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Digital Scrapbooking
Today many scrapbookers no longer cut and paste photos directly into books because scanners, page layout programs, and advanced printing options make it simple to create professional-looking layouts in digital form. The internet allows scrapbookers to self-publish their work, even if it is just for a readership of one. Scrapbooks that exist completely in digital image form are referred to as "digital scrapbooks," or "computer scrapbooks." With the recent popularity of digital
cameras, scrapbookers are realizing how powerful the digital world is in scrapbooking projects. One type of photograph that has recently
become popular in scrapbooking circles is the old 35mm slide or transparency.
It was once believed that it was impossible to get a digital or printed photograph from these old
slides, but that's no longer the case. There are now a few top notch national companies that will convert those old slides to digital images that can be used in scrapbooking projects and many other practical uses.
One such company is www.SlideScanning.com.
While some people prefer the physicality of the actual artifacts they paste onto the pages of books, the digital scrapbooking hobby has grown in popularity in recent years. Some of the advantages include a greater diversity of materials, cost savings, the ability to share finished pages more readily on the internet, and the use of image editing software to experiment with manipulating page elements in multiple ways without making permanent adjustments. A traditional scrapbook layout may employ a background paper with a torn edge. While a physical page can only be torn once and never restored, a digital paper can be torn and untorn with ease, allowing the scrapbooker to try out different looks without wasting supplies.
Digital scrapbooking is not limited to digital storage and display. Many digital scrappers print their finished layouts to be stored in scrapbook albums. Others have books professionally printed in hard bound books to be saved as keepsakes.
Professional printing - and binding-services offer free software to create
scrapbooks with professional layouts and individual layout capabilities. Because of the integrated design and order workflow, real hardcover bounded books can be produced very cost effectively.
Many digital scrapbook hobbyists employ kits, or collections of matching backgrounds and other coordinating elements. Those who create the kits are considered by scrapbookers as digital artists. Some of the more elaborate kits are available for purchase, while others can be downloaded for free.
Many paper scrapbookers make their first attempt at digital scrapbooking by printing out digital elements to use in their layouts.
Scrapbooking has been around since the earliest photographers began to take photographs and have them printed. Old scrapbooks typically had photos mounted with sticky corners and information about who was in a photo or where and when it was taken. Modern scrapbooking has evolved into creating attractive displays of photos, text and memorabilia.
Scrapbooking as a hobby has taken off in the recent years due in part to the strong social network that scrapbooking can provide. It is now a multi-billion-dollar industry with a large number of companies creating scrapbooking products. Across the world, "scrappers" or "scrapbookers" get together and scrapbook at each other's homes, local scrapbook stores, scrapbooking conventions, retreat centers, and even on cruises. Scrappers share tips and ideas as well as enjoying a social outlet. The term "crop," a reference to cropping, or trimming, printed photographs, was coined to describe these events. This hobby has surpassed golf in popularity: one in four households has someone playing golf; one in three has someone involved in scrapbooking.
The most important scrapbooking supply is the album itself, which can be permanently bound, or allow for insertion of pages. There are other formats, such as mini albums and accordion-style fold-out albums. Some of these are adhered to various containers, such as matchbooks, CD cases, or other small holders.
Basic materials for scrapbooking include background papers, photo corner mounts however, there are many more choices than just photo corner mounts, sticky dots, glue sticks that are acid-free, etc.
Designs may require more specialized tools such as die cut templates, rubber stamps, craft
punches, stencils, inking tools, eyelet setters, heat embossing tools and personal die cut machines.
Accessories are used to decorate scrapbook pages. Embellishments include stickers,
rub-ons, stamps, eyelets, brads, chipboard elements in various shapes, alphabet letters and ribbon. The use of die cut machines is also increasingly popular; in recent years an electronic die-cutting machine, similar to a printer, can be connected to one's computer to cut any shape or font.
In addition to the collection of photographs, tickets, postcards, and other memorabilia, journaling is an essential element in modern scrapbooks. More than just dating photographs, contemporary journaling is often reflective and
story-like. Whatever the style of journaling that the scrapbooker chooses to implement, journaling is considered a priority in the completion of a scrapbook layout, second only to the photographs themselves.
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