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When you decide to do digital scrapbooking instead of the
traditional way, then why not also create your own premade
digital scrapbook layouts? This is what I started doing and
it is so much fun!
Before you start, you need to decide what you are going to
create; a sheet, a card. Using my favorite program Paint
Shop, I first create a new image. For a A4-size paper you
will need a size of 680 pixels width by 1000 pixels height.
When using a different size of paper, you will have to alter
these sizes. However, it is a good idea to start large, then
you can always resize it later on.
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In Paint Shop you have the option to use a color for
background, but also whatever image you have on your pc; it
even works with photos! You have to try out different things
and sizes to see what works best as a background. Sometimes
it will be necessary to first blur the image before using it
as background.
For this to work, you will need to open the image or photo
of your choice in Paint Shop before you start. Now start
with a new image in the size you like, and click on the
paintbucket tool. Select "style/pattern" which
then opens a screen with thumbnails of possible background
images.
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But, the image or photo that is waiting on your
desktop is now also a choice, and since this is the one we
want to use, we select it. You can alter the scale or
rotation if needed, but I always start with the image as it
is. If I don't like the result, I undo it and start over.
Like mentioned before, you need to play around with this for
a while, because not everything is suitable for use as
background image, and some need to be resized so they fit
better on your page.
We now have created a new sheet and included our background
and you may want to save this to your computer for future
use. Use these sheets to either insert your photos
digitally, or use the backgrounds as such, print them and
then use them in for traditional scrapbooking by adding
photos and other embelishments.
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See lots more samples of our digital
scrapbook sheets!
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