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Cutting and Cropping Your Photographs
Often photographs aren't quite the
right shape and size or the photographic image is improperly
centered. Having oversized or off centered photographs creates an
air of unprofessionalism. Carefully cropped and sized photographs,
on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your
scrapbook.
There are two ways to solve these problems. The low tech way to
solve these problems are to manually crop and shape the photograph
using a pair of scissors or an exacto knife. If you are manually
cropping and cutting pictures, make sure that you mark the outline
you want with chalk (or eye shadow if you don't have chalk) before
you cut. Remember the old saying, measure twice and cut once.
To manually change a distracting or cluttered background simply cut
out the background and replace it with a with a new paper
background. This allows the eye to focus on the people instead of
the clutter behind them.
The high tech solution to your photograph woes is to use modern
computer programs such as Photo Editor. Using these programs,
photographs can be magically darkened, brightened, sharpened,
enlarged, and cropped without ruining your original photograph. Some
programs even allow you to change the background of the photograph.
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Recommended Resources
Jenni Bick Bookbinding - Handmade photo albums, scrapbooks, and journals in handmade paper and leather. Something extraordinary for creative scrapbookers and journal keepers!
Scrap Tutor
- Take scrapbook classes at home.
PrincessCrafts.com - Free computer printable scrapbook
training.
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