How to Create a Digital Scrapbook on Your Computer

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Many scrapbooking enthusiasts prefer paper scrapbooks, but many others prefer a digital scrapbook's lack of mess, ease of sharing, and flexibility.

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.

Did You Know?
Thomas Jefferson, one of the earliest American scrapbookers, kept scrapbooks containing pasted newspaper clippings of his favorite poems and prose.