Photoshop: Digital Scrapbooking

Create scrapbook pages using your digital photos! You will use Photoshop to touch up their images and to create scrapbook pages. You will learn to create patterned backgrounds, add text and embellishments to their pages. You will need a copy of Photoshop. A 30-day trial is available.

To get started:

• Click on the Syllabus link below to find information about the course and the book
• Click on Introductions link to meet your instructor and introduce yourself
• Post any questions you have in Questions and Comments

Lesson 1: Creating a Background

With more and more of our images being created digitally it make sense to display them digitally as well. Whether you will be printing your scrapbook pages to include in a traditional album or uploading them to a web site, a little extra care and effort can help you build stunning scrapbook pages.

In this lesson we will work with some of Photoshop's basic tools to create a background for our scrapbook page.