Take a lot of videos during the holidays? Need a unique digital gift? Why not try a video scrapbook layout? Video scrapbook layouts can be played on your computer, your iphone, ipad and other similar devices. Now, with new software and online programs you can scrap beyond a flat layout and create scrapbook videos as gifts like these:
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Christmas Cards: Have your kids record a special greeting for friends and relatives.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas Click this link to play this video scrapbook page. Note: Videos may take a few moments to load. |
| Grandparents love to share in the kids’ proud moments, how about making them a video scrapbook layout of a piano recital or school performance?
Perfect Harmony Click this link to play this video scrapbook page. Note: Videos may take a few moments to load. |
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Need a gift for a child? How about a video ABC Scrapbook?
ABC Book Click this link to play this video scrapbook book. Note: Videos may take a few moments to load. |
Fun, right? Want to make some of your own? Here’s how:
First, you need a video clip. Check the user’s manual for your camera. (Google it if you’ve misplaced the copy that came with your camera.) Most digital cameras will take small video clips which are the perfect size for video scrapbook layouts. If you happen to own a digital video recorder, you can use that as well.
Second you need to scrapbook your background. You can use video scrapbook quickpages or create a scrapbook layout for the background for your video clip that is 1024-by-768 pixels. I create mine twelve-inches wide by nine-inches tall, then flatten and shrink it to the required size and save as a .jpeg or .png.
Lastly, you need software or an online program to put it all together. Adobe’s InDesign software will allow you to create video scrapbook layouts. Its price tag is a hefty $699 (US), but there are annual subscription plans $35 (US) per month for a one-year commitment or $49 (US) for a month. You can subscribe and unsubscribe as needed.
Talespring offers a free online service for developing video scrapbook layouts. If you wish to have them host your layouts (for sharing on Facebook, etc.) they offer free storage for the first twenty-five megabytes of storage, then monthly plans for additional storage (ten dollars (US) for two gigabytes).
If you’d like to see more details on how to create a video scrapbook layout, check out these video tutorials on my blog or send me an email.
Video scrapbook layouts will be treasured gifts for your loved ones. They’ll be watched over and over…and passed along. Get those video clips off your EHD and share them this holiday season!
My name is Chelle. I’ve been scrapbooking forever and I LOVE it. Creating is my passion. I hope to encourage others to express their creativity through digital memory keeping by providing inspiration, tutorials and quality digital scrapbook products to scrappers and designers. I live in a small rural community in Northern Utah with my husband and four of our kids still living at home.
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