Back in the old days, the only way to eternalize memories was to take photos, develop them, and then arrange them into an album or a scrapbook. Nowadays snapping an image and storing it somewhere else is a breeze, which is why hundreds if not thousands of pictures are taken each day. Too bad most photos aren’t preserved well; instead, they end up unsorted and forgotten in the depths of hard drives or hidden in the cloud. Although scrapbooking them the traditional way could save these memories from oblivion, most people aren’t up for the task of sorting and then manually placing photos into their respective place within an album.
But who said the scrapbook has to be physical? In fact, it’s as simple as registering to an online photo printing service to start creating virtual scrapbooks, which can then keep those precious memories in a stylish, well-organized format.
Why should I use digital scrapbooks?
Admittedly, when pictures are left on a device’s memory or are downloaded to an external source, they are automatically arranged based on the respective date they were taken. For many people this kind of arrangement is fine, but when it comes to picking a selection of photos that best encapsulate a particular memory then leaving the pictures unorganized and unsorted will quickly reveal itself to be the problem it is. This is where digital scrapbooking can help.
For starters, using a scrapbook to store photos can inspire people to organize their pictures better – for instance, in a way that tells a story – but it is will also a great tool for clearing away any unnecessary photos and therefore freeing up valuable storage space on your devices. In fact, already having a story in mind to glue the scrapbook together is the perfect motivator to improve your photography skills and ensure you only capture those moments that are worth keeping for many years to come.
In addition to that, online scrapbooking is a completely hassle-free process. Whereas scrapbooks of the past had blank pages onto which the photos had to be painstakingly glued one by one, assembling a digital scrapbook is only a matter of minutes – and that includes selecting the right pictures and choosing all the attributes of the album.
Scrapbooks and photo book builders: the dream couple
Although photo printing services mostly maintain their photo book builders for paying customers, such a program can also be used for scrapbooking. It’s safe to say that relying on the online services of the best-known photo book companies only has benefits, starting with the fact that creating an account and then using the photo book builder to put together digital scrapbooks is entirely free of charge. The option to order the scrapbook in printed form is always present for all users, but until that happens you don’t have to pay a single dime to enter the fairground that is the online photo book building.
But universal availability – which also includes access to every photo book design, some of which are intended for scrapbooking – is not the only reason why photo book editors can be such a delight for scrapbookers. In fact, one of the best things about online printing services is their unlimited nature; a personal account can store as many scrapbooks as you want, while the editor itself provides virtually endless customization options for everything from the book’s physical attributes and style to the pages’ backgrounds and other additional elements.
And if that’s not convincing enough, photo book builders also have plenty of convenient features such as the autofilling of photos, a built-in picture editor, compatibility with mobile devices, and so on. With these on board the process of scrapbooking can be sped up significantly, but it also makes it a truly hassle-free experience that is always a pleasure to live through again whenever a new scrapbook is added to your ever-growing digital library.
Zoltán G.
Adam B.
