A Review of Up and Running with Photoshop with Jessica Sprague

Yes this really is a beginners digital scrapbooking class, and no you don't need to have the expensive full version of Photoshop.  This class has separate videos for both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop.  I went through the Photoshop Elements videos even though I do have Photoshop.  I find Photoshop Elements to be a much easier and faster to learn program when you want to learn digital scrapbooking.  The best part is that you may even have Photoshop Elements already installed on your computer.  It comes pre-installed on many computers, as it did on my Dell laptop.

I've previously reviewed Jessica Sprague's online classes.  Jessica Sprague is a contributing editor for Creating Keepsakes, as well as the author of 3 publications on digital scrapbooking, Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking 1-3. I love the format of her online digital scrapbooking classes, that includes very professionally done instructional videos and printable notes as well.  As you follow the videos, you can even open up your digital scrapbooking software program (Elements or Photoshop) and pause the videos as you follow along with her step-by-step instructions.

One fantastic feature of this course, Up and Running with Photoshop, is that you will be digital scrapbooking within minutes.  Not only that, but by the time you finish the course, you will have digital scrapbooking layouts ready to be printed and placed in your scrapbook albums.  This is a self-paced, online class that includes 4 lessons, but there are also many bonus lessons.  In addition, each lesson is full of a variety of digital scrapbooking techniques that you can start using on your own pages right away.  You also receive a downloadable digital kit that you will use for your lessons, but that can also be used again and again in your own digital scrapbook layouts.

Some of the digital scrapbooking techniques covered in this lesson are:

• Cropping and using photos on your layouts
• Creating journaling in text boxes using multiple fonts
• Using templates, frames and embellishments on your pages
• How to install and use a digital brush
• How to convert a photo to black and white and sepia tone

Don't worry that you have to learn and memorize everything in the lessons the first time you watch them either.  Not only can you go back and watch the videos as many times as you like, the videos are available to you forever. When you go to the course page, there is a class trailer that you can watch to see if this class is right for you.

I loved this class so much I signed up for 2 more digital scrapbooking classes with Jessica Sprague, Now We're Rockin With Photoshop and Digi: In Deep, intermediate and advanced digital scrapbooking classes.  I'm so glad I found Jessica Sprague's digital scrapbooking classes online.  Go to Up and Running with Photoshop with Jessica Sprague to see the class video preview.

 

Other Reviews of Jessica Sprague Digital Scrapbooking Classes:

Photo Editing: Good-to-Great Workflow

• Cropping and using photos on your layouts
• Creating journaling in text boxes using multiple fonts
• Using templates, frames and embellishments on your pages
• How to install and use a digital brush
• How to convert a photo to black and white and sepia tone

Don't worry that you have to learn and memorize everything in the lessons the first time you watch them either.  Not only can you go back and watch the videos as many times as you like, the videos are available to you forever. When you go to the course page, there is a class trailer that you can watch to see if this class is right for you.

I loved this class so much I signed up for 2 more digital scrapbooking classes with Jessica Sprague, Now We're Rockin With Photoshop and Digi: In Deep, intermediate and advanced digital scrapbooking classes.  I'm so glad I found Jessica Sprague's digital scrapbooking classes online.  Go to Up and Running with Photoshop with Jessica Sprague to see the class video preview.

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