| The ability to create a scrapbook has changed | | | | included in your digital scrapbook will need to be |
| dramatically over the last few years. Gone are the | | | | imported into the software for editing. Therefore any |
| days of a few words on the cover of the scrapbook | | | | scrapbook software program needs to be able to |
| and photographs with names and dates written next | | | | import photos using the criteria that you set for it, either |
| to them. Today, the scrapbook has come a long way | | | | digitally using photos taken with a digital camera or by |
| and can almost be considered an art form. The ability | | | | using scanned images. Not all software programs |
| to enhance the look of a scrapbook is limited only by | | | | have both options. |
| the imagination of the creator. Add to this, the advent | | | | 4. Photo editing tools - To achieve the effects you |
| of the digital age and you have another world with | | | | desire, your software should have photo editing tools |
| endless possibilities. | | | | that will allow you to crop images, reduce or get rid of |
| There are countless numbers of scrapbook software | | | | any flaws within the photos, remove redeye |
| programs available on the market today, online or off, | | | | completely and add image effects for scrapbook |
| that will help you create the perfect scrapbook. The | | | | page enhancement. |
| difficulty will be in choosing which one to use - they all | | | | 5. Fonts, frames and clipart - All scrapbook software |
| differ in some respect or another. I hope the following | | | | programs should come complete with different fonts, |
| pointers will help as you make your decision. | | | | frames and clipart that you can use straight away as |
| 1. Easy to use - it probably goes without saying that | | | | embellishments. You will find the amount of clipart and |
| any software should be user-friendly, however, some | | | | fonts you receive differs enormously from software |
| are more so than others and you really won't know | | | | program to program. |
| until you try it. Do your homework and read all reviews | | | | 6. What can you do with the end result - questions to |
| you can find first. | | | | ask - does this software program create electronic |
| 2. Flexibility - you should expect not only to receive | | | | albums, can the software convert my album into a CD |
| pre-designed templates that you can experiment with | | | | format for instance, and does this software have the |
| by changing colors for example, but also some | | | | facility to send my scrapbook pages by email to Aunt |
| flexibility built in whereby you will be able to create your | | | | Lucy in Kentucky? |
| own page layouts as well. Not all scrapbook software | | | | Once you have decided on using scrapbook software |
| programs are this flexible - you should be aware of | | | | programs, they certainly have a great advantage over |
| this, if this has importance for you. Another point to | | | | their paper counterpart - they give you the ability to |
| note is that software programs differ in the amount of | | | | experiment quickly and freely and to change your mind |
| pre-designed templates that you receive - anywhere | | | | perhaps and try another layout without wasting all the |
| from only twenty to thousands. Quite a difference! | | | | supplies you would have done otherwise. |
| 3. Importing photos - whatever photos you wish to be | | | | |