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Article Surfing ArchiveDigital Scrapbooking With Adobe: Get Creative With Your Photographs - Articles SurfingOne of the reasons that Adobe is such a great company for modern-day computer users is that they offer a wide range of products. These products help you to not only create documents, but to really enhance them when you're working with photos and other graphics. So, using Adobe for digital scrapbooking can be a fun and enjoyable way to create stunning graphics and pages for your own albums. There are some common questions that you might immediately have when it comes to getting started with digital scrapbooking with Adobe, so hopefully we can answer some of those basic questions here, and get you on your way. Once you learn how to use Adobe Photoshop you will be able to add more creativity to your scrapbooking pages. When talking about digital scrapbooking with Adobe, chances are you're referring to the Adobe program of Photoshop. Photoshop is a program that many people use to crop, edit, and otherwise work with photos on their computer. If you have ever seen some funny pictures that have obviously been doctored * the President's head on a weightlifter's body or a dog riding the space shuttle * chances are that person used Photoshop. One of the tools that Adobe Photoshop has is the selection feature. This allows you to take any area of one picture and remove it from its original setting, expand it, and so on. For example, suppose you have a favorite photo of your two children, but wish you could have them in individual photos to work with your scrapbooking projects. Photoshop allows you to select and manipulate the part of that original picture you want and make it into its own new picture. This is one of the best ways to begin scrapbooking with Adobe, as you are not limited by the pictures you have and the way they've come out. Some of the most creative scrapbooking pages are those that have more than one copy of the same picture, or several shots that were taken right after one another, and so on. When digital scrapbooking with Adobe Photoshop, you can copy your pictures, reduce their size, expand their size, and add as many other pictures as you want, all with the click of a mouse. This way there is no damage done to your original photos, and you don't need to keep copying, cutting, pasting, and so on, until you get it right. Adobe Photoshop offers several different versions depending on your level of computer skills. You will want to decide how much of a learning curve you want for your digital scrapbooking software. There are full versions used by professionals. These are quite expensive and take a considerable amount of time to master. For most scrapbookers, Adobe Photoshop Elements is a more reasonable and cost-effective option. Using Photoshop for your digital scrapbooking can be a great tool to work with your photos and create beautiful and stunning scrapbook page layouts. It has a full range of special effects that you can add to your photos. Taking the time to learn Adobe Photoshop will add a new techniques to your digital scrapbooking projects.
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