How to Create a Digital Scrapbook on Your Computer

Step 1: Use image editing software Use image editing software. Most image editing programs offer free trial downloads online.
TIP: Image editing programs use layers to arrange and stack scrapbook page elements, including images and text.
Step 2: Select photos and scan them Select photos and scan them into your image editing program. Or take photos with your digital camera and upload them to your computer
Step 3: Download digital scrapbook page templates Download digital scrapbook page templates that are compatible with your software.
Step 4: Open the template Open the template with your image editor. Choose the Save As option to give the template page a new name and save it to a folder on your desktop.
TIP: A template provides ease of use and a page creation starting point for beginning scrapbookers.
Step 5: Copy and insert photos Copy and insert or click and drag photos onto the template page.
Step 6: Adjust, move, or resize the photos Adjust, move, or resize the photos on the page template. Select a font style and color, and add titles, captions, or journal text to your page.
Step 7: Consider buying a digital scrapbook starter kit Consider buying a full digital scrapbook starter kit. These include several templates, plus page accessories like monograms, dots, and stripes.
FACT: Thomas Jefferson, one of the earliest American scrapbookers, kept scrapbooks containing pasted newspaper clippings of his favorite poems and prose.

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