Digital Scrapbooking is the art of creating scrapbooks and photo albums through digital means for display online or in digital photo albums or devices and sharing through email or a blog or website. Creating a digital scrapbook is similar to creating a tangible scrapbook, except it is created on a computer using software and photos, videos, animations or video elements. There are numerous online tools, software, and hardware available for creating stunning digital scrapbook pages and photo galleries.

To create high quality digital scrapbooking pages, you must have quality photo editing and photo management software. Two of the leaders in this market are ACDSee and Adobe Elements. While Adobe Elements is a bit more challenging to learn, there are numerous tutorials available that can help you accomplish this task and create professional quality images. However, ACDSee is a little less expensive and the photo management program makes saving and organizing your digital photos a breeze. You can download ACDSee photo editor and photo manager at http://www.acdsee.com and Photoshop Elements from http://www.adobe.com. The adobe site also has some great tutorials, or you can check out http://www.digiscrappingtutorials.com for Elements tutorials pertaining particularly to digital scrapbooking.

Creating fun designer layouts is the best part of scrapbooking, and there a numerous digiscrapping software bundles and tools available. Some of the best ones available online include Photo Mixx, which is available at http://www.photomix.com. It is currently one of the most affordable versions available. There is also Scrapbook Max, which can be downloaded and purchased online at http://www.scrapbookmax.com. For more advanced users, or those looking for some additional features, there is Memory Mixer and Creative Keepsakes Scrapbook Designer Deluxe. Both software bundles are available from Herman Street, and can be found at http://www.hermanstreet.com.

For decorative elements and other fine touches for your digital art project, you can scan various items or other tangible scrapbook elements to add an extra flair, or you can find scrapbook elements online. A couple of sites that offer free scrapbook elements that can be downloaded are http://www.twopeasinabucket.com and http://www.scrapgirls.com.

For online photo blogging and to share your creations online, you can create an account at http://www.scrapblog.com

Digital Scrapbooking is the result of a modern-day crafting phenomenon that created a multi-million dollar industry in paper products and crafting supplies. As more and more people began scrapbooking and looking for creative ways to preserve photograph and family memories, there was an increased demand for more technologically savvy products that made scrapping simpler, less time consuming, and allowed crafters to share their creations through digital means. Digital scrapbooking tools and hardware and photo editing software, digital cameras and scanners helped bring the art of scrapbooking to the internet, and now crafters from across the world can share their creations not just with friends and family members, but with virtually anyone. Aside from being an innovative and simple way to share and preserve your photos and memories, digital scrapbooking is also more cost-effective, time-saving, and creates less waste in terms of paper products and resources used to create embellishments, rubber stamps, and other, more traditional scrapbooking tools.