages! Photo Editing Software would also help me enhance my Digital Photos, edit my Digital Pages, and create beautiful Digital Scrapbooking Projects!

So now that I knew I needed to get some Software in order to start Digital Scrapbooking, I wasn’t quite sure which Software to choose or which Program was best! My mom explained to me that there are basically two, quality Digital Scrapbooking/Photo Editing Software Programs to choose from: either Adobe® Photoshop® OR Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. She went on to tell me that although there are other Digital Scrapbooking Software Programs on the market, but that she was not a fan of any of the other, less-reliable brands. If you’re curious to know why then read her blog article about her not-so-fun experience using other Digital Scrapbooking Software Programs.

She went on to explain that this type of Software would allow me to combine both Digital Photos and Digital Supplies together (like Digital Papers, Frames, Embellishments, etc.) to make Digital Scrapbooking Pages! Photo Editing Software would also help me enhance my Digital Photos, edit my Digital Pages, and create beautiful Digital Scrapbooking Projects!

So now that I knew I needed to get some Software in order to start Digital Scrapbooking, I wasn’t quite sure which Software to choose or which Program was best! My mom explained to me that there are basically two, quality Digital Scrapbooking/Photo Editing Software Programs to choose from: either Adobe® Photoshop® OR Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. She went on to tell me that although there are other Digital Scrapbooking Software Programs on the market, but that she was not a fan of any of the other, less-reliable brands. If you’re curious to know why then read her blog article about her not-so-fun experience using other Digital Scrapbooking Software Programs.

So, that narrowed it down a bit. I could choose between Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements, but which one was better? She continued by telling me the difference between the two Adobe Programs and why I might want one over the other.

To all of you out there who feel utterly lost in the world of Digital Scrapbooking and graphic program options, let me try to help explain the two programs quickly:

Photoshop

Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 was designed with Graphic Designers in mind and to be used to create Professional Magazine Ads, etc. So it has lots of great tools for advanced digital editing and even advanced digital scrapbooking.

• For example Photoshop CS5 has these features that Elements doesn’t have: like puppet warp, HDR Pro, 64-bit support (for performance), Pen Tool, History Brush, Curves, automatic lens correction, Truer Edge detection technology, 3D objects & text, advanced text formatting, CMYK color models, and so on.
• As far as tools, brushes, filters, Photoshop CS5 added some new ones (e.g., Mixer Brush, Bristle Tips, Repoussé) and Photoshop Elements in general has a reduced set with limited options available, which are more pre-fixed and oriented for the goals of home photo retouching, rather than a full-blown “do it all” professional image editor and creator like Photoshop CS5.

Because it was designed for the professionals it’s not as user friendly for the beginner, however with our Digital Scrapbook training for Photoshop you should be up and running right away! Photoshop is a must if you get into advanced digital scrapbooking like making your own digital supplies. Photoshop’s main down point is that it is very expensive; around $600 – $700! And if you buy the Extended Version with more features the price is in the $1000.00 range! So many people, because of the price, choose to start off with Photoshop Elements.

Special Note: if you’re a student then the discount on Photoshop CS5 is huge, and the price difference between the two products is not as large. Students get only a $10 price break on Elements (after rebate), vs. getting 80% off for the full Photoshop.

Photoshop Elements

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 9 was created for people getting started in Photoshop, Photo Editing and Digital Scrapbooking. Photoshop Elements honestly can do many of the same things that Photoshop can do at a fraction of the price! (Around $50 – $80)! This is a big secret that most people don’t know! Not to mention, Photoshop Elements is much, much less complicated and more user friendly! Also, Photoshop Elements has extra tools and digital supplies just for the digital scrapbooker, which regular Photoshop doesn’t have!

• Photoshop Element has some digital scrapbooking supplies built right into the program – Photoshop doesn’t! Also the cookie cutter tool is fantastic to use in digital scrapbooking as it cuts out scrapbooking mats, photos, backgrounds into shapes! Traditional scrapbookers use a tool like this all the time, and Elements has it too, but not Photoshop.
• Also, if you want to have a software program for editing video too then you can buy the Elements combo software for about $130 and have the BOTH Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements too! Premiere Elements edits video, works hand in hand with Photoshop Elements and is the little sister version of Premiere – Adobe’s top of the line video editing software! Getting both programs is still cheaper than buying just Photoshop alone!

With Photoshop Elements 9 the orientation towards the new Photo Editor or Digital Scrapbooker instead of the professional graphic artist, Elements is a natural pick for many digital Scrapbookers! It is easy to get started and learn Photoshop Elements and Digital Scrapbooking with our Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop Elements Training! With a little training you will be creating wonderful digital scrapbooking pages and projects in no time! And if you ever want to upgrade to Photoshop, all your digital scrapbooking pages can be read by Photoshop, even if you created them in Elements! Also, if you learn Elements, much of your training can easily shift to Photoshop as many of the same principals apply to both programs!

Which Software Program should you pick?

So bottom line, it really depends on your needs and goals. Photoshop Elements remains a scaled down and hobbyist-oriented version of “the gold standard.” Your best bet is probably to download and run the free trials of both to see what works better for your requirements, as no single answer is right for everybody.

Oh… so which one would I pick? A few of us like like me, love having both Photoshop and Elements! Elements is very easy to use and I start out in it especially if I am digital scrapbooking or making a few photo edits. But later as I need more control or special features, especially when I am making digital scrapbooking supplies from scratch I then switch over to Photoshop! Photoshop has some great features that I love and can’t get in Elements. So really for me I use both programs every day! They use the same file format so whether I make it in Elements or Photoshop I can use it in either program or switch between the programs to create the prefect project. They often work the same so once I have learned one I usually can work in the other program to with the same project. Don’t tell anyone but I usually have both programs opened on my computer at the same time too! Ok, I realize this is probably over the top and that for most people picking one or the other would do just fine! But for me I love both programs for different reasons, and use each one every day!

Again, try both programs and see which is best for you.

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You can start learning all about Photoshop Elements or Photoshop by taking the Getting Started in Digital Scrapbook training. It can teach you what you need to know to start scrapping in either Photoshop or Elements.

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The Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop Elements 9. The Downloadable Series Set includes: tutorial videos, training guides for ALL Lessons (1-6) and lots of freebies too!

This Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking Downloadable Set using Photoshop Elements 9 includes ALL 6 Lessons and MORE! Each lesson contains 3- 4 tutorial videos; each with comprehensive, in-depth visual training on a particular lesson in PSE 9 and digital scrapbooking.

We hope that you sit back, relax, and watch our training videos without worrying or feeling obligated to take notes; that’s why each video also comes with a downloadable and printable “Cheat Sheet” for easy, quick-reference, as well as a “Step-By-Step” training guides for a detailed re-cap (with descriptions and screen-shot images) of the main steps presented in each part of the lesson. All of our training guides are labeled for organizational purposes, so that you can easy find and refer back to them if you ever need a refresher in a particular lesson.

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Then, when you are ready to advance in Digital Scrapbooking or Photo Editing, we will be here with Intermediate and Advanced Training to take you even further in your skills!

I have come a long way since I was confused about Digital Scrapbooking/Photo Editing Software Programs, but I figure if I was completely overwhelmed by it at one time, then perhaps there are others who are brand new to Digital Scrapbooking feeling just as lost as I once was. I was happy to know that whether I choose Photoshop or Photoshop Elements I would have some of the best software on the market to do digital scrapbooking! By the way, if you still aren’t sure which program is for you, then you might want to try the FREE 30-day trail of these programs, at Adobe.com to decide which one is for you!

Bottom line is, it’s all up to you which software program you choose, but you can’t go wrong using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements especially if you combine it with our Digital Scrapbooking Training!

Remember that Digital Scrapbooks and More is always here for you if you need any help or advice!

Kind Regards,
Jennifer Barlow

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Can you believe Photoshop is 20 years old!!!  I can’t!

Photoshop is just a little younger than my own kids  — they (both my children and Photoshop) have grown up so quickly! Time flies!

So have you ever wondered how Photoshop got started? how it grew, and where it is now? If so then check out this information about Photoshop!

In the beginning………

Did you know that Photoshop was originally created by two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll back in 1987?

Thomas Knoll wrote software that could display grayscale images with a range of gray tones for monitors that could show only black or white pixels.

This project started as a thesis on the processing of digital images, and evolved first into a small set of graphical subroutines, and then into a program  named Display.

Thomas, and his brother, John Knoll, went on to create a better featured program named ImagePro in 1988, and finally Photoshop 1.0 in 1989.

Thomas Knoll (above left) still works at Adobe. John Knoll (above right) is a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on effects in several Star Wars movies, three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and Avatar.

Then there was Adobe…..

Adobe took interest in this final version, and the first ever version of Photoshop was released in 1990 for the Mac (Apple) Computers.

Photoshop 1.0 was designed to work on monochrome monitors that could display only black or white pixels.

The image to the right reflects the reality of digital imaging at the time.

Photoshop 1 including tools such as levels and curves for adjusting tonality and the clone tool for copying one part of an image to another.

In 1991, Photoshop 2.0 came out with paths and the pen tool, and ways for isolating images that helped in publishing.

In a marketing move that would be not be considered today, the art on the software box for Photoshop 2.0 did not change from version 1.

In 1993, Adobe released the first Photoshop for Windows Computers with version 2.5. So, from this release onward Adobe made Photoshop for both the Apple (Mac) and PC computers.

Photoshop 3.0 in 1994 marked the arrival of layers, which let the user separate elements of an image that could  be stacked.

In November 1996 Photoshop 4.0 was released. It had Adjustment Layers, Actions, and Multiple Undo.

Then, in May 1998 Photoshop 5.0 was released. This version 5 had new tools, improved selection, editable type (previously, type was rasterized as soon as it was added), and History Palette with History Brush (Enhanced undo), Magnetic Lasso, and layer effects, color management and spot color support.

However at this point Photoshop had some competition in the photo editing arena like PhotoImpact, Fireworks, and Corel PhotoPaint. Some reviewers thought at the time that these later programs where better than Photoshop. But Photoshop always catered to the high-end photo editing/publishing needs, and in the end this was part reason it has become the leader in Photo Editing Software.

Photoshop version 5.5 added web imaging features by bundling Photoshop with ImageReady to compete with Macromedia’s Fireworks web imaging software (Fireworks is now part of Adobe’s software!)

Version 5/5.5  was first version of Photoshop I bought, I might have got an earlier version with one of my digital cameras though – ah, it seems only a few days ago, not years! In fact, if I climb up into my attic, and dig around a bit I bet I could find this Photoshop 5 software in a box, next to my daughters old dolls! Wow, I am a museum piece!

September 2000, saw Photoshop 6, with Vector Shapes, Updated User  Interface, the “Liquify” filter, and Layer styles/Blending Options dialog.

In Photoshop 6.0, Adobe finally combined the bundled ImageReady program into Photoshop to offer more advances in web capabilities in just one program.

In March 2001, Photoshop 7.0 arrived. One important feature with Photoshop 7.0  was the ability to edit high-quality “raw” images taken directly from a camera’s image sensor.

Photoshop 7.0 also brought the healing brush, a feature that greatly eased the removal of age spots, wrinkles, and unsightly blemishes.

Photoshop 7.0 was the last version with its own number. After it came the Creative Suite series, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, and the current CS5 version.

In October 2003, Photoshop CS (8.0), appeared with features like Camera RAW 2.x, Highly modified “Slice Tool”, Match Color command, Lens Blur filter, and more!

Photoshop CS2 (9.0) in April 2005, brought these features – the healing brush was updated to be the more automated spot healing brush, and photographers got a number of new abilities: corrections for lens distortion, and a quicker red-eye removal.

Also this version had more elaborate sharpening module, and image warp for tasks such as slimming models and many more features!

In April 2007, Photoshop CS3 (10) was introduced. It had a revised user interface, Quick Select tool, Alterations to Curves, Vanishing Point, Channel Mixer, Brightness and Contrast, and the Print dialog, and much more!

Digital Scrapbooks and More offered digital scrapbook training in CS3, and some photo edit training too.

The Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop CS3  is the ultimate training! CD-set includes: tutorial videos, training guides for ALL Lessons (1-5) and lots of freebies too!

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Photoshop CS4 (11) appeared October 2008,  it had Smoother panning and zooming and fluid canvas rotation, Adjustments panel, Masks panel, Auto-blending of images,  New file management and workspaces with Adobe Bridge CS4 and more!

Last but not least the newest version of Photoshop……

The latest version of Photoshop is CS5 (12) and was on  sale May 25, 2010, some of it’s new features are Puppet Warp Tool, Content Aware Fill, Mixer Brush, Bristle Tips, Automatic Lens Correction and more!

With this latest release of Photoshop, Digital Scrapbooks and More offers digital scrapbook training in CS5

The Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop CS5  is the ultimate training!  Get downloadable training for Photoshop CS3 and Digital Scrapbooking today!

Photoshop has made a great impact on our culture, it has probably retouched most of the images we look at every day!

If you have been wanting to learn about Photoshop and have more fun in photo editing or digital scrapbooking then you would want to check out the training in Photoshop here!

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Lesson 1: Getting Started in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop CS5. This Lesson covers some of the essential details that digital Scrapbookers really need to get started. Such as: opening Adobe® Photoshop® CS5, and overview of the Workspace, an introduction to the the Panel Areas, Intro to the Layers Panel and Helpful Tips to get you started using Photoshop. Learning and understanding these concepts is critical to any digital scrapbooking beginner and makes a world of difference once you learn them! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and More!

Lesson 2: Digital Scrapbooking using Basic Tools in Photoshop CS5. This lesson in the “Getting Started Series” is extremely exciting, because we immediately dig in, and begin digital scrapbooking! No wasting time, or on tools that don’t make sense to learn yet. In this lesson you begin by learning the tools and information that are needed to create a digital scrapbooking page NOW! Lesson 2 teaches the very essence of a basic digital scrapbooking page, with step-by-step information about building layers, adding digital photos, creating shapes, how to use the Text tool, and basically teaches how to create a basic digital scrapbooking page from scratch within Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 – TODAY! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and More!

Lesson 3: Quick Pages and Digital Scrapbooking in Photoshop CS5. Lesson 3 is filled with exciting training and FREE digital supplies like 4 Quick Pages and more! This lesson continues our digital scrapbooking training for beginners by focusing on Quick Pages. Quick Pages are an important, and a must-know part of digital scrapbooking; and learning how to use them can provide a quick and easy alternative to other types of digital scrapbooking. Lesson 3 is jam-packed with important digital scrapbooking and Photoshop tool training like: creating a Clipping Mask, using the Crop Tool, the Eraser Tool, Brush Tool, Magic Wand Tool and Quick Selection Tool! Also, this lesson shows solutions for the tricky Quick Page challenges, such as information about using 12×12″ size Quick Pages and converting them to 8.5×11″ or 11×8.5″ projects! Also, this lesson teaches how to use PNG and JPEG Quick Pages and the different techniques that are needed for each type of Quick Page formats! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and FREE Quick Pages too!

Lesson 4: Create a Scrap Page using Outside Digital Supplies and Kits in Photoshop CS5. This lesson focuses on creating a basic digital scrapbooking page with outside digital supplies such as purchased digital papers, embellishments, WordArt, and Alphas!  This lesson introduces the Mini Bridge feature in CS5. Also, this lesson shows how to create a digital ribbon, a “book-binding” embellishment, and a digital photo border. It explores several Photoshop tools like the Marquee Tool, the Crop Tool, and the Rectangle Tool, and how these tools relate to digital scrapbooking tasks with digital supplies. Learn about formatting digital scrapbooking papers and creating solutions for common digital scrapbooking challenges. In lesson 4 we also take Text from a Word Processing program and show you how  add it to digital scrapbooking pages in Photoshop! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and FREE Digital Scrapbooking Supplies too!

Lesson 5: Saving and Printing Digital Scrapbooking Pages and Projects. This lesson has three parts, which focus on saving a digital  scrapbooking page in three important file formats. Saving all your hard work is actually a little more detailed than you might expect! (Part 1). The next tutorial in this lesson focuses on printing digital scrapbooking pages on a home printer (Part 2). Then looking at printing digital scrapbooking projects through an online printing company (Part 3). Bonus Training included in this lesson! Get an extra Video tutorial and Step by Step Training guide on how to get your computer to show file extensions. Most computers come with the file extensions turned off. However, in digital scrapbooking and photo editing projects having the file extensions helps. Find out how to turn them on in this Bonus Training! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and more!

Lesson 6: Helpful Hints for Photoshop CS5 Lesson 6 has three parts, which focus on how to create and save a custom workspace in Photoshop. This could be a custom workspace for digital scrapbooking, and another one for Photo Editing. Your custom workspace is set up to how you like it, with the Panels arranged and chosen just for the way you work! (Part 1). The next tutorial in this lesson focuses on how to make 3 Scrapbooking Document Presets. When you are about to make a digital scrapbooking page you have to type in all the settings for each type of document you want. But how about having 3 presets that have all your settings already for 3 popular digital scrapbooking pages? This lesson shows how to set them up! Also this tutorial show how to get color samples from outside of Photoshop and get the color chip tool to display those colors in Photoshop. Plus this tutorial shows where you can get more advanced text options! (Part 2). Then take a look at the third video training in this lesson set, it focuses on how to get additional help for Photoshop and shows a neat trick for bring images into Photoshop workspace from a computer folder! (Part 3). After taking this lesson, one is ready to advance to other intermediate Photoshop training! This Training includes Videos and Training Guides to get started quickly! Also a Bonus Digital Scrapbooking Kit is included with this lesson!

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A few months ago, my husband and I put an offer on a house that we were interested in buying. Our real estate agent emailed the contract and we needed to sign it. I printed it out, we signed it, and I had to email the contract back to him. Well, as great as my printer can be, it doesn’t do well the scanner function when you feed multiple papers through the paper tray. I tried feeding my printer/scanner the house contract and it scanned page 1, 5,6,7, and 14. Yeah… it didn’t work.

It was annoying because I had to scan the pages one by one and email the contract over to my real estate agent as 14 different attachments. It was embarrassing that my printer couldn’t make it one neat PDF file.

That house never worked out, but not long ago, my husband and I found a new house that is even better!  When our real estate agent emailed the new contract to us, I was so excited because I had recently completed the Digital Scrapbooks and More’s PDF Training and knew how to convert my scanned contract pages into one neat & tidy PDF file! Now my real estate agent would have to download, open, and print all 14 pages individually!

It was invaluable digital scrapbooking training that helped me out in a situation that had absolutely NOTHING to do with Digital Scrapbooking- it was great!

If you don’t know how to convert you digi projects or other important files into PDFs, this training is a must-have!! Read on for more information about this incredibly helpful training:

How to Make a PDF Scrapbooking Album using Photoshop Elements 8 is a great Intermediate 2-part tutorial set that will teach you all about the basics of making a digital scrapbooking album that you can email, print or view on a computer. This lesson will show you how to make just one PDF scrap page, or take multiple digital scrapbooking pages and combine them into album that is in the PDF format using Photoshop Elements 8!

Now that you know how to use Photoshop Elements for digital scrapbooking, wouldn’t it be nice turn some of those digital scrapbooking pages into digital albums? This training shows you how! Once you have a digital album you can email your whole digital scrapbooking album to friends and family!

Learn how to turn just one page or multiple pages in to the PDF format that most everyone can read with Adobe’s FREE Acrobat Reader for PDF formatted documents

Also learn how to make a PDF that can work like a slideshow and show case your digital scrapbooking pages.

This “How-To” Training Set, How to Make a PDF Scrapbooking Album using Elements 8, contains 2 downloadable videos tutorials and 1 Cheat Sheet for a quick re-cap of the lesson’s steps!

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Happy Scrapping & PDF-ing!

-Jennifer

Another fun way to “jazz” up your favorite Easter pics is to add photo effects to them. This can create an artistic-feel that will look fabulous on your Facebook Page, Family Website, digital scrapbooking pages & albums, or even just as photos mailed or emailed to your family and friends! Give these five cool Photoshop Elements photo effects a try this Easter!

1. Black & White. Snap some pics of your little one dressed in their Easter attire and convert them into Black and White within Photoshop Elements. Tip: Black and white photos exaggerate the feeling or mood of the photo, so try to use one with few distractions and “noise.” For super-sweet Easter Black and White photos, avoid using pics with a lot of background and scenery, and instead choose simple photos or close-up portrait shots.

Want to learn how to convert your regular, colored photos to black and white? Then get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Black & White Digi MakeOver Madness Photo Editing Tutorial!

2. Black & White… with a Touch of Color. One step up from converting your photos to black and white, you crank up the intensity when you bring back a little color to something special in a photo.

For Easter pics, add the color back to something special: an Easter basket, Easter eggs, colorful chocolate candies in your child’s hand, etc.

Want to learn how to convert your regular, colored photos to black and white with just a bit of color? Then get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Black & White with a Touch of Color Photo Editing Tutorial! Please note: This tutorial features Halloween photos, but there’s no reason why you can’t use this photo editing lesson for Easter pics… or any photos- holiday or not- for that matter!

3. Custom Shapes. You can add some cool, funky flare to your adorable Easter photos using custom shapes! Add bunnies, tulips, and Easter eggs, or other holiday-inspired shapes to create an original-looking background!

Get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Lesson 2 within the Getting Started Series to learn how to use Custom Shapes! Or get the entire Getting Started Series CD and learn it all!

4. Text. Adding sweet-greetings to a favorite photo can add a little personality to a sweet shot. Turn a special photo of your family into a greeting card, or convert it to a PDF page or album and email it to Grandma and Grandpa! Include names, the date, and the place to personalize a pic! You can even include favorite sayings, phrases, quotes (poetry, songs, etc), and use a holiday-inspired text to inject some special Easter Day photo-flare!

Get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Lesson 2 within the Getting Started Series to learn how to add text to your photos or scrap pages! Or get the entire Getting Started Series CD and learn it all!

5. Artistic Effects. Easter is the perfect excuse to go all out and make a regular ol’ photo anything but ordinary. Use artistic effects within Photoshop Elements to make your portrait photos look like charcoal sketches, watercolor masterpieces, or little works of (digital) acrylic genius. It’s incredibly easy to add artistic effects, it only takes seconds, and, trust me, you’re friends will wonder how the heck you managed to create such a cool holiday photo! They may even ask you to add effects to their family pics too!

Get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Baby Series Photo Editing Series- available in Photoshop Elements AND Photoshop, which includes 3 tutorials: Adding Artistic Effects to photos, Removing Red Eye from Photos, and Converting Photos to Black & White!

Remember, besides taking and making cool photos this Easter, don’t forget to digitally scrap all the special festivities!

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Happy Scrapping & Happy Easter!

-Jennifer

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This Quick Page kit is perfect, not only for Valentine’s Day festivities, but also great for creating every-day digital scrapbooking pages for any love-themed project! Use this kit to create photo albums, journals, wedding albums, recipe books, and more! The Quick Page Kit comes with 3 Quick Pages that can be used as the cover for Journals, Albums, Recipe Books and More!

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It is easy to get started and learn Photoshop Elements and Digital Scrapbooking with our Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop Elements Training! With a little training you will be creating wonderful digital scrapbooking pages and projects in no time!

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Our Basic Tutorials are digital scrapbooking tutorials are designed specifically for beginners or for individuals that have never digitally scrapbooked. “Our Getting Started” tutorials are around 12 minutes long and are downloadable training videos with step-by-step instructions on a particular lesson of digital scrapbooking, this guide has images of the steps with detailed helps. Each tutorial in the Getting Started Series also comes with a free “Digital Scrapbooking Cheat Sheet,” which is a downloadable and printable page with a brief re-cap of the video’s lesson for quick reference! Buy Now!

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About two years later, in third grade, I rediscovered the journal in my room and read the last entry- the one I wrote. I found it so difficult to read (it was filled with 1^st grade spelling mistakes) that I translated that entry and then wrote a new one on the next page!

Every few years I would stumble upon this special journal and write a new update of my ever-changing life. And while I actually used to be an avid, almost every day “journaler” in my teens, I always seemed to lose this one particular journal and find it somewhere completely unexpected years later. I think that was what was so special about it. With just a turn of the page, I could see how much my handwriting improved, how my vocabulary advanced, and how my thoughts, feelings, and life evolved.

Some entries were long, others were really short, but in the end- it was just exciting that a new entry was there. Some years were good years, other years were hard, but again, it was great to see that as bad as things can get, a page later, life had a way of working itself out and I was happier than ever.

As much as I don’t tend to live in the moment, I do feel sometimes that I live day by day and forget the big picture of what a year can bring. I think may of us do this. But a journal like this can remind you of the big picture: that no matter what the ups and downs of life in a year may be, we all grow and change and can become better as people.

I think everyone should keep a similar journal, where there’s no obligation to write every day, but perhaps check in once a year to write a new entry (I think anyone can commit to that!). A simple update on how you’ve grown and changed, new experiences or challenges you’ve faced, and an overview of a good, bad, or average year. Nothing has to be “deep,” poetic, or perfect- just a simple reflection of what has happened and who you are every year.

As we approach the end of 2009, it’s time to take a minute to tell your story and say what this year has been for you. Digital Scrapbooking is a great way to journal your “2009 Journal Entry.” Try these ideas for your end-of-the-year digital scrapbooking reflections:

· Create a two page digital scrapbooking journal entry. Make one page all text: write about what this year has taught you, goals you’ve accomplished, and just an overview of your year. You may even want to include new goals, hopes, and dreams for the year ahead. On the second page, scrap a digital scrapbooking page with photos of favorite or meaningful moments throughout the year: a special birthday, a meaningful reunion, or a happy, simple day of doing absolutely nothing with friends and family. Add captions with dates, times, places, and people in the photos, or even include mini-stories explaining certain photos.

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· Make a one-page digital scrapbooking page with photos (real photos of you & events throughout the year, or perhaps photos/paintings/pictures of things that represent the year and what it means to you). Add meaningful quotes by a favorite poet or person, inspirational sayings, or other captions that represent the completed year and what it has been like for you.

· A quick way to remember the previous year in the year after is to digitally scrap the new year’s calendar with photos from the previous year. Fill the digital calendar with special pics, phrases, and memories from each month of last year to remind you of the wonderful moments made the year before. Do this every year with your yearly calendar and reflect on happy times each month from a previous year well-done!

You can make digital calendars fast too, just by using Quick Pages. Quick Pages are basically pre-designed digital scrapbooking pages. All you have to do is add your photos (and perhaps a little text, if you want) and you’re done! Use Digital Scrapbooks and More’s 12 Month Calendar Quick Pages to make your own super-fast 2010 calendar! Just add your best 2009 photos each month, and within minutes, you’re done and ready to print!

It really doesn’t take long to create an end-of-the-year digital scrapbooking reflection entry or calendar. An hour or two (though with Quick Pages it can take a few mere minutes!), and you have a priceless masterpiece that sums up an entire year of your life.

A journal like this is a treasure- for yourself or maybe even for a special little first grader somewhere down the line…

Happy 2009 and Best Wishes for 2010!

-Jennifer

Ps. If you want to begin Digital Scrapbooking in order to digitally scrap moments from 2009 and new adventures in 2010, get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Getting Started Series for digital scrapbooking training for beginner’s!

Also, you might try some digital scrapbooking pages designed for Journaling like the Journaling Pages Digital Scrapbooking Kit

This kit is the perfect outlet for journaling your thoughts, feelings, activities, or adventures-digitally! This kit was specifically designed for large amounts of text, providing a wonderful outlet for you to include stories or memories of important moments within your digital scrapbooking projects. This kit comes with 12×12″ digital papers and several digital embellishments!

Add text and coordinating digital photos to this pastel and polka-dotted themed digital scrapbooking kit, and you have gorgeous, finished digital scrapbooking pages! The Journaling Pages Digital Scrapbooking Kit is a perfect kit to start creating your very own digital diary, with its large, designated spaces! Made just for journaling!

This kit is also designed so that you can have the pages face each other for a more continuous feel, if you are going to turn the digital scrapbooking pages into an album or book! This Digital Scrapbooking Page can hold a very lengthy story. Sometimes a scrapbooking pages need more than just photos …they need WORDS too!

Enjoy!

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is the perfect tool for those wishing to do Digital Scrapbooking and Photo Editing!

Hi my name is Jennifer, when I first became interested in Digital Scrapbooking, I had absolutely no idea that you even needed a Software Program in order to begin Digital Scrapbooking! I am not quite sure how I imagined that I would begin Digital Scrapbooking, but I didn’t realize right-off-the-bat that I would need any Software!  I was lucky to start off with a rock solid program, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements!

This Software would allow me to combine both Digital Photos and Digital Supplies together (like Digital Papers, Frames, Embellishments, etc) to make Digital Scrapbooking Pages! This same Software would also help me enhance my Digital Photos with Photo Editing!

Now Adobe has released the newest version of Photoshop Elements 8, with lots of great features for both the digital scrapbooker and the photo editor!

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Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 was created for people getting started in Photoshop, Photo Editing and Digital Scrapbooking. Photoshop Elements honestly can do many of the same things that Photoshop can do at a fraction of the price! (Around $60 – $80)! This is a big secret that most people don’t know! Photoshop Elements has extra tools and digital supplies just for the digital scrapbooker! With its orientation towards the digital scrapbooker instead of the professional graphic artist, Elements is a natural pick for many digital Scrapbookers! It is easy to get started and learn Photoshop Elements and Digital Scrapbooking with our Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop Elements Training! With a little training you will be creating wonderful digital scrapbooking pages and projects in no time! And if you ever want to upgrade to Photoshop, all your digital scrapbooking pages can be read by Photoshop, even if you created them in Elements!  Also, if you learn Elements, much of your training can easily shift to Photoshop as many of the same principals apply to both programs!

Get Training for Photoshop Elements 8 too!

Digital Scrapbooks and More is here to give you the training you will need to learn this exciting new hobby!

We offer complete training in Photoshop Elements and Digital Scrapbooking! See our Getting Started in Digital Scrapbooking Training for those using Elements 8

Our Basic Tutorials are digital scrapbooking tutorials are designed specifically for beginners or for individuals that have never digitally scrapbooked. “Our Getting Started” tutorials are around 12 minutes long and are downloadable training videos with step-by-step instructions on a particular lesson of digital scrapbooking, this guide has images of the steps with detailed helps. Each tutorial in the Getting Started Series also comes with a free “Digital Scrapbooking Cheat Sheet,” which is a downloadable and printable page with a brief re-cap of the video’s lesson for quick reference! Buy Now!

Then, when you are ready to advance in Digital Scrapbooking or Photo Editing, we will be here with Intermediate and Advanced Training to take you even further in your skills!

I have come a long way since I was confused about Digital Scrapbooking/Photo Editing Software Programs, but I figure if I was completely overwhelmed by it at one time, then perhaps there are others who are brand new to Digital Scrapbooking feeling just as lost as I once was.  I was happy to know that when I choose Photoshop Elements as my digital scrapbooking software that I would have some of the best software on the market to do digital scrapbooking! By the way, if you still aren’t sure, then you might want to try the FREE 30-day trail of these programs, at Adobe.com to try it out before you buy.

Bottom line is, it’s all up to you which software program you choose, but you can’t go wrong using Photoshop Elements especially if you combine it with our Digital Scrapbooking Training!

Have a nice day!

Jennifer

I felt that way after spending thousands of dollars on my photographer. She was brilliant, and it was definitely worth the expense (she took beautiful photos!), but we paid for photography service and that’s it. All the adorable “perks” she offered after her photography package, yeah… we just couldn’t afford any of it. One of those additional perks was a wedding scrapbook that she would create for you. Although her wedding scrapbook-example was beautiful, I was stunned by how much she was charging for it. Being a digital scrapbooker, I knew just how easily and inexpensively it was to make one just like it!

It made me realize that although it’s great to have a professional photographer, and not a day to miss out on that important wedding service, there is no reason why you can’t make your own wedding scrapbook afterwards- of equal quality for that matter. The cost of her wedding scrapbook was more than a thousand dollars. The cost of your own wedding scrapbook at the same quality? Anywhere from $50- $200. Really, that’s it. Again, anytime you can save yourself a little money and still get the same benefit around your wedding day, is definitely a time that it’s worth it.

3 Reasons you should make your own Wedding Digital Scrapbook:

1. Cost. The cost for your photographer to put together a wedding scrapbook can be absolutely insane. Like I said, my photographer was brilliant, but I could not afford a thousand-dollar scrapbook, I’m sorry. Between digital scrapbooking supplies, the book, and the printing, you can make a beautiful leather or linen-bound book for $200-max. Not bad.

2. Look. When you make your scrapbook, you get to decide what photo is on the cover page, and what photos go inside. Your favorite photos may not be your photographer’s favorite photos, and it’s important that you decide which photos bring back special memories and hold sentimental value. By taking charge of the project, you can feel proud of the look and design of each page and every photo that is included.

3. Effects. Your photographer may apply certain effects to photos, but might not use them in other photos. But what if you want to convert a favorite photo to black and white, or perhaps even add a touch of color back into the black and white photo- and it’s not already done? Well, you can easily apply these effects to your wedding photos yourself, at less than a fraction of the cost for your photographer to do it!

So why do brides-to-be waste thousands of dollars for someone else to make them a wedding scrapbook?

I think that those that can afford a high-priced book pick that option either A.) Because they feel overwhelmed and tight on time- and want someone else to do it. Or B.) They don’t know how to make their own wedding scrapbook and are afraid that any attempt that they make at creating their own would be disastrous. I think both of these issues are incredibly easy to solve.

First things first, as crazy, hectic, and stressful as wedding planning can be, most brides want nothing more than to have a break from planning. It seems so convenient to have someone do all the work, especially when you’re just so busy getting ready for your big day! But remember, after the wedding, what typically comes next is the relaxing honeymoon, and then it’s just every day, regular married-life! After your wedding, it’s so much fun to reminisce over the photos, watch the wedding video, and talk about all the special moments! It’s the perfect time to start making your own scrapbook, because you’ve had time to rest, but are still so excited about your wonderfully special day! So, even though it may seem overwhelming to make a wedding scrapbook before the wedding, just remember, you’ll be making it at a time when life has slowed down and reminiscing about the wedding is fun!

Second, it’s easy to make your own wedding scrapbook. Sign up for the FREE Digital Scrapbooks and More Newsletter and learn how to begin digital scrapbooking. This free newsletter will teach you what you need to get started, which digital scrapbooking software you should buy, and much more! It’s the very best way to start as a beginner to digital scrapbooking.

Next, get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Digital Scrapbooking Training: The Getting Started Series. It’s available in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. This will teach you how to create beautiful scrapbooking pages and even print your finished album through an online printing company.

Once you know how to digitally scrapbook, get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Photo Editing Training. Photo Editing will teach you how to apply beautiful effects to your photos (or even give them a virtual makeover!).

And just because you go digital doesn’t mean you can’t add real physical items to your wedding day scrapbook. Lace real invitations, dried flowers, table name cards, etc throughout your special book. Combine the best of both worlds: digital and traditional!

With digital scrapbooking and photo editing, your wedding day scrapbook can be just as stunning as any photographer’s version, at a ridiculously inexpensive price. And after a day like a wedding day… every penny that you can save counts!

-Jennifer

Ps. If you liked the paper in the example above, get Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Heavenly Blooms Kit!

So, why become a digital scrapbooker? This is why we know that you’ll love it:

3. Saves Time.

5. No Mess. No need to dedicate an entire room to papers, photos, stickers, embellishments, scissors, glues, stamps, and other space-wasting (and expensive) scrapbooking supplies. Because supplies are digital, everything is neat, tidy, and on your computer! And that means no time-consuming clean-up either!

6. Make Photos Look Fabulous. Take your favorite digital photos and make them look even better by fixing digital flaws (like red-eye or unflattering shadows) with photo editing. Once you know how to digitally scrapbook and you know how to use the software, you can use this same software to play with your digital photos too!

7. Have More. After creating a traditional scrapbook, it’s rewarding, but you only have one copy. With digital scrapbooking, you can make as many copies of the same scrapbook as you like! This is great if you want to keep one and give another away as a gift! Having multiple copies is also a great option just in case (for some reason or another) you lose it, or the scrapbook gets ruined somehow. With traditional scrapbooking, there is absolutely no way you can ever duplicate all your hard work, but with digital scrapbooking, the copies are endless!

8. Become Creative. Whether or not you consider yourself to be a so-called “creative person,” digital scrapbooking can help you become instantly creative! Because you can apply photo and project effects to your photos and supplies, you can make insanely beautiful books or crafts without taking a single class in photography, sewing, drawing, sketching, or painting!

9. Make More than Scrapbooks. Digital Scrapbooks and More will show you that there really IS a whole lot more that you can make when you learn digital scrapbooking! Besides amazing scrapbooks and full-featured photo books, make personalized photo or greeting cards, customized announcements, invitations, or thank you cards, adorable photo stamps, one-of-a-kind  gifts, crafts, or other keepsakes! You’ll really be surprised at what you can do, create, and make with your digital scrapbooking knowledge!

10. Learn Skills. By learning digital scrapbooking, you will not only learn a new, fun, and exciting hobby, you’ll also learn how to edit your photos, and learn other skills that may not even have anything to do with digital scrapbooking! Understanding how to use photo editing software (the same software that you will use for digital scrapbooking) may even benefit you in your career or other areas of your personal life!

Don’t wait to preserve your precious memories – Learn how to start digital scrapbooking today!

Get training to learn digital scrapbooking, Photoshop or Photoshop Elements ~ buy the Getting Started Series for Digital Scrapbooking in either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Kids are so excited to host their own Halloween party, and just like my mom, you can always set them up in the garage if it’s not too cold (I have to admit, I was spoiled, as we lived in sunny San Diego!), family room, or a rec room. A few, simple (and inexpensive) Halloween decorations, along with some yummy, Halloween-inspired snacks, and you really can create a fantastic “room of terror” for your own kids this Halloween!

The awful news about my own Halloween parties is that we didn’t take any pictures! All the photo ops of decorating the garage together or playing in the garage? Yup, we don’t have any pics and it’s such a shame! The good news? You can learn from our mistake and make sure to take plenty of Halloween party pics at your own ghoulish party!

There are a few must-take photos opportunities that you must take advantage of at your kid’s next Halloween bash:

First, take photos of the final set up. After adding a spooky Halloween decoration here and there, a table or two with black or pumpkin-orange-colored table covers, and made a few oh-so-frightening Halloween snacks, you must take photos of your super-scary garage transformation! Even better? Take “before” pictures of the room, and then take “after” pictures of the room of terror! You’ll want to remember your adorable Halloween set-up, and these kinds of pictures are great for digital scrapbooking pages! Make sure you ask your kids to pose in the pictures too!

You’ll also want to take pictures of the kids playing in the room of terror! As each of your child’s friends come over, ask them if you can take two posed pictures next to your child. Make sure you take pics of your child and their friend next to some adorable decorations in the room of terror, and ask for a simple smile. The next photo, ask the kids to be wild and crazy- do something fun for the cameras (like a silly face), or make a fun stance that matches their Halloween costume. Doing this will create fun memories, great pics, and will ensure that your child has plenty of photos (that you and/or your child can digitally scrap with!) of each friend!

Make sure you also take some posed group shots of your child and their friends. Same thing- ask for a few smiles and a few silly faces. As you leave them to enjoy their Halloween party, you may want to leave a few disposable cameras (if your children don’t have their own digital cameras). Leave a few on the tables, and encourage them to take their own pictures. Getting silly, adorable pictures from their point of view will be a fun addition for Halloween digital scrapbooking projects. It also ensures that you have some posed pics (that you took) and some fun, kid’s pics (that they take) from two, wonderfully different perspectives!

Last but not least, after the party is over, and you are ready to scrap all the Halloween photos, add some “spooky” Halloween effects to favorite photos using Digital Scrapbooks and More’s Halloween Photo Editing Tutorials! Convert a favorite photo to black and white and then add a touch of color, for an exciting Halloween photo-effect!

 If there were some scary kids’ costumes, add even more dramatic effects by emphasizing “scary” eyes in the pics! Play with Digital Scrapbooks and More’s special seasonal tutorials for adorable Halloween photos for digital scrapbooking projects or “thank you” cards for all the kids that attended the party!

Happy Halloween & Happy Scrapping!

-Jennifer