Digital Scrapbooking 101

: You need photos on your computer.
If you have a digital camera this is easy! Download photos from your camera to your computer following the instructions that came with your camera. If you don’t have a digital camera, or if you have old photos, you need a scanner. 2. A Photo Editing Program - Some examples of these are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Ulead Photoimpact, and Microsoft Digital Image Pro (earlier versions were called Picture It!). These are more powerful programs for editing photos and they work well for creating digital elements, but the learning curve is much higher. Google's Picasa is a great, free program to edit photos as well. If you want a graphics program, DSP recommends Photoshop Elements. Now its time to learn and have fun! If you have chosen one of the photo-editing programs discussed above, please read about resolution first, and then try some of our basic Tutorials that will walk you through creating your first page as well as other techniques. You may want to use Page Kits, which you can download or order on CD that will work with your program and teach you about layers and how a basic page is put together. As you become a little more advanced, make sure to check out all of our freebies on the weekly freebies page and in our freebies gallery (you must be registered to view them). You can create your pages in many different sizes. Gather ideas for your pages and see the work of other scrapbookers in the Gallery. You can also discuss scrapbooking ideas and topics with other scrapbooker. Step 4: Save your pages.
Taking the right steps to save your pages is important. To learn more about saving. here is a example of a digital flower layout