Scrapbooking Tips and Tutorials for Computer Scrapbooking Beginners
If you're just getting started in scrapbooking, especially digital scrapbooking, ScrapWow welcomes you with open arms. Every month we give our members a high quality, free digital scrapbook kit created by some of the industry's most sought after designers. Additionally, we share with our members something we call Unannounced Bonuses - more digital scrapbooking freebies that we give away unannounced. So if you're just getting started we have a lot of great kits for you.
The best part of beginner scrapbooking here at ScrapWow is we'll show you how to get started. Our scrapbooking tutorials are added to regularly and we work with a myriad of scrapbook software titles, from Adobe PhotoShop to Scrapbook Factory. We also have a scrapbook blog where you can post all your questions too. So come on in, take a look around and join the hottest site in the digital scrapbook community.
Converting a Color Photo to Black and White in PSE - When using the color wheel, you may find that some of the colors in your photos just don't work with your layout. Many scrappers just simply convert their photos to black and white and scrap them in. Black and white photos have an ageless quality, and the colors won't clash with any theme. (Converting a Color Photo to Black and White Using Adobe Photoshop Elements by Stacy Fox-Myers)
Building Borders Around Your Photos - A Great Way To Create A Fast and Simple Digi Layout. Or just another great way to set off your photos and make them the focal point. This technique is one you'll use often. (Tutorial: Putting a border on your photo or layout in Photoshop by Angie Svoboda)
Preparing Your Photos and Layouts for the Web. Having trouble with the upload or download times of your photos and layouts? Sure those hi-res cameras are great - but those huge photos take up a lot of space, and require a lot of time to upload, and can take even longer to download. And you know Grandma doesn't want to wait! Learn how to resize photos here for viewing on the web.
Layering Basics in Adobe Photoshop. This is the very beginning - the place to start when you want to combine images and layer them to create a digi page. (Program Basics - Layer Basics by Nancy Shaw)
Processing Multiple Photos at Once for Optimum Web Viewing - Using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Here's a quick way to process a whole file of photos at one time for putting on the web and sharing in emails. And those scanned layouts are usually huge files, so save them all in one folder, and process them all at one time. It only takes seconds, but it'll save you long minutes of waiting for photos to upload or download!