Scrapbooking
Have your slides scanned and digitized for your Scrapbooking Project
Your Scrapbooking project won't be complete until you can include all of those 35mm slides that are stuffed away in your closet.
Scrapbooking is quickly becoming the number one hobby of family centered folks but the hours required to scan photographic slides is overwhelming. We offer a quick and affordable means of having all of slides, and 35mm negatives converted to digital images on CD or DVD so that they can be including in your scrap book projects.
What Are Some Of The Things I Can Do With My Scanned Images?
One of the great things about having your photo library captured to a digital format is that you have the freedom to do anything you want with the images.
Capture and archive your family heirloom with photos
Make copies of the CD-ROM’s and give them to everyone at your next family reunion.
Create DVD Video Slideshows of your digitized photo library so that your computer challenged parents and grandparents can easily enjoy the slide show without having to drag out the old slide projector and a screen.
Create lasting memorable gifts for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, war veteran memorials …
Use the digitized images in a PowerPoint presentation for your company, classroom, or seminar.
…and the list goes on and on.
What is Digital Scrapbooking
Creating scrapbook pages with the aid of a computer is quickly becoming a popular method for preserving the events of our lives for our families to enjoy now and in the future.
Scrapbook-Elements sells digital supplies that can be used for in their digital format for computer scrapping, printed out to be used in traditional paper scrapping, or used in a combination of the two methods in what we have termed as hybrid-scrapping.
Digital scrappers use digital elements to create a layout completely on the computer. Once the layout is completed, the usual choice is to print out the layouts to be placed in albums, just as traditional paper scrappers do. However, digital scrappers also have the option of using other means of sharing their layouts such as through online galleries, email or by putting them onto Video CDs to be able to view them on TV or computer.
Paper scrappers can use the digital elements sold at Scrapbook-Elements to enhance their layouts also. Because our elements are created at 300 ppi, the quality allows superior printing ability. Printers with borderless printing capabilities allow full page print outs of backgrounds. Wide-format printers are also available to allow printing of 12x12 pages. The printed pages and elements can then be used to create traditional scrapbook pages as you would use any other supplies.
Hybrid-scrappers are those who combine the 2 methods to create unique layouts. These layouts can contain the more graphical types of things that can be done with digital elements and a graphics program but also utilize the 3-dimensional elements to still have the feel of a traditionally scrapped page.
Advantages of Digital Scrapping
Digital elements afford the scrapper so many choices. Elements can be resized, reprinted and even
re-colored as needed. You will never have a problem finding more sheets of that great paper you used to create your sister’s wedding album! With digital products, you can reuse the same images over and over or you can just print out what you need.
Have an inspiration of something you want to scrap in the middle of the night and don’t have the right elements? Jump online and shop at Scrapbook-Elements…the perfect complete set will be in front of you in a short time.
No mess, no fuss…unless you want to! Digital scrapping is all done on the computer so you can work without needing a whole room or having to put away your work so you can serve dinner on the kitchen table! Our products can be printed and used in traditional paper scrapping if you prefer. A great combination of scrapping styles includes doing the majority of the layout using graphics software, printing the layout and then adding 3-dimensional elements to finish off your page.
Want to share your layouts with friends and family? With traditional paper scrapping, this is both time consuming and very costly. Digital scrapping allows you to produce as many copies of the same layout as you need at no more than the cost of reprinting the page! Do you scrap at the 12x12’ size but want to give Grandma a brag book at the 6x6” size? No problem! Just resize your digital 12x12” layouts to the smaller size, print and voila!
Our products are all created at a high resolution so that they print beautifully with all of the realism of 3-dimensional elements. Our page sets offer you a complete collection of backgrounds and elements that are matched for you so you can instantly create beautifully coordinated pages with little effort.
Most digital scrappers print their layouts to share with others by placing them in traditional scrapbooks. The layouts can be printed on a home printer or sent to an online or local printer for finishing. Inkjet printers and photo quality paper are staples in most digital scrappers’ homes. There are many different choices, depending on quality and cost. Cardstock can even be used to print your layouts although this will not yield the high quality photos that photo quality paper can.
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Digital Scrapbooking
Today many scrapbookers no longer cut and paste photos directly into books because scanners, page layout programs, and advanced printing options make it simple to create professional-looking layouts in digital form. The internet allows scrapbookers to self-publish their work, even if it is just for a readership of one. Scrapbooks that exist completely in digital image form are referred to as "digital scrapbooks," or "computer scrapbooks." With the recent popularity of digital
cameras, scrapbookers are realizing how powerful the digital world is in scrapbooking projects. One type of photograph that has recently
become popular in scrapbooking circles is the old 35mm slide or transparency.
It was once believed that it was impossible to get a digital or printed photograph from these old
slides, but that's no longer the case. www.SlideScanning.com. can convert those old slides to digital images that can be used in scrapbooking projects and many other practical uses.
While some people prefer the physicality of the actual artifacts they paste onto the pages of books, the digital scrapbooking hobby has grown in popularity in recent years. Some of the advantages include a greater diversity of materials, cost savings, the ability to share finished pages more readily on the internet, and the use of image editing software to experiment with manipulating page elements in multiple ways without making permanent adjustments. A traditional scrapbook layout may employ a background paper with a torn edge. While a physical page can only be torn once and never restored, a digital paper can be torn and untorn with ease, allowing the scrapbooker to try out different looks without wasting supplies.
Digital scrapbooking is not limited to digital storage and display. Many digital scrappers print their finished layouts to be stored in scrapbook albums. Others have books professionally printed in hard bound books to be saved as keepsakes.
Professional printing - and binding-services offer free software to create
scrapbooks with professional layouts and individual layout capabilities. Because of the integrated design and order workflow, real hardcover bounded books can be produced very cost effectively.
Many digital scrapbook hobbyists employ kits, or collections of matching backgrounds and other coordinating elements. Those who create the kits are considered by scrapbookers as digital artists. Some of the more elaborate kits are available for purchase, while others can be downloaded for free.
Many paper scrapbookers make their first attempt at digital scrapbooking by printing out digital elements to use in their layouts.
Scrapbooking has been around since the earliest photographers began to take photographs and have them printed. Old scrapbooks typically had photos mounted with sticky corners and information about who was in a photo or where and when it was taken. Modern scrapbooking has evolved into creating attractive displays of photos, text and memorabilia.
Scrapbooking as a hobby has taken off in the recent years due in part to the strong social network that scrapbooking can provide. It is now a multi-billion-dollar industry with a large number of companies creating scrapbooking products. Across the world, "scrappers" or "scrapbookers" get together and scrapbook at each other's homes, local scrapbook stores, scrapbooking conventions, retreat centers, and even on cruises. Scrappers share tips and ideas as well as enjoying a social outlet. The term "crop," a reference to cropping, or trimming, printed photographs, was coined to describe these events. This hobby has surpassed golf in popularity: one in four households has someone playing golf; one in three has someone involved in scrapbooking.
The most important scrapbooking supply is the album itself, which can be permanently bound, or allow for insertion of pages. There are other formats, such as mini albums and accordion-style fold-out albums. Some of these are adhered to various containers, such as matchbooks, CD cases, or other small holders.
Basic materials for scrapbooking include background papers, photo corner mounts however, there are many more choices than just photo corner mounts, sticky dots, glue sticks that are acid-free, etc.
Designs may require more specialized tools such as die cut templates, rubber stamps, craft
punches, stencils, inking tools, eyelet setters, heat embossing tools and personal die cut machines.
Accessories are used to decorate scrapbook pages. Embellishments include stickers,
rub-ons, stamps, eyelets, brads, chipboard elements in various shapes, alphabet letters and ribbon. The use of die cut machines is also increasingly popular; in recent years an electronic die-cutting machine, similar to a printer, can be connected to one's computer to cut any shape or font.
In addition to the collection of photographs, tickets, postcards, and other memorabilia, journaling is an essential element in modern scrapbooks. More than just dating photographs, contemporary journaling is often reflective and
story-like. Whatever the style of journaling that the scrapbooker chooses to implement, journaling is considered a priority in the completion of a scrapbook layout, second only to the photographs themselves.
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