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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Thanks Amy.. i do watch that show whenever i come upon it... i am fascinated by all the stuff they sell! But i keep my credit card far far away!!! :)
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Hi durga8,
Thanks for the website and for the compliment on dd's name... i was looking for a not-so-common indian name for her and decided to go with something 'old-fashioned'... we love the name Leela. :)
Instructions for loading an avatar are in the Lounge forum ... the topic is pinned at the top. If you need help with cropping or resizing a picture, let me know. :)
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
thanks rashmi. will give it a try...
durga8
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
i resized, brightened and cropped it for you if you like.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/6716.jpg
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
cool. it looks great! thanks so much rashmi. are you a photo-shopper? i meant to clean in Pshop, but couldn't wait to try it out.
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Yep.. i love photoshop!! i used to use photoshop 5.0, but i just downloaded Elements and it is WAY cooler than my old 5.0!! :)
By the way, you sure have a cutie on your hands!
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Resizing
I usually chose a 5x7 or so size for the computer. I figure the screen is 14" so nothing larger than an 8x10.
Did you figure out how to resize in PE okay? It took me a while. I usually crop in Album before resizing in Elements. I find Album's cropping tool to be MUCH easier--and you can get a perfect square without pulling hair! :)
Your album is impressive! I need to get off my duff...
Anna
Mama to Gracie (9/16/03)
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Thanks for the compliment on Rowan. Leela is v. cute also. I am sure you hear that a lot. Hows the scrapbooking? You'll have to post some pages. I just started using Photoshop 7.0, which is a great update. I want to do a digital diary for Rowan, but haven't gotten around to it. one of these days...
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Just wanted to offer another suggestion, though it seems you already have a solid idea of what you want to do.
I have become a big fan lately of digital scrapbooking. I always would start the normal awesome scrapbooks, but after a few pages of work trying to cut, glue, arrange, and, hardest of all, be fabulously artistic, I would just stop.
I have found digital scrapbooking to be much easier for me. You can make a page to look just like the crafty pages typical of scrapbooks, all on your computer. Since most of my photos are digital now anyway, this is VERY easy for me. Just crop and edit the image how I want and insert it. Other things I just scan in. I like this for my older DD's artwork, as well, because I can keep the nice originals in an archival box, and scan in a few favorites to have in the scrapbook.
I like to take my pages to kinkos to have them directly printed out on a big, scrapbook sized glossy paper ($2 for 11x11 at Kinkos, though you can do it yourself at home). I do know people who also just use the digital form to basically "lay out" their page on the computer, with no mess, then recreate it the old-fashioned way.
Here is a good site to visit, if you're interested:
http://www.cottagearts.net/home.html
They sell lots of elements and pre-made pages to make it easy for you, but you can generally make anything on your own with photoshop and clip art. Also, when searching the web, you can find lots of people with pages shared that you can use, just by copying the page and inserting your own picture. I have done all these things. I started out designing my own, but then grew lazy (as I always do). I now use other's pages, or occasionally design my own using the cd's from this site. They are expensive though, so I would recommend trying it on your own first.
Here are a few examples of pages I have seen lately that I love, and may try out myself (I should point out that my taste tends to be more "computery", so that's what these examples pretty much are, but it is very possible to create the old-fashioned layered paper look):
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...cat=500&page=2
http://www.scrapbookjunction.com/gal...t=7&thecat=500
http://www.scrapbookjunction.com/gal...t=7&thecat=500
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...cat=500&page=2
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...hp?photo=25017
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...hp?photo=23331
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...cat=500&page=6
HTH!
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RE: Scrapbook question. Please help a beginner!!
Oh my goodness!!! Those pages are INCREDIBLE!!! Thanks so much for pointing me to the website... so inspiring. Now that I am done with Leela's very simple scrapbook.. i think I will do something nicer for our wedding pictures... with some journalling in there... we are already forgetting so many details! I think I prefer to do actual pages, rather than computer-pages.. that way I can take them with me and share with friends etc... but i have got some great ideas from that webpage... totally inspiring!
Thanks again!!
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