Heather Watson Digital Elements

Are you new to Digital Scrapbooking?

Not sure where to start? I've provided a list of information & resources to get you started on your way to creating some fabulous digital scrapbooking layouts.

Terminology

Layout Sizes & Printing

Tutorials, Forums & Articles

Software

Books & Magazines

Terminology

A list of words & their definitions, as they pertain to the digital scrapbooking community.

alpha	letters of the alphabet that have been enhanced to be used as a digital scrapbooking element
background	an image that can be used in the same way that you would use paper in traditional scrapbooking Sometimes referred to as paper
Creative Team	a group of people that create layouts with a particular designer's digital scrapbooking products and post the layouts in different places for the purpose of advertising
crop	1. (verb) to get rid of a part of a photo 2. (noun) an online chat where members work on layouts at the same time
digi	short for digital
digital kit	a collection of background and embellishment image files, designed to coordinate together for use in digital scrapbooking layouts
digital scrapbooking	the use of a computer to create an image which is intended to preserve a memory or memories
DIP	Microsoft Digital Image Pro (software)
element	a digital image that can be used to enhance a digital scrapbooking layout (ie. ribbon, charms, photo corners, frames, etc.) Sometimes referred to as an embellishment
embellishment	a digital image that can be used to enhance a digital scrapbooking layout (ie. ribbon, charms, photo corners, frames, etc.) Sometimes referred to as an element
Jiffy Scrap	a layout that has been completed except for the addition of the customer's photos - They have pre-defined areas for the photos Most stores have their own name for these types of layouts. Other names: quick page, plopper, dropper, scraplet
layout	a completed page or group of pages that have been arranged in a particular way by the creator
LO	short for layout (see above)
paper scrapping	another name for traditional scrapbooking which uses physical paper and embellishments
PS	Adobe Photoshop (software)
PSCS/PSCS2	Adobe Photoshop CS (software) - the "2" refers to version 2
PSE	Adobe Photoshop Elements (software)
PSP	Corel Paint Shop Pro (software)
scraplift	use of an existing layout as an inspiration for a new layout
sketch	a simplistic drawing or "blueprint" of a layout
tradigital	a combination of traditional (paper) scrapbooking & digital scrapbooking
word art	a word or phrase that has been enhanced to be used as a digital scrapbooking element