Free Digital Scrapbook Templates

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Free Digital Scrapbook Templates

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648

Summary:
Digital scrapbooking presents a uni
que way to capture special memories
 for posterity. Whether you are a c
omputer veteran or a novice, you ca
n create digital scrapbooks that go
 a step beyond conventional photo a
lbums. You can add to the photos: s
mall notes, embellishments, and sti
ckers to tell the story more fully.

Free digital scrapbook templates ca
n make the job easier for you. The
scrapbooking paper, frames, titles
- even embellishments or stickers a
re already placed for...


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Article Body:
Digital scrapbooking presents a uni
que way to capture special memories
 for posterity. Whether you are a c
omputer veteran or a novice, you ca
n create digital scrapbooks that go
 a step beyond conventional photo a
lbums. You can add to the photos: s
mall notes, embellishments, and sti
ckers to tell the story more fully.

Free digital scrapbook templates ca
n make the job easier for you. The
scrapbooking paper, frames, titles
- even embellishments or stickers a
re already placed for you. You don'
t need to find or prepare each elem
ent. Just slip your photographs int
o place, add a journaling note or c
aption, and you have finished pages
. Free digital scrapbook templates
are, in a sense, scrapbooking kits.

Free digital scrapbook templates ar
e a great way to learn digital scra
pbooking. They are also a great way
 to see, before you invest money, w
hether you enjoy digital scrapbooki
ng. Templates show you what you can
 do, and take the work out of it.

These free digital scrapbook templa
tes are often provided as samples,
with themes that appeal to a large
number of people. The hope is that
you will enjoy your experience and
return to the website to purchase m
ore materials.

Understanding Free Digital Scrapbook
 Templates

Free digital scrapbook templates ar
e nearly-finished scrapbook pages.
Some call them pre-made pages, or p
re-made layouts. To use free digita
l scrapbook templates, you follow a
 few easy steps.

1. Download your free digital scrap
book templates. They should be in "
png" format. Many will be zipped to
 reduce size. Unzip your downloads,
 and place them in a computer folde
r.

2. Open the software program you wi
ll use with your free digital scrap
book templates. Many programs you m
ay already have will work well. Mic
rosoft Word, PhotoShop, and similar
 programs are good. You may have pu
rchased digital scrapbooking softwa
re.

3. Scan photos for your digital scra
pbook pages.

4. Open the free digital scrapbook
template you want to use. Open phot
o files, and place your photos on t
he page. Crop photos, if necessary
to fit the opening. Send them to th
e back layer, and slide them into p
lace.

5. If the colors of the papers in y
our free digital scrapbook template
s do not complement your photos, si
mply use your
paintbrush" tool to change the color
s.

6. Add a small box on your page, an
d type in a note about memories tha
t go with the photos. This "journal
ing" might be as short as a caption
, or a paragraph that will help vie
wers understand the photos.

7. When you are satisfied with your
 page, flatten all layers, and save
 it as a new file.
8. Now you are ready to print. Use
acid-free paper so your colors will
 remain bright and true for years.
Print it as a page of a larger scra
pbook. Or print your page as a scra
pbook card.

9. Optionally, you may want to save
 your pages to a CD – or send a fin
ished page to a friend or family me
mber. You might even want to send y
our completed free digital scrapboo
k templates to a "print-on-demand"
company to have them bound into a p
ermanent book.

Free Digital Scrapbook Templates Cha
nges

As mentioned above, you may want to
 make changes to your free digital
scrapbook templates. At first, thos
e changes may be as slight as chang
ing the color of the scrapbooking p
aper. As you learn more about digit
al scrapbooking, the changes may ta
ke in other elements.

You may want to add digital charms
to empty spots – or place charms ac
ross corners or edges of your photo
s. If you have a photo of a child r
eceiving a skateboard for Christmas
, you might want to place a couple
of skateboarding embellishments on
a page. These extras add a personal
 touch to the themes of free digita
l scrapbook pages.

Helpful tip: Even if you are a vete
ran scrapbooker, you will find free
 digital scrapbook templates a help
 in getting fresh ideas. Start with
 downloads of free digital scrapboo
k templates, and customize them to
your creative satisfaction.