Being Nostalgic The
Hi-Tech Way: Digital Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking has remained a popular
craft throughout many generations all over the world. The desire to
preserve precious moments has urged people to collect mementos such
as pictures and small souvenirs, and then arrange them in a creative
manner to help reminisce about memorable times. While several
scrapbookers prefer traditional methods of memory preservation by
using good old paper, scissors and glue, a lot have ventured out
into the hi-tech world by making digital scrapbooks.
The popularity of digital scrapbooking
is growing steadily. In fact, many of the traditional scrapbooking
magazines have released special issues featuring the making of
scrapbooks with computers. Some hobbyists have introduced themselves
into the digital art by just making parts of their scrapbooks on
computers and then printing them out to attach to their normal
albums. However, others have ventured into hardcore scrapbooking,
i.e. making scrapbooks entirely on the computer, as it saves time
and materials, plus it provides many more capabilities not available
with traditional methods.
Many digital scrapbookers are photographers who use digital cameras
and have their pictures stored in their computers. The beauty of
their work would go to waste if they are just stored there in
folders, so they came up with interesting ways to showcase their
photos. Not only are digital scrapbooks quick to make, they can also
easily be distributed and used as portfolios. Otherwise they can be
quickly shared to just about anyone who has a computer.
Digital scrapbooking is quite simple. There are few things needed to
make digital scrapbooks. First of all, you need a computer with a
decent graphics card. Next, you need digital imaging software such
as Adobe Photoshop. Such software is not only designed to edit
pictures but also to make layouts such as scrapbooks. Obviously, you
need photos. You may also use scrapbook templates such as Simply
Digital, which helps beginners with design ideas. For those who want
to print their work, a good quality photo printer and photo paper is
needed.
With these materials, digital scrapbooking can be easy. Like
traditional scrapbook making methods, it basically involves
designing backgrounds, adding pictures, inserting accent designs,
adding texts and titles, and so on. The good thing about digital
scrapbooking is everything can be easily edited and mistakes can be
easily removed.
With digital scrapbooking, you can be nostalgic without being passé.
Memories can be easily preserved and cherished with digital
scrapbooking.
