Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks

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by  Lori J. Davis

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Acknowledgments
W
here do we begin?
In addition, we’d like to thank Don Bozek at
So many
Strathmore Artist Papers, Amy Lemelin at Hawk
people to thank, so little space! We
Mountain Papers, Harald Heim at The Plugin Site,
need another book!
Kristina Foxworthy at Twisting Pixels, Doug Meisner
and Nancy Peterson at Corel, Ben Hazard at Alien
Let’s start with the impetus behind this book— Skin, Alex Shalikashvili at AV Bros, Ray Larabie at
Megan Belanger at Course Technology PTR. We’ll Larabie Fonts, Kevin King at Kingthings, Howard
add in our editors Jenny Davidson (Lightning), Kim Dickson at sheilsoft.com, Aaron Epstein at Color
Benbow (Queen of the Commas), and Angela Cable Schemer, Amy Edwards and her team at Scrapbook
(She Who Does It All). And a shout out to Brandon Bytes, Stacy Mann and her folks at Digital Scrapbook
Penticuff (DVD Divine). Pages, and all the gang at Digital Scrapbook Place,
especially Lauren Bavin, head designer.
And then there’s the unbelievably talented and
generous group of designers who shared their Very special thank yous go out to two of our dear-
work with us. Diverse in age, geography, and est friends—Ron Lacey, whose friendship is only
lifestyle, they are united by one common bond— rivaled by his photographs, and the ever-creative
the love of scrapbooking. Lauren Bavin, Angela Norene Malaney. Kris Zaklika and Janet Weinkranz
Cable (see, we told you she did it all!), Doris Castle, deserve special mention, as well. Thanks, too, to
Roberta D’Achille, Lie Fhung, Glenda Ketcham, and Dimitry Belov, Mei Liu, Channen McGhee, Robin
Terry Maruca—we thank you from the bottom of “Hoods” Rowlands, and the Knezevich clan.
our hearts. We’d also like to extend those thanks to
your Creative Team members who created beautiful
Finally, we thank our families, for putting up and
scrapbook projects for this book from your designs.
bearing with, coddling, cuddling, and cooking—
especially the cooking! We also thank them for
We’d like to recognize our designers who provided being, however unwillingly, our favorite models
additional cover art—Lauren Bavin, Doris Castle, and scrapbook subjects. Larry, John, Peter, Ann,
Roberta D’Achille, Lie Fhung, Glenda Ketcham, George, Nina, Dominic, Wade, Emilie, Brittanie,
Terry Maruca, Erica Nunez, and Ramona Vaughn. and our two favorite (little) boys—Anthony and
Thanks for creating beautiful layouts and for Theodore, thank you all.
having unbelievably good-looking children, as well.
And of course we can’t forget our feline family,
Moussie, Edna, Little Max, Omar...for reminding us
that life doesn’t get any better than a full bowl of
Meow Mix and a scratch behind the ears.
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About the Authors
L S
ori J.Davis ally Beacham
has authored and co-authored is the author of several
several books on Paint Shop Pro and digital books about Paint Shop Pro and digital
scrapbooking. She has been teaching com- scrapbooking. She teaches and writes material
puter graphics classes online for about a dozen for www.lvsonline.com and has contributed
years, covering Adobe Photoshop Elements and numerous articles and other materials to major
Corel PHOTO-PAINT in addition to Paint Shop Pro. publications. She is currently employed as the
She has served as a beta tester for several graphics- “organizational technocrat” for a mid-size company
related applications and has contributed a series in the hospitality industry in southern Maine. Sally
of articles to Digital Camera Magazine. When she’s and her husband John share seven children, two
not immersed in graphics, Lori enjoys photography, grandchildren, two cats, and very little free time.
gardening, beading, knitting, and walking on the Her favorite color is pink, her favorite sport is
beach with her husband, Larry. cricket, her favorite food is not Brussels sprouts,
and her favorite word is “Teddy.”
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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Part I Scrapbook Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 Scrapbooking Why and How. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Scrapbooking Concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Traditional Paper Scrapbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Journals and Altered Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hybrid Scrapbooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Paper vs. Digital Scrapbooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pros and Cons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What Does Scrapping Cost?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital Scrapbook Necessities and Niceties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
And Away We Go!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 DigiScrapping 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Last Things First: Is That Your Final Output?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
That Pesky Resolution Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Faux Paper–Style or Not?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Common Layout Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
12×12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8.5×11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8×10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8×8 and Other Square Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4×6 and Variations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Color Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Quick Pages, Overlays, and Sketches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Chapter 3 Creating Your First Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Prepping Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cropping a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Resizing a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating a Quick Page Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Working with Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Moving Objects Within the Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Adding Text to a Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Working with Color in a Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Creating a Layout Using Pre-made Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Assembling the Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Merging Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating Realism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4 Hybrid Scrapbooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Hybrid Scrapbooking—What Is It?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using Digital Elements in Paper Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hybrid Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Greeting Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Other Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Part II It’s All About the Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 5 Handling the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Digital Camera Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Resolution: Megapixels and You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cameras and Lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Memory and Power Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Other Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Scanning Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Scanning Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
A Few Scanning Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Choosing a Photo Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Graphics Tablets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Chapter 6 Photo Editing Fundamentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rotating and Straightening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rotating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Straightening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Quick Fixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Noise Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Blurring and Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Gaussian Blur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Unsharp Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Photo Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Repairing Scratches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Dodging and Burning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Red-Eye Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cropping and Resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cropping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Resizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
A Few Last Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 7 Advanced Photo Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Better Cropping: The Rule of Thirds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Improving Brightness and Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Manual Color Adjusting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Understanding Color in Digital Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Common Situations Requiring Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Setting Black, White, and Gray Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
From Color to Black and White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Desaturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Converting to Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Black and White with Channel Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Variations on Black and White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tinted Black and White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Colorizing Black and White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Floating Color on Black and White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Beyond Photo Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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Chapter 8 Further Fun with Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Compositing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Isolating the Figure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
The New Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Photo Montage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Creating a Panorama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Digital Face-Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Drawings and Paintings from Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Digital Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Digital Paintings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Part III Adding to Your Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 9 Creating Your Own Components . . . . . . . . 163
General Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Using Clip Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Backgrounds and Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Simulating Cardstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Simple Patterned Paper with Seamless Tiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Stripes and Plaids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Corrugated Cardboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Simulating Vellum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Torn Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Mats and Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Simple Mats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Creating Cutouts for Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fancier Mats and Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brads and Eyelets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Ribbons and Fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Ribbons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using and Creating Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brushes for Paper Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Grunge and Distressing Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Stamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Creating Your Own Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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