Sunday, May 29, 2011

Online digital scrapbooking

So far I've found 3 online digital scrapbooking sites that are non-Apple  They all run under Flash, so you dont have to download any software, and they store all your data in the cloud.  Ultimately I want to scrap on an Android tablet with a touch interface because I think it would be fun and fast.  But the world doesn't seem to have caught up to me yet.

- Coolibah - iOS only, Android on the way.
- Tapnscrap - iOS only.
- ScrapHD - bought by Michaels and expected to relaunch in 2011.  Unavailable right now.
- HowFastTimeFlies - now part of MyPublisher.  I tried it but it's not anywhere near as flexible as Mixbook.  It seems to be mostly ploppers and the most you can change is the colorway of the plopper.  You can't add or delete elements. You have to use the pages the way they come.  So to put a whole book together, you need a lot of ploppers to keep the pages from all looking identical.   At first glance they seemed to only have a few dozen.
- Scrapblog - bought by Mixbook.  This is the one I like the best.  It has a nice collection of elements with a lot of variety.  You get a lot of control over how things look - transparency, drop shadow, reflection, border, shape cutouts; also you can change brightness/contrast/saturation of pictures.  It automatically sizes pictures up to the frame you drop them in (HowFastTimeFlies plops it in at 1:1 and forces you to resize them manually).  You can add or delete elements too.  They provide both ploppers, and backgrounds & templates to create your own pages.  They also support 2-page spreads.  It's easy to navigate around the book, and insert pages wherever you need to.  Moving layouts from one page to another is very easy, just drag and drop.  This is going to make resequencing very easy.  Also, there are lots and lots of template variations, for up to 6 pictures on a page.  And unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can import your own elements - you are locked into their elements.  All you can add is your pictures.

Attached is a 2 page spread I did last night.  It was so much fun I stayed up until 2:30am scrapping!  Now, back to scrapbooking!!

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