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Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners
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Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners

Learn to use your computer to tell your stories
Created byMelissa Shanhun
Last updated 8/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to open and use digital scrapbooking kits
  • Learn how to add your photo and text to a quick page
  • Learn how to use a page template to create a page
  • Learn how to create alphabest stickers

Course content

5 sections13 lectures1h 37m total length
  • The Workspace5:13

    Take my hand and I'll show you around Photoshop Elements. Learn all about the workspace.

  • The Move Tool2:42

    The move tool is the main tool you’ll be using in Photoshop Elements – so let’s learn what it can do.

  • The Type Tool3:10

    The type tool will let us put the words into our scrapbooking. Let's learn how.

  • The Zoom Tool2:54

    When you are working on a 12x12 inch document, as most scrapbook pages are, you’ll find that sometimes you want to see the whole document to get a feel for the page. Other times, when you are working on placing your embellishments or typing journaling, you’ll need to zoom in and see the details.

  • The Hand Tool2:14

    The hand tool allows you to quickly move around on your document in Photoshop Elements, without using the scroll bars.

  • Save Your Work3:20

    The last thing you want is to be working on a layout and the power goes out or your computer crashes and you lose all your work. Avoid the drama but saving regularly.

  • File Formats in Digital Scrapbooking2:41

    A number of different file formats are used for various purposes in digital scrapbooking kits, let’s take a look and see how each of them are used.

  • Shopping and Downloading7:00

    As you create more layouts, you’ll likely want to go shopping. Here's an inside look at the process for purchasing digital scrapbooking supplies.

Requirements

  • Any version of Photoshop Elements (trial is available from Adobe)
  • No experience is necessary

Description

Got photos? Got stories to tell? Spend an hour with me and I'll show you how to create gorgeous digital scrapbook pages! Join me for Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners to learn the simple steps you can take to create your very own digital scrapbook pages. You don't need to be an expert with Photoshop to create digital scrapbook pages. You just need the right help.

Have you experienced the joy of seeing a captive audience leafing through the pages of a beautiful scrapbook you’ve designed and printed just for them?

Join me for Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners to learn the simple steps you can take to create your very own digital scrapbook pages.

You don't need to be an expert with Photoshop to create digital scrapbook pages. You just need the right help.


  • Have you tried following tutorials only to find they assume you know which panel is which what, and what all the names and icons mean?

  • Have you tried to get a photo or text onto your page only to get frustrated and give up when you can’t get it right?

I know how you feel! I spent hours trying to teach myself the basics, and I haven't forgotten how confusing it all seems at first.

Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners will take you from the very beginning and walk you through step by step through the process of building a layout. You’ll follow along using the same supplies as I do and in the end, you’ll be thrilled with your pages.

I'll take you by the hand and lead you around the Photoshop Elements workspace - so you can find the tools and commands you need. Inside this class I get straight to the point, teaching the most straightforward methods to get results fast. My videos are short and sweet, using the menus and tools to make my videos easy to follow. I use professionally edited screencasts so that you can see everything clearly!

Inside Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners you'll find:

  • Videos and step by step written handouts – so however you learn best, you’re covered

  • A gorgeous designer kit from Studio Flergs - so you can follow along exactly and play with the gorgeous product!

  • A 'quick page' a pre-designed page so that you add photos and your own words to get started quickly

  • quick page preview

  • A template, sort of like training wheels for scrapbooking, so that you can get creative without having to learn the more challenging features in Photoshop Elements

  • template preview

  • How to save your page for printing online - so the pages look the best they can

I'll be there to guide you through every video and you’ll gain the confidence to work on your own - even if you are brand new to Photoshop Elements

Usually I teach this class in my digital scrapbooking studio here in Perth, Australia. But, thanks to the wonders of technology, I'm able to share the excitement of creating digital scrapbooking pages with you, no matter where you live.

Who this course is for:

  • Absolute Beginners who would like to try a new way to document their expereiences with digital scrapbooking.