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Is anybody willing to give me a Digital Scrapping/Photobook for Dummies lesson?
I have tried to check this out online, but it didn't take long before everything started to overwhelm me and blur together! So I have a few questions might help clear a few things up.
First of all -- when you are creating a photobook, you basically do a digital scrapbook then have a professionally printed book made, right?
Do you have to have any extra software or can you do it without? I can barely operate Paint except for the most simple stuff. I have a PhotoShop program on my other computer but I'll be blessed if I can figure out how to use it properly.
What exactly is "bleed"? I've looked on a few of the photobook websites that various PPers have recommended in this forum, and quite often the word "bleed" came up. But I have no idea what it is since it doesn't seem to be blurring one picture into another like the name suggests.
When I did a search of this forum for photobooks and digital scrapping, I found a few websites were consistently recommended - Shutterfly, Snapfish and Blurb. My expectation for a digital scrapbook is to be similar to a scrapbook made at home with coloured papers, embellishments and glue. I want a little bling. I want some creativity. I want backgrounds and different fonts and "stickers". What I don't want is a coffee table book with 2 smaller pictures printed on a boring plain page on one side and one full page picture on the other. Do I have to buy software or templates / embellishments in order to do what I want, and if I do, can I do it without spending hundreds of dollars? Is one of those companies better than another for doing what I expect? What do you and don't you like about those companies? Is there one that is easier for a novice to do?
I cant answer all your questions... as im fairly new to digital scrapbooking myself
I tried photoshop and was a bit overwhelmed too! i use Serif Scrapbook artist Amazon.com: Digital Scrapbook Artist 2: Software
which I found easier you can start by just using the basics drag drop and resize
I know that some PPers use Memory Mixer I think but i could not get hold of it here in the UK
these are some of the scrapbook pages I have created with it so you can see the results (bear in mind im not the best!!) http://s815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/ClareB_photos/2009%20Disney%20Vacation%20Scrapbook/
and im sorry no idea what "bleed" is ??!
and Sorry cant help about the photobook as I personally havent ever had a book printed as I get my pages printed individually as 12x12 prints I have a disney scrapbook folder that im putting them in, which I love as you can take out rearrange etc.
hope others can give you somemore info
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ohhh forgot to say on scrapbook artist you can create your own digikits so you dont have to spend a fortune on them.
and you can try ot for free with the Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact http://www.daisytrail.com/free_stuff.html
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Last edited by Clare loves Stitch; 02-20-2010 at 01:44 PM..
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I love Shutterfly, but it is probably more in the realm of a coffee table book. You can choose different backgrounds, and you choose the size, number and formatting of photos. You can also journal on the pages and choose your font. However, there isn't really the option of adding bling...at least as far as I know since it has been a few months since I last made a digital book. I have used it mainly to make quick scrapbooks of trips for my family. It is fast, easy, and produces great results. If they waited for me to actually scrap an album for them, they would be waiting a LONG time! For me, I still prefer scrapping with an actual album, paper and embellishments. I will be interested to see what other people say and what you come up with. Good luck!
I'm also wondering about digital scrapbooking...I dabble for about 5 minutes a time or two, but was totally confused. I've seen some awesome digital pages, but I have no idea how they were done.
I think that "bleed" refers to allowing the image to sort of smear into the background or something...I could be mistaken....
Clare that is a really cool and practically Donna-proof program! Thank you for recommending it! I just did a test page using the free downloads (without the tutorials of course because I was too impatient) and the hardest part was figuring out how to save it as a jpg file! The page I made is nothing amazing, but it was just a test and I think that this is probably the program I will use. I just have to check and see if I can use it for professionally printed books.
Just made another one using a pic from my DD's wedding and it took less than half an hour. Once I figure this thing out, I can see this going rather quickly. Clare, I'm afraid you've just cost me a few bucks because I think I'll be buying the upgrade!
I think bleed is the amount of the edges of a page that could be cut off when a professional printed book is made with your created pages. I think apple photobook suggest that the outer .5 inch not have anything you wouldn't mind being cut off during production.
Pj
Ps. I use Photoshop Elements, had Photoshop and removed it (way too large a learning curve for me, I hate manuals.) I learned the basics of digital scrapbooking form Misty Cato, Misty Cato Designs: Index of Tutorials
Here are some of my pages, MobileMe Gallery
The top two would need to have the journaling adjusted so it would not be cut off if I ever decided to include them in a photobook, the bottom one I would be comfortable using up to .5 inches around the edges.
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PJ, those are really great. I'm going to check out that tutorial website. And thank you for the explanation of "bleed". I looked back at where I had read it yesterday, and that seems to be exactly what it is. Very good to know!
to all of you that have mastered the digital world. I created a free book through Snapfish - and it is very simple. My daughter loves it though because she is amazed that she has a real book from her trip to Disney.
Clare that is a really cool and practically Donna-proof program! Thank you for recommending it! ... Clare, I'm afraid you've just cost me a few bucks because I think I'll be buying the upgrade!
Glad you like it Donna sorry im costing you money tho
Your pages look amazing looks like you got digital scrapbooking down!!
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Glad you found a program you like, Donna! I use Photoshop Elements which I had on my computer for over a year before I discovered the world of digital scrapbooking. I found a few tutorials on YouTube and I have been experimenting with it myself. I am about to have my first book printed and I found a website called inkubook.com that seems pretty reasonably priced.
Digital is actually very easy once you get your feet wet. I have been 100% digi for several years now. I have gotten many more lo's finished since then, than before when I was working with paper. I also spent a few years of using digital elements and journaling on paper pages too.There are a lot of possibilities "going digi."
You can get as creative, bling-y, grungy, or streamlined as you want.
A lot of digiscrappers suggest to use PSE to get started. And that software is a good option, but I find that ACDSee Photo Editor is a better choice. I found it to be much easier to use. And it costs less, which is always nice.
Photo Editor also has built in How To's that can walk you through your first pages. At the same time,it also has a lot of features that can "grow with you" as you become a more experienced scrapper.
You can try it for free- full version at acdsee.com
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