Scrapbooking now has a new and interesting twist to it. This process is called Computer or digital scrapbooking. You can do this by using photo or image editing software. Scrapbookers can now use their computers to upload their digital photos and graphics to create fun and exciting digital scrapbook pages.

They can use their image editing software to arrange their pages just about any way they
want without have to glue and remove. Computers bring all kinds of new possibilities to scrapbooking letting you create everything from simple journaling to entire scrapbook
pages! And, it’s all fun and easy to do!

Computer Scrapbooking Software 

There are many different photo or image editing software programs. Adobe, Paint Shop Pro, Photolightening and PhotoElf are just a few that are available. Shopping around for one of the programs is mostly a matter of personal preference. You will still have to keep in mind what type of computer you have and whether the program you choose will be
compatible with you system.

With computer scrapbooking, you can create beautiful pages that come to life with music, photographs, graphics, video and more. You can choose to keep your digital scrapbook
on your computer, or you can use the pages you have created as a design template for the actual paper pages you will be putting in your scrapbook.

There are a wide variety of online resources to help you out whether you’re a beginner or a skilled scrapbooker. These sites offer everything from designs, images, digital embellishments, tutorials and even digital “communities”. So if you are just looking for a little help with a page, ideas for a whole new scrapbook, or a group of online scrappers to
chat with, you can find it all on the web.

Benefits of Computer Scrapbooking 

Some of the greatest benefits to computer scrapbooking are saving time, money and space.  Instead of having to create several different pages for each individual, you can make a template that can be used over and over again. The same applies to your supplies. Instead of buying consumables over and over, you buy your materials once and can
use them forever and they don’t take up space like piles of paper and tools.

So try computer scrapbooking. You’ll save time, money and frustration. You’ll be glad that you did.

Adobe PhotoShop is one of the few, but favored, photo editing programs used by digital scrappers.  Perhaps it’s the reputation Adobe has built that makes the program so popular, or it could be all the features it offers.

Either way, it’s a program well worth discussing.  If you’re familiar with digital scrapbooking then you may already know some of its applications. If you’re not familiar with digital scrapbooking you may be looking into it more after reading this.

PhotoShop, as it’s more commonly called, is a digital photo imaging and editing software.  It can be used for tasks as simple as storing photos for viewing on your computer or for
more complex tasks like creating slide shows or digital scrapbooks.

If you’re new to this, the word complex might scare you, but don’t be scared. Let me take a few minutes to explain to you what PhotoShop can do and how easy it can be.

PhotoShop makes simple work of tasks like creating backgrounds, cropping photos and journaling. You can literally sit down to your computer and in minutes have an original background, cropped photos and your journaling finished in a beautiful font of your choice. Along with these tasks you can use PhotoShop’s Custom Shapes feature to create shapes like you would with Die Cuts.

One of the most important aspects of your scrapbook is the background you choose.  If you’re tired of trying and coming up empty-handed, then PhotoShop might be right for you.

You can create a custom background with just the tools offered through the program or you can even create a background from one of your own photos!  Imagine this, you’ve taken a family vacation to Hawaii and now you want to put together a vacation scrapbook. 

You’ve looked and looked and  none of the backgrounds are just right for your scrapbook.  You want something tropical, like the island with a realistic touch.  No problem, simply load your vacation photos and choose the background you want.