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When I start designing my digital scrapbook pages, I first need to decide what type of project I will be creating. For this article we will discuss designing digital scrapbook pages for one specific event, such as going to the zoo with the family.

How to design digital scrapbook pages step #1: Narrow down your pictures One of the great things about digital cameras is the fact that you can take far more pictures and see right away whether or not its what you wanted. But, because of this fact, when you get back home, youll need to go through and get rid of all the pictures that didnt turn out how you wanted. So, my first step is to narrow down your pictures. Get rid of all the mistakes, and keep only those that you really like, and want to use in your scrapbook pages.

How to design digital scrapbook pages step #2: Sort your pictures Once youve narrowed down your pictures, go through and sort the remaining pictures according to some sort of criteria. This could be anything from sorting the pictures according to who is in each picture, to which animal is in the picture. Since were using a trip to the zoo as our example, you could sort out all the pictures with monkeys in them, and tigers, and alligators, etc.

How to design digital scrapbook pages step #3: Decide on the number of pages Once youve sorted your pictures, youll quickly be able to decide on how many pages youll want to use in your project. I will usually figure on using an average of 3 pictures per page. (Some will only have 1 picture, but others will have up to 6)

How to design digital scrapbook pages step #4: Figure out your layouts Once you know the number of pages, and which pictures youre going to use, you can start creating your layouts based on the pictures in each group. I like having a couple pages with 1 main picture, leading to pages with 5 or 6 pictures. And once you know how many pictures will be on a page, its much easier to create a layout.

How to design digital scrapbook pages step #5: Adding your embellishments Once you have your pictures laid out the way you like, you can go back through and add your embellishments. Just remember that youll want to balance out the number of embellishments according to the number of pictures on your page. If I use a lot of pictures on a particular page, Im only going to use a couple embellishments. Otherwise, my pages become too crowded, and the pictures get lost in all the clutter.

Now youre ready to print it out! And that is a quick and easy way of designing digital scrapbook pages.

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