Introducing Digital Scrapbooking Instruction in Adobe Photoshop Elements!
MINNEAPOLIS — The Future of Scrapping, Inc., a Minneapolis-based learning organization, announced today the introduction of training in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
For years, The Future of Scrapping has been your go-to source for instruction using StoryBook Creator by Creative Memories. Now you can receive our signature training techniques to learn how to digi-scrap using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements is a powerful program which is widely accepted as the gold standard for digital scrapbooking. It is economical and offers a tremendous range of choices for high-quality artwork, tools, templates, and printing.
The Future of Scrapping offers you fun and easy personalized face-to-face training in Photoshop Elements through 1-on-1 training, group classes and webinars. We can meet you in your home or connect with you via the internet to give you instruction on your computer so you can start digi-scrapping right away!
Our instructor, Amy Krauss, has been a Photoshop Elements user for many years and became an expert in the software in 2007 when she began using it for her personal digi-scrapping. She has over 10 years’ experience in computer hardware, software and training. Amy’s specialty is providing easy-to-understand computer learning that even non-technical people find fun.
– Founded by Amy Krauss and Pamela Grover, The Future of Scrapping, Inc., is dedicated to instructing and encouraging scrapbookers to bring out the best in their digital creativity. The Future of Scrapping provides hands-on learning opportunities in digital scrapbooking through 1-on-1 training, group classes, and online learning webinars.










I was eagerly anticipating the release of Creative Memories Storybook Creator 4.0 the moment I heard its announcement. I have loved Storybook Creator 3.0 since I began using it and consider myself a “power user”. While 3.0 is a fantastic program, it does have some areas which could be improved. I made the assumption 4.0 would address these shortcomings as well as add additional cool features. Well, I was wrong. Once I installed 4.0 I realized it was actually a huge step backwards from version 3.0.
It takes nearly TWICE as long to perform basic functions. Using 4.0 seems to require an awful lot of clicking. There is a never-ending parade of pop-up menus and windows. Everything is much more complex. Time for another side-by-side test. This time I decided to place a simple black square on a page in both 3.0 and 4.0 and I counted my mouse clicks as I did so. The results? In Storybook Creator 3.0 it took 8 clicks to make my black square. In 4.0 it took 14 clicks. Not quite twice as long, and definitely not an improvement. To be fair, once I created my black square in 4.0, the software remembered many of my selections so putting black square #2 on my page “only” required 11 clicks. Dreadful performance for an upgrade!
The right side well no longer shows a two page layout, two photos, or two content pieces. The good news is the side well has two choices for viewing. You can expand it out to view four items side-by-side, or if you want more workspace you can collapse it down to show just a single item. The bad news in 4.0 is you can no longer have the standard two page layout view that is the default in 3.0. While it is nice to have these two new options, I don’t understand why they could not have offered all 3 views as options.
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