Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 3.0

[piglet91]

Hello i got the Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 3.0 i new to scrabooking it will help me i rads the user manual on the scrapbooking when i make my our with blanks paper do i use the 12 x 12 paper or 11 x 8.5 i pick 12 x 12 when i was it act like it was going print on two size and on the picture how can i make the spot blanke and put the picture later i like picture on photo paper not scrapbook paper

Thank you
Tammy

[Lauren]

Sorry Im not familiar with Scrapbook Factory -I have a feeling it doesnt support transparent png files so is not the best choice for this style of digital scrapbooking. You can only use 12x12 paper if you have a wide format printer or get it printed outside the home. When you scrapbook digitally you print your whole layout in photo paper not on scrapbook paper so that is not a concern

[piglet91]

Sorry Im not familiar with Scrapbook Factory -I have a feeling it doesnt support transparent png files so is not the best choice for this style of digital scrapbooking. You can only use 12x12 paper if you have a wide format printer or get it printed outside the home. When you scrapbook digitally you print your whole layout in photo paper not on scrapbook paper so that is not a concern

before i got it did not said it have to print on a 12 x 12 paper most printer don't do that i was in office depot yesterday all i see was just print on a 8 1/2 X 11
could i print out on a 8 1/2 X 11 then put it on 12 x 12 paper will that work i just got this printer a few year ago with a 2 year and one on the way in oct

Thank you
Tammy

[MandieScraps]

i got Scrapbook Factory Deluxe for christmas one year. to answer your question, yes you could print out 8 1/2 x 11 pages and then mount them into 12x12 albums, or just buy 8 1/2 x 11 albums, that way your pages will slide right in.

if you're looking for a way to do simple premade layouts to plop your pictures onto, its fine. however, you dont have as many options to use custom work in the program, or do custom designs with fonts and photo effects. most digital scrappers use a program like Adobe Photoshop or Jasc Paint Shop Pro. Scrapbook Factory is a good way to start out... but it can be limiting. if it works for you, that's great!! i hope that helps! make sure to post your layouts here if you want!
Amanda

[Pam]

With Scrapbook Factory Deluxe you can create the 8.5 x 11 pages - or you can load the 12 x 12 pages and then drag guidelines out from the ruler to 6" or 8" and then select all (Ctrl-A) and grab a corner of the layout and resize it to the guidelines. Or you can begin with no layout and select your print size and then bring in papers for backgrounds and mats (from the program or from kits like the designers here create). I placed resizing examples here (http://pamnana.net/sfd3/).

Everything you add goes on a separate layer so your photo is NOT on the background as such - and you can place a border around it or place a photo edge under your photo. Since everything is on a separate layer, you can slide things around until you get a look you like - you can even delete a layer and add something else. You can move your layers backward or forward (toward the top or toward the bottom). Think of paper scrapbooking and the layers that you stack on - this is the same. You can pull something from the bottom layer up to the top or delete it altogether from your layout.

Hopefully one of us will have a tutorial for the program soon to help you get started. Meanwhile, don't get frustrated -- experiment. After you've loaded a photo you can click on it and borders will appear -- you can resize it from the corner (to keep the perspective) or by right clicking and selecting functions from the menu that comes up under your mouse. Go to the top of the screen and find the help file -- it will get you started.

[diecuts4u]

I have used Scrapbook Factory Deluxe for quite some time and LOVE IT. It does have a few limitations, but for the newbies to digital, it is a huge time-saver. And even though I use PSP now for most of my graphics, I still fall back on Scrapbook FD when I have something that I want to do really quick without a lot of customized graphics in it.

It's a neat program and (IMO) definitely worth the price that it costs....and one of the best I've seen for people who don't know (or maybe don't want to find out) about the more in-depth programs like PhotoShop or PSP.

[piglet91]

Now on blanks paper with one i pick it don't have size on all of them
it have letter tall letter tall 2 side letter wide letter wide 2 side legal tall legal tall 2 side ledger tall ladger tall 2 side ladger wide ladger wide 2 sider 11 x 17
12 x 12 2 side 12 x 12 12 x 24 and 5x 7

i don't have a 8 1/2 11 album i have 12 x 12 i got when i my llittle was bron that befor i knew anything about scrabooking
on paper to use fore could i use photo paper or ther papper can use to make it picture look good i reall like to do just take to the store let them printer out it don't use up much ink that way unless i do a back and white

Thank you for your helped

Tammy





i got Scrapbook Factory Deluxe for christmas one year. to answer your question, yes you could print out 8 1/2 x 11 pages and then mount them into 12x12 albums, or just buy 8 1/2 x 11 albums, that way your pages will slide right in.

if you're looking for a way to do simple premade layouts to plop your pictures onto, its fine. however, you dont have as many options to use custom work in the program, or do custom designs with fonts and photo effects. most digital scrappers use a program like Adobe Photoshop or Jasc Paint Shop Pro. Scrapbook Factory is a good way to start out... but it can be limiting. if it works for you, that's great!! i hope that helps! make sure to post your layouts here if you want!
Amanda