Comments on: What kind of a Scrapbooker are you?

By: Your favourite scrapbooking place

Your favourite scrapbooking place — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:18:31 +0000

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By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:18:41 +0000

Margie a good idea would be to know the kind of program you are using. Photosop and Photoshop Elements have lots of tutorials around the net and the recommendation by Karooch is a terrific one. I´ve heard wonders of those tutorials. If you use another program an alternative could be to look in a website with tutorials for that program.

I use Gimp to scrap, and it’s taken me ages to learn the program and I’m still learning. The good thing is that it’s free and with some imagination you can adapt most PS and Elements tutorials to the program plus find others around the web specific to the program. Another alternative and if you are starting could be Paint.Net, another free program and with a very active board (though it’s not scrapbooking but photography related), it’s a terrific program very easy to learn (easier than Gimp) and it barely occupies space in the computer compare with either PS, Elements and even Gimp (it’s a smaller program than PS but its bigger than Paint.Net).

Just try to make a search around the net for tutorials for your specific program, you could find lots of them that way.

Best wishes. :O)

By: karooch

karooch — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:20:13 +0000

It certainly be daunting when you first start digital scrapbooking Margie. As with any new technology there's always going to be a bit of a learning curve to get through. I'm not sure what photo graphics editing program you use but I would suggest that you get a beginners digital scrapbooking course to help you get started. The trouble with the software packages tutorials is that their not designed for scrapbooking so that just makes the whole learning process so much harder. I found the Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed tutorial pack from Scrap Girls to be brilliant when I started. You can choose a pack that's designed for your specific software package so all the tools and language is right for you. And the tutorials are easy to follow and make learning much quicker. I would watch a tutorial right through, then replay it and pause whilst I copied the techniques on my own layout. It's the only way to learn in my opinion.

By: Margie

Margie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:35:21 +0000

I am intimidated by digital scrapbooking – I do use a digital camera exclusively now as I love the ability to have my photos immediately. I’ve tried to use tutorials and follow articles on digital scrabooking in magazines, but just get so frustrated and seem unable to follow them….any suggestions? I’m not a dummy – have a pretty good grasp of computer use in general and am the computer guru in my house. Don’t know why I just have not been able to use digital tools to create pages!!!

By: Technology 1: karooch 0 | Scraps Of Mind

Technology 1: karooch 0 | Scraps Of Mind — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:14:38 +0000

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By: karooch

karooch — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:37:45 +0000

Ah well, who knows Erika, one day you may be lured over to the dark side.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:17:56 +0000

Hi Karen ~ I voted Traditional scrapper. Just an old-fashioned girl, LOL

By: karooch

karooch — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:05:53 +0000

I’m pretty sure that’s not the case Michelle. It’s just that not everyone leaves a comment.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:44 +0000

Looks like I am the lone pure traditional scrapper out there – but I know that isn’t the case. I was slow to switch to digital photography so it would only make sense that I would be slow to make the switch to digital scrapbooking.

By: karooch

karooch — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:59:59 +0000

I've written a few articles about hybrid scrapbooking techniques on Scraps of Mind in recent months JanMary. Cardmaking on the Run, Hybrid Scrapbooking, what's it all about?, and Have you ever done a Scrapbook Layout Makeover? spring to mind.