So I have decided to enter the world of digital scrapbooking? There are several good programs for designing digital scrapbook pages. Some of the most popular are Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro are also many other programs specifically for scrapbooking. If you recently started digital scrapbooking you can feel completely overwhelmed when you load your program but do not worry with a little patience and practice you can learn to digital scrapbook.
Here There are seven tips for digital scrapbooking beginners.
1 - Learn how to crop and resize proportionally. The biggest mistake I've seen with beginners is to change the image size disproportionately. When crop and resize the photos you want your photos to get distorted. Photoshop Tip: Hold down the Shift key while you resize photos and maintain their proportional. Tip for Paint Shop Pro: Hold down the ALT key while dragging the corner and it will keep your picture proportionally.
2 – Learn how to use the layers palette. Learning how to work with layers is the most difficult to learn a digital scrapbook. Start with working on smaller projects with only a few layers. Practice moving each layer in the front or back to get the hang of things. If you are using Paint Shop Pro, you can click the layer to select it. For some people, Paint Shop Pro is a program easier to start with, because it is easier to select the layers and move them. If you are using Photoshop, you have to look at the layers palette to select the layer you want to move. Tip for work layers: Name your layers. Go to Layer Properties and type a name for the layer so that no confusion. For example, if you have a green ribbon, the layer of green tape name instead of layer 3. Naming your layers really helps if you're working with lots of layers.
3 - Adjust your shades. This is something so easy to do. If you use the default settings in Photoshop or Paintshop Pro you can end up with a very heavy shadow. This can make your page look dominated or diffuse. Adjust the opacity, angle and size of his shadow until you get a more natural environment.
4. Learn how to cut images or documents in forms. One thing that is very fun to do with pages of the scrapbook is to cut your photos or papers in the forms. If you are using Paint Shop Pro use custom shape tool to create your form. Then put your picture on their own layer. Use the magic wand tool to select the shape. Then, find your picture on your layers palette. Select the photo layer, select inverse and then delete. This reduces your photo into a shape. For Photoshop: Create your custom. Then copy and paste your photo. Place in the layer just above the form. Click Control G to your group of two layers. After Control E to merge. That's all
5. Use Quick Kits. You can find different sites related to quick equipment by different names. Quick Kits are easy to use templates. You need not have much experience to use. You just copy and paste photos into the templates. They may come with pre-designed shapes, or curved borders that are easy to use. You need to understand how to work with layers, and the grouping and merging of layers, but the rapid kits have the hardest part for you.
6-The key to a good page is a good photo. Do not just take photos boring. Try to think creatively or poses a great shot of something interesting. Have a good photo to work with the desire to make your page go from boring to earrings. You want people to see your page and see the photos. Here are some tips to improve your photos and make them "pop". Tip: Try to adjust the curves and the contrast to brighten your pictures. In Paint Shop Pro to adjust the curves to go to Settings> Brightness and Contrast> Curves. To adjust the contrast of going to Adjust> Brightness and Contrast> Brightness / Contrast. For Photoshop to adjust the curves to go to Image>> Settings>>>> Curves. To adjust the contrast Go to Image>> Adjustments> Brightness / Contrast.
7 – Save your work. Save the file in layers. Each time you save a review. If you think you want to change something, but two versions of his work, one to change and one without it. Sometimes Many changes are made that you can not get your page back to the way you had it. Sometimes I will be seven versions of the same page. Thus, if I do not like something I can always go back to my original file.
I hope you have found these tips useful.
About the Author:
Patty Hone is a mom of four and designer for Alittledigital.com. Visit Alittlegital.com
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