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“Where Mother Is”
PHYLLIS SUSAN RAND BRADBURY and BARBARA ANN RUST DAVIS
July 10, 1924 – May 23, 2004 November 21, 1935 – December 6, 2002
This book is dedicated to memories
of the hearts and spirits of our mothers
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Acknowledgments
As any good scrapbooker knows, photos provide the foundation for our memo-
ries, but words tell the story. We’d like to acknowledge the help, support, direc-
tion, attention, affection, love, hot food, and cold beverages, as well as oceans
of coffee, provided to us by our loved ones, friends, editors, and scrapbook lovers
throughout the land.
In particular, the Beacham-Lachance-Dunham clan and the Davis-Synal family—thank
you John and Larry, the best in-house tech support anyone could ask for (heavy on the
support, low on the tech!). To our assorted family members and friends who appear
throughout this book—feel the love. Wade, Emilie and Brittanie—thanks for being
accommodating as well as photogenic.
Thanks to our editors Kevin Harreld and Kelli Crump. Great ideas, great “red pencil”.
We’d like to thank our technical editor, Angela Cable, who also contributed CD
resources, as well as our favorite supplier of fabulous photographs, Darth Vector him-
self, Ron Lacey.
The folks at Digital Scrapbook Place deserve special thanks, particularly owner/design-
ers Margie Lundy and Amanda Behrmann, as well as designers Lauren Bavin, Kim Lid-
diard, and Jenna Robertson. We’d also like to thank Janice “Maya” Dye-Szucs and
Tracy Pori for their contributions to our CD resources. Special thanks to Ray Larabie,
Ronna Penner, and House of Lime for some fabulous fonts—please visit the sites listed
in the book’s Appendix A to see more work from these terrific designers.
Many scrapbook designers, both paper and digital, contributed artwork for this book.
We’d like to thank Jenny Bamford-Perkins, Kristin Cronin-Barrow, Pat Goettels, Jeri
Ingalls, and Samuel Kordik. Very special thanks go to Cindi Bisson for guiding (and
bearing with!) Sally through her head-long rush into paper scrapbooking, and to Sandi
Ducote for dragging Sally kicking and screaming into digital scrapbooking. Without
her, this book would never have come to be.
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Acknowledgments ■ vii
Thanks to all the software developers who contributed demos and other resources for
our book’s CD: Harald Heim of The Plugin Site; Amedeo Rosa at Alien Skin Software;
Edie McRee at Auto F/X; Alex Shalikashvili; Kohan Ikin; Ilya Razmanov; John Red-
field; Joe Donnelly at Hemera; Michael Sheasby at LumaPix; Aaron Epstein at Color
Schemer; Virtual Painter; and Dover Publications.
We’d like to acknowledge, thank, and generally recognize their excellence as friends,
pals, inspiration and/or partners in crime: Gary Barton, Patricia “Porter” Caldwell, Joe
Fromm, Jeanmarie “JP” Kabala, Jackie Laderoute, Nancy Peterson, Kerry Pierce, Bill
Schnakenberg, Tom Vallombroso, Beth Winter, and Kris Zaklika. Also, Vikki Brooks,
Phyllis List, Jerry O’Brien, Sonja Shea, and Barbara Wallis, as well as Channen
McGhee, Norene Malaney, Mei Liu, and the Knezevich clan.
Sally would like to thank Lori for helping her do battle with Word . . . and Lori would
like to thank Sally for enabling her to max out her credit card at the scrapbook store,
if only Larry would let her.
Last but not least, we’d like to acknowledge the contributions of our favorite non-
human friends: kitties Little Max, Lucas, Einstein, and Moussie; the incomparable Bijou
the Alaskan Husky; Bob the Bobcat; and the Chipmunks of Northern Ontario.
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About the Authors
SALLY BEACHAM is an author and teacher, specializing in Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop-
compatible plug-in filters, and digital scrapbook design. She teaches a series of classes
at www.lvsonline.com and develops tutorials and resources for plug-in filters at
www.dizteq.com. Sally lives in southern Maine with her husband, John, and assorted
children and cats.
LORI J. DAVIS is a technical writer and author of several books on Paint Shop Pro. She
is a computer graphics fanatic, with a love for exploring the ins and outs of image edi-
tors and plug-in filters. She has taught numerous online courses and has a popular
graphics-related Web site, Lori’s Web Graphics, at loriweb.pair.com. She enjoys pho-
tography, crafts, painting, gardening—all with “help” from her two cats—and walking
on the beach with her husband, Larry.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction xvi
Chapter 1 Scrapbooking Why and How 3
Chapter 2 Digital Photo Fundamentals 23
Chapter 3 Basic Layout Guidelines 51
Chapter 4 Adding Graphic Elements 75
Chapter 5 Text Techniques 99
Chapter 6 Enhancing Your Pages with Filters 125
Chapter 7 Advanced Photo Techniques 145
Chapter 8 Sharing Your Work 171
Chapter 9 Creating Your Own Elements 191
Chapter 10 Further Fun with Photos 219
Appendix A Resources 245
Index 257
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Contents
Introduction xvi
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Scrapbooking Why and How 3
The Scrapbooking Concept 3
Traditional Paper Scrapbooks 5
Journals and Altered Books 6
Paper vs. Digital Scrapbooking 7
Pros and Cons 7
Tools of the Trade 10
What Does Scrapping Cost? 10
Digital Scrapbook Necessities and Niceties 12
Hardware and Peripherals 12
Scanners 12
Printer 14
Photo Printer 16
Digital Cameras 17
Graphics Tablet 19
Software 19
Useful Application Types 19
Software Used in This Book 21
And Away We Go! 21
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Digital Photo Fundamentals 23
Digital Camera Basics 23
Resolution: Megapixels and You 23
Focus 24
Exposure 24
Lenses 25
Memory and Power Sources 26
Other Considerations 27
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