5 Sites to Get You Started Digital Scrapbooking
April 30, 2007 by
Digital scrapbooking is an amazing hobby. It is the type of thing that makes you want to do more and go farther and farther. The good thing about digital scrapbooking is that you never have to leave your home or computer. You do not have to run out to the store because you need more
letters or ending up having to buy more paper because you ran out. Everything is reusable and versatile. A quick note: I am not a very good digi-scrapper. I am sad to say that. I am just starting out but I already have tons of advice.
Before you can start digital scrapbooking however you are going to need a couple of things:
-A photo editing program. The most common are Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Photoshop 7, and Adobe Photoshop Elements. You will also find people who use PaintShop Pro and other photo editing programs. Its all up to you and how much money you spend. For reference I use Adobe Photoshop CS2
-Pictures. Now this pictures need to be on your computer whether you took them digital or scan them. You might want to organize them accordingly.
-Space on your hard drive. Many digital scrapbookers have dedicated external drives just for their digital scrapbooking stuff. Trust me when you start you will realize you need a huge amount of space. Backing up is also very important. You will want to back things up on DVDs or CDs.
-Stuff. Digital scrapbooking stuff like papers and elements are what your page is going to be made up of so will need a lot of it. In this article I will go over getting stuff.
Now you should have everything about expect for stuff. If you do that's great. You are already ahead of us. I wanted to share a couple of sites to get you started because that is what this article is about. The following sites are what I used to get me started. Now believe me, you can start of digital scrapbooking for free for a month maybe but after you get into it you will want to spend money. Do not runaway from this hobby though, you are going to definitely get your dollar's worth because you can reuse everything over and over again.
Before you can start digital scrapbooking however you are going to need a couple of things:
-A photo editing program. The most common are Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Photoshop 7, and Adobe Photoshop Elements. You will also find people who use PaintShop Pro and other photo editing programs. Its all up to you and how much money you spend. For reference I use Adobe Photoshop CS2
-Pictures. Now this pictures need to be on your computer whether you took them digital or scan them. You might want to organize them accordingly.
-Space on your hard drive. Many digital scrapbookers have dedicated external drives just for their digital scrapbooking stuff. Trust me when you start you will realize you need a huge amount of space. Backing up is also very important. You will want to back things up on DVDs or CDs.
-Stuff. Digital scrapbooking stuff like papers and elements are what your page is going to be made up of so will need a lot of it. In this article I will go over getting stuff.
Now you should have everything about expect for stuff. If you do that's great. You are already ahead of us. I wanted to share a couple of sites to get you started because that is what this article is about. The following sites are what I used to get me started. Now believe me, you can start of digital scrapbooking for free for a month maybe but after you get into it you will want to spend money. Do not runaway from this hobby though, you are going to definitely get your dollar's worth because you can reuse everything over and over again.
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