Hi Everyone!
I'm new to the digital scrapbooking world. I've been making Shutterfly books for a while now and I really enjoy it and spend a lot of time personalizing it and making it my own, but I think I'm ready to take it a step further and start really digital scrapbooking because I'm getting so bored with what shutterfly has available.
I'm looking for the best software for newbies. Preferably free or inexpensive with available photo layouts. I'd like it to be able to make greeting cards and calendars as well! I tried memorymixer but it's too hard to see two page spreads (I LOVE 2 page spreads) and ensure everything is lined up correctly and I don't really like it's aligning options. I'm a little OCD and like things to be perfectly aligned and spaced. I love that Shutterfly had the options to match height and width of different objects, align, and evenly space.
Thank you in advance for any advice!!
Hi Nicole! You sound just like me - I was on Shutterfly doing my own thing, but wanted more flexibility and originality. I have been using My Memories software for a couple of months and found it a good intermediate step. A lot of folks around here use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, both of which are more expensive, but hugely popular due to their superior layout and photo features. My Memories has copy, alignment and two-page view options that you want, among many, many other features. One thing MyMemories doesn't have is the ability to spread a single photo over two pages like you CAN do in Shutterfly. If you head to some of their associated blog trains, you can find discount codes for the software offered by the bloggers (just make sure it is the most recent software version). There is also a free trial option. Enjoy!
The Adobe products also come with free trials if you want to give them a try. And Photoshop is now a monthly subscription, which is actually better for trying it out because you don't have to shell out the big $$$ at the beginning. You can try for a few months and see if you like it.
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