Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks (Memory Makers)
by Memory Makers
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Author: Memory MakersEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-01
ISBN: 1892127113
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Memory Makers
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Book Review: The first scrapbooking how-to newbies should read
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are still new to scrapbooking and have discovered this book, I envy you. There's no telling how much better my early pages would have been if I had read Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks (CPCS) first. I probably would have saved a lot of money also, for example, by learning how to display my photographs in a way that kept them interesting but didn't rely on buying a lot of decorative accents and fancy papers. After a short section in the beginning about the tools and basics of cropping photographs, the techniques shown quickly lead to more creative ideas. Techniques covered include: cropping frames into the photo, silhouettes, innovative ways to integrate punches into the action, shapes from templates or freehand, twenty-six ways to make letters from photos, using other photographs as mats and borders, photo mosaics and quilts, weaving, and leaded glass effects. It should be emphasized that these are all things that do not take a lot of artistic talent or training; however, when you feel inspired to try for a certain look or two, you may find yourself changing the way you take your pictures from the start.
One great thing about creative photo cropping, IMHO, is that you are not rushing to the scrapbook store every time you decide to try a different technique with your pictures. The most-used tools in your supply box will be scissors, adhesive, a xacto knife, a straightedge metal ruler and a cutting mat. True, some of these layouts ideas call for templates. The book provides three such templates for enlarging with a photocopier, and several cutting patterns as well. The reader may even be inspired to try some freehand pattern drafting. Scrapbooking with the methods in this book is very easy on the wallet.
Basically, I love this book. My layouts are better and cleaner, and I am inspired by CPCS to focus on the real stars of the pages - the photos themselves.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
Summary of Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks (Memory Makers)
Artistic cropping can improve a photo's focus, and a decorative element to a page or even make up for a poorly taken photo. It is one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways for scrapbookers to transform standard, everyday photos and album pages into unique works of art. Step-by-step instruction introduces a whole wealth of distinctive cropping techniques; Takes beginners beyond the initial fear of cropping photos; Shows creative uses for scrapbook cropping tools; Introduces photo slices, segments, rings, silhouettes, weaving and layering for special effects; Teaches how to crop for dynamic mosaics, stained glass, kaleidoscope and quilt photo collages; Artistic photo cropping can make the difference between a plain scrapbook page and a truly great scrapbook page because the photo art speaks for itself. Whichever techniques are used, the results are guaranteed to be a "shear" delight.Darkroom & Processing Books
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