Digital Scrapbooking by Sally Beacham and Lori J. Davis is a book that offers a comprehensive look at using your computer for digital scrapbooking. It takes you from downloading or scanning your precious memories all the way to completing pages that are sure to impress your family and friends. This book is written for users of several different photo manipulation software programs, and is clear enough to be used by the beginner as well as the more experienced user. There is a great amount of technical information imparted in plain English. Sally and Lori begin with why and how you should scrapbook. They follow with digital photo fundamentals. The rest of the book is dedicated to completing a scrapbook page and finally printing or sharing your new creation. The book is accompanied by a CD which includes a ton of resources for new and experienced scrapbookers which is well worth more than the price of the book alone!
Digital Scrapbooking is packed with incredible value from the tutorials to the technical information. The CD alone is an awesome value with tutorials and artwork to get you started. The book is a must for your library and will provide inspiration and know-how for your scrapbook projects. There is a ton of information and you will be educated as you read along. You will find this book to be a valuable resource tool for years to come. So be prepared to be inspired, educated, and amazed...Get your copy today!

What's inside:
Chapter 1. Scrapbooking Why and How - This covers different kinds of scrapbooking, why you should do it, how you can, the cost, the tools you'll need, etc.
Chapter 2. Digital Photo Fundamentals - All about cameras, megapixels, scanning, fixing photos, enhancing, cropping, etc.
Chapter 3. Basic Layout Guidelines - Styles, page sizes, print or monitor quality, all the basics for beginning your layouts.
Chapter 4. Adding Graphic Elements - How to add photos, frames, embellishments, and more, then how to make them look realistic. Plus how to use them on paper layouts.
Chapter 5. Text Techniques - Finding and using fonts, plus adding text, text effects, and using premade alphabets.
Chapter 6. Enhancing Your Pages with Filters - Finding and using filters, plug-ins, and effects including those that come with your program, freeware, and commercial options. Plus great examples of each.
Chapter 7. Advanced Photo Techniques - Cropping, brightness, color adjustments, conversions, variations, so many options for your photos.
Chapter 8. Sharing Your Work - Whether you print, share on the web, or create digital presentations, this chapter covers it all.
Chapter 9. Creating Your Own Elements - From using clip art to creating your own elements from backgrounds and mats to ribbons and fibers, this chapter helps you create it all.
Chapter 10. Further Fun with Photos - Even more ways to play with your photos. Image effects, montages, panoramics, face-lifts, so many ways to modify your photos.
Appendix. Resources - While you might stop reading here in many books, this is a must read! Web sites, magazines, newsgroups, designers, program manufacturers, plug-ins, fonts, clip art, online printers, web hosts, etc. There are so many great resources that any digital scrapper will enjoy!
PLUS the Digital Scrapbooking CD that comes with the book will amaze you! The CD alone is worth more than the price of the book!! It's packed full of...
· Many tutorials each for Digital Image Pro 9, Paint Shop Pro 8, PhotoImpactXL, PhotoPlus 9, and Photoshop Elements 2.
· Plug-Ins and utilities from Alien Skin, Amphisoft, Auto FX, AV Bros, Color Schemer, LumaPix, Namesuppressed, Redfield Plugins, The Plugin Site, Virtual Painter
· Clip Art from Dover and Hemera.
· Fonts from House of Lime, Typadelic, and Larabie Fonts.
· A layout gallery full of layouts featured in the book.
· Eleven page kits, four flattened templates (Ploppers), and three alphabets from well-known digital designers.

More comments by DSP Designers:
What an Amazing book! It's for everyone that keeps asking "When will we have a book for digital scrapbooking?" This is THE digital scrapping book to have. There is something for everyone from the beginner to the advanced digital scrapbooker. There are almost 300 pages packed full of information and color photos. An added bonus is a CD that includes Tutorials, Page Kits, Templates, and Alphabets. That's not all either, there are over 100 Fonts, Clip Art, free and shareware Plugins, and Sample Layouts that were featured in the book. It is not program specific and covers Digital Image Pro, Paint Shop Pro, Photo Impact, Photoshop Elements, and Photo Plus.
I am also using "Digital Scrapbooking" as a reference book and keep it on my desk. There is an index so it's easy to find whatever you're looking for quickly. I only wish this book had been available when I was struggling to learn how to digital scrap. Thank you Sally and Lori for an awesome book! It's obvious that a lot of thought went into this book to give digital scrappers exactly what they have been asking for.
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An excellent resource for those looking for a step-by-step guide to learning digital scrapping as well as advanced techniques for those already doing it. I was so impressed with the easy and clarity of the explanations. The full-color photos were a tremendous help. A must have for those interested in digital scrapping!
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This is a wonderful book about digital scrapbooking! They cover of course the what and why, but most importantly they covered the how! Many books gloss over how to do the scrapping or show very low quality pages that wouldn't encourage readers to try it. But this book has it all. There's meat, there's info, it's just a wonderful resource - perfect for those who want a book they can hold and read that will really help them learn the digital concepts. And along with all this information, there is a CD full of goodies! The CD alone is worth more than the price of the book! Whether you want to learn about digital scrapbooking, get better at it, just want a CD packed with fonts, page kits, embellishments, filters, etc, or all of the above, buy this book!

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