Digital Scrapbooking Experience Classroom

Need to rent a laptop? Desktop Visuals has put together a special package for DSE Students... 

Desktop Visual Products rents laptop computers! Do you need a laptop for your upcoming Creating Keepsakes event? We will pre-load the laptop with the pictures and software required for your event including trial versions of any Adobe Photoshop CS4 product. Your cost is just $130 per laptop delivered to the hotel and picked up at the end of your event. Call 800-748-5332 to reserve a laptop today!

When it comes to education, one size does not fit all. The uniqueness of attendees must be considered when assembling curriculum. We have gathered together some of the most talented experts in the digital industry to provide you with the education that will become a perfect fit for you. With DSE you won't get a one-size-fits-all curriculum-you get the curriculum that best fits you. We'll have classes for novice digital scrapbookers and advanced, to fit your needs. Looking for more?  Be sure to check out our selection of Ala Carte classes.  And if you have any apprehension about your experience, come take advantage of an Adobe Photoshop refresher course on Thursday.

Breaks between classes will last approximately 30 minutes, depending on time needed for class clean-up, set-up and preparation. Please exit your classroom when class ends, even if your next class is in the same room. This will give teachers that needed time to straighten up and prepare for the next class.

We recommend you check your class descriptions to see if the teacher requests you bring additional supplies or tools to class. Be sure to write your name on your belongings so you can keep track of them! Also you might want to tag your registration bag as others will have the same bag.

Are you a Novice or Intermediate/Advanced Digital Scrapbooker?

Intermediate/Advanced Digital Scrapper

If the following applies to you then you should choose the advanced Class registration

• You enjoy working with Brushes and know how to install and stamp with a Digital Brush (or Digital Stamp)
• You know how to copy layers and are familiar with extracting and cloning on photos
• You know how to use Photoshop blending modes to achieve decorative effects
• You know to re-color brushes and papers
• You know how to draw complex shapes, drawing and erasing with the Marquee tools
• Know how to clip a photo or paper into another shape using a clipping mask.

Novice Digital Scrapper

If any of the below statements are true than you should choose the Novice Class registration:

• You know how to open and close files in Photoshop.
• You know how to move items from one document to another.   
• You know how to use the Crop tool.
• Know how to copy layers and these tools: Eraser tool, Type tool and Paint Bucket.
• You know how to download and install fonts.

A la Carte Classes:

Window Lighting Workshop

A Year of Memories with Memory Mixer

Tips and Tricks in Illustrator

Hybrid High Jinks

Intermediate Refresher Course

Digital Introduction for the Novice Scrapbooker

Home is Where the Heart Is

Video Scrapbooking

Novice Classes:

Photo Editing: Perfecting People

Basic Photo Editing and Effects

Easiest Ever Intro to Digital Scrapbooking

Cool Tricks for Creating Digital Layouts

Intermediate/Advanced Classes:

Layer Masks Unmasked

How'd They Do That???

Keeping It Real

Basic Tablet Techniques

Core Classes:

Quick and Creative Digi Albums

Better Photos for Storytelling

Typography 101

Digital Supplies Extended

Strategies for Better Design

Brush Up

Bonus Classes:

Top 10 Lesser Known Digi Tools for Great Design

Recycle Your Layouts

Designing to Print

Top 10 tips for Great Photography

A la Carte Class: Window Lighting Workshop ($15.00) (Thursday, 3:30-4:30 PM and 5:00-6:00 PM)

Instructor: Candice Stringham

Sponsor: Canon USA

Class Description: Come and join Candice Stringham for a hands-on workshop on window lighting portraits. You will learn how to create a studio look with natural light! We will talk about the different lighting directions, how to light and pose a basic headshot, and some fun ideas on coming up with inexpensive and creative backdrops. Bring your cameras to class!

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A la Carte Class: A Year of Memories with MemoryMixer ($5.00) (Thursday, 3:30-4:30 PM)

Instructor: Kerry Hill

Sponsor: Lasting Impressions

Class Description: Create a 2010 calendar while learning how easy it is to use MemoryMixer. See how quickly you can create photo books, photo cards, calendars, pages to print at home or DVDs with music, video and narration. If you would like to work along, please bring your computer and at least 12 photos for your calendar.

Attendees will receive a lite version of MemoryMixer v3, 2010 Calendar QuickMix and a $20 coupon to print your calendar. Sharing your photos has never been easier... can't wait to show you how!

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A la Carte Class: Tips and Tricks in Illustrator for the Intermeidiate/Advanced Digital Scrapbooker ($25.00) (Thursday, 2:00-3:00 PM)

Instructor: Carina Gardner

Sponsor: Carina Gardner Studio

Class Description: While Photoshop may be your bread and butter for scrapbooking or making digital products, Illustrator can help you perfect techniques, create your own tools, and build digital products. This is an introductory course to Illustrator—walking through the in’s and out’s of the program, using vectors, manipulating the drawing tools, smoothing out clipart & objects, and building yourself templates. Learn how to streamline your creative process using Illustrator!

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Core Class: Quick and Creative Digi Albums

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: Learn how to create mini albums with maximum rewards. Ana will show you how to create stunning mini albums that only take minutes to create, but look like they took hours. Students will gain design tips and tricks, receive exclusive free templates, and complete one mini ready to print at home! This class is perfect for digi and hybrid scrapbookers alike.

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Bonus Class: Top 10 Lesser Known Digi Tools for Great Design

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: The World Wide Web is an endless resource for digital scrapbookers. Ana will share her top 10 tools for great design - with tips on how to maximize them for your best digi pages yet. The best part, most resources are available for free! They won't replace your tried and true tools, but they will enhance your creative process for fabulous pages. We will discuss the top 10 in class, but students will leave with Ana's TOP 50 list.

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Core Class: Better Photos for Storytelling

Instructor: Laura Vanderbeek

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description:

In this class you will learn simple choices that can make all the difference. We will focus on how to become comfortable with your camera, gaining a basic understanding of your camera settings, increasing the dimension of your photographs with light, and learning how to capture the details for amazing photos. After the basics are covered you will each get a chance to exercise your own creative instincts and learn several creative techniques for approaching your subjects candidly. As these choices become second nature, you will be able to take a comfortable approach to photography.  So gear up for an energizing hands-on class that will teach you what you need to know so your photographs can truly convey the stories you want to share.

Student Supplies: Camera, tripod, all the lenses you own, card reader or USB cords

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Novice Class: Photo Editing: Perfecting People

Instructor: Laura Vanderbeek

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description:

Learn the basics of facial retouching such as: teeth whitening, eye brightening, creating satin skin, minimizing dark circles under the eyes, hiding blemishes and stray hair, changing clothing colors, removing stripes and/or other distracting patterns, extending pant legs and sleeves, reducing halos, special effects, minimizing background distractions, improving group photos, minimizing harsh shadows, improving highlights, improving contract, and adding texture.

Take your photographs and scrapbook pages to the next level with photographic retouching.  We will also provide you with the images to work from (downloadable), a list of shortcuts, and step-by-step instructions to take with you.

Student Supplies: Adobe Photoshop Elements; Laptop (Mac or PC)

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Novice Class: Basic Photo Editing and Effects

Instructor: April Anderton

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: Sometimes it just takes a quick change to a photo to make it really stand out in a layout. In this class we will go over editing tips in Photoshop along with some fun effects that can take your photos from drab to artsy in just a few steps. We will also go over a few photography basics that will help you get better images from your camera.

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Core Class: Typography 101

Instructor:  April Anderton

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: Ever wonder why certain words on a page jump out at you more than others? Well, it's not just the text or the words themselves, it's the typography (selection and use of fonts) and its hierarchy. In this class you will learn about how to effectively use different fonts and their hierarchical relationships, where to find free fonts, create your own word art, incorporate text as a design element, and how to journal on shapes.

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Novice Class: Easiest Ever Intro to Digital Scrapbooking

Instructor: Nancie Rowe-Janitz and Amber Clegg

Sponsor: www.scrapartist.com

Class Description:

Are you curious about Digital Scrapbooking? Are you ready to ditch the glue sticks and stickers and complete gorgeous scrapbook pages in record time? Then this class is for you! Have 3-5 digital photos and a theme for your page, plus your laptop of course and we'll show you how to create your first digital scrapbook page. You'll be up and running in no time and before you know it you'll be hooked on this fun, fast and rewarding hobby.  We'll be using Photoshop, so if you can have that program, plus your photos, already loaded onto your laptop before we begin that would be great!

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A la Carte Class: Hybrid High Jinks ($15.00) (Thursday, 3:30-4:30 PM)

Instructor: Nancie Rowe-Janitz

Sponsor: Scrap Artist

Class Description: Leave your inhibitions at the door and come have some fun with Nancie Janitz of ScrapArtist.com, as she takes you through completing a hybrid layout.  

You will find out how quick, easy and addicting scrapping with digital quickpages can be! You'll also be adding some of your own personal touches through distressing techniques, paints and a few other surprises. Be sure to bring a 4x6 photo and your inner artiste! 

Please bring to class: One 4x6 landscape/horizontal photo to add to your layout. You can also wait an add your photo to your layout later.

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Intermediate/Advanced Class: Layer Masks Unmasked

Instructor: Anna Aspnes

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: Master the art of layer masks and learn how to seamlessly blend photos to create your own digital photo collages.  Everything you ever wanted or needed to know about layer masks is covered in this "all secrets revealed" class.  Topics covered include:  an overview of layer masks, layer mask basics, troubleshooting the basics, layer masks and custom brushes, layer masks and the gradient tool, and layer masks and blending modes.

• Student Supplies: laptop, Photoshop Creative Suite 3 or 4 software, Wacom tablet (optional but preferred), and thumb drive

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Instructor: Anna Aspnes

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: Make the most of your digital supplies by learning a few key tricks to expanding and stretching what you already have.  You will learn how to customize your papers and alter embellishments to make them suit your needs and usable for multiple purposes.  Topics include: thinking outside the box to repurpose your supplies, an introduction to tools used to customize your papers and embellishments and creating custom brushes from kit components.

• Student Supplies: laptop, Photoshop Elements 6 or 7/Photoshop Creative Suite 3 or 4, Wacom tablet (optional but preferred), and thumb drive

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Core Class: Strategies for Better Design

Instructor: Jessica Sprague

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: This class will teach you quick design strategies that keep the focus on your photos and your words, and help you put together a cohesive page that flows! In class, we'll complete two one-page layouts that illustrate design principles such as focus, flow, size, shape, and color to help you improve the design of any page, whether your style is shabby, freestyle, or simple! Best of all, the strategies you learn in this class can over and over for every project you create!

Please bring: One horizontal photo and one vertical photo of any theme.

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Novice Class: Cool Tricks for Creating Digital Layouts

Instructor: Jessica Sprague

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: In this 2-hour class, we'll explore all the creative possibilities behind one of my favorite digital scrapbooking tools: Digital Templates! Templates are fully designed pages that let you focus on telling your story with papers, photos and words. The great part is that you can use a template whole, or make changes to turn it into an entirely different page! In class, we'll work with a one-page and a two-page template, and practice adding in digital patterned paper, photos, and journaling, and then saving our pages for printing. You'll love all the great looks you can get from a single digital template!

Please bring: 2 photos that fit the theme of "Then and Now", and 5 Photos that fit the theme of "Together"

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A la Carte Class: Intermediate Refresher Course ($15.00) (Thursday, 2:00-3:00 PM)

Instructor: Jessica Sprague

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: In this class, we'll brush up on some key skills for intermediate/advanced scrapbookers. You'll probably learn several new tricks, too! We'll design a one-page layout using the Photoshop drawing tools to create clipping masks. After adding in some great patterned papers, we'll complete our page with brush accents, a special journaling area, and some custom-made embellishments! It is going to rock!

Please bring: One to three photos of yourself as a child

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Intermediate/Advanced Class: How'd They Do That???

Instructor: Amanda Rockwell and Rachel Young

Sponsor: www.scrapartist.com

Class Description: Have you ever wondered how to create some of your own digital products? Have you ever needed just the right embellishment, but couldn't find what you were looking for? We'll teach you how to use overlays, make patterned papers, work with brushes to create effects on papers, dodge and burn (another brush effect), install and use layer styles and re-color grey scaled and already colored elements.

We'll hold your hand through the coloring, overlays, styles, and brushes, so you can make backgrounds and elements like a pro! This class includes the use of a CD that you can keep with commercial use overlays, brushes and styles.

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Intermediate/Advanced Class: Keeping It Real

Instructor: Tiffany Tillman

Sponsor:  CK Media

Headshot: Tiffany Tillman Headshot

Class Description: Recreate the look of advanced paper techniques on your digital scrapbook pages! Well discuss ways to imitate inking, stamping, shadowing, and lighting effects using a variety of filters and Photoshop adjustments. Your friends will pick up your pages and run their fingers on top just to see if it's real!

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Intermediate/Advanced Class: Basic Tablet Techniques

Sponsor: Digital Scrapbook Memories

Class Description: In this intermediate class, students will learn how to complement existing digi kits with their own unique papers and elements they create using a pen tablet. Students will be able to practice with and experience the general feel of the tablet, and learn the basic functions of the pen tablet. This is a hands-on workshop where each student will be able to practice using a Wacom pen tablet.  Students will use the tablets while using such programs as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Students will learn to use their pen tablets to make doodles, and then turn those doodles into colored paper pieced elements. 

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A la Carte Class: Digital Introduction for the Novice Scrapbooker ($15.00) (Thursday, 2:00-3:00 PM)

Sponsor: Wacom

Class Description: **This is a refresher course for those novice digital scrapbookers who need a refresher before class starts on Friday**

In this beginning scrapbooking class students will experience the ease of which pages can be created using Photoshop Elements. They will learn the basic properties of exploring the workspace, as well as photo manipulation. In the class we will assemble a basic scrapbook page. Students will receive a CD of kits and elements which they will be able to keep. They will use these kits to create and print a page to take home with them.

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Sponsor:

Class Description:

Learn the quickest way to create new layouts.  During this evening workshop we'll teach you how to quickly recycle your old layouts and use them in different ways with different pictures, papers and embellishments.  The techniques taught will help you create all sorts of different designs in record time.   While you are learning all sorts of fun ways to re-use your old layouts, you'll also be working to create some cute layouts that will fit in a 6x6 album you'll be receiving. 

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Instructor: Tiffany Tillman

Sponsor: CK Media

Class Description: In this class, we'll review brush basics as well as introduce new and fun ways to incorporate brushes into our digital layouts. We'll learn topics including how to make a Photoshop crayon brush act like a wax crayon or a watercolor paint and the "secret recipe" for combining brushes and blending modes and much more!

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Instructor: Michelle Van Etten

Sponsor: Canon USA

Class Description:

"Home is Where the Heart Is" This time of year we are reminded of the importance of family. Join Michelle Van Etten sponsored by Canon.

Using the Provo Craft Your Story Laminating and Binding machine in creating a hybrid mini album as unique and wonderful as your beautiful family. We will be working with quick pages from IOD Flirty Little Secrets collection.  Printing out our projects using the Canon Pro 9000, and learning what makes this printer so superior to its competition.

SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS WILL WIN AN ALL IN ONE PRINTER...  PIXMA MP620 and it is wireless plus Bluetooth ready.

Class Supplies: scissors, 12x12 paper trimmer, fabri tac (no zip dry or 3in1 instructor is very very very allergic!!!), foam dots, tape runner and ink for inking the edges

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Instructor: Joshua Aikens

Sponsor: Flixifly

Class Description:No doubt about it, digital video is witnessing explosive growth.  Moving pictures tell stories and convey emotion more powerfully than any other medium.  Your stories are tucked away in boxes under beds or in bags in closets on tidy little (probably unlabeled) video tapes.  The time has come to break out those tapes and video scrapbook those memories.  Be the first to adopt this exciting new trend.  You will experience an exhilarating thrill as you build the movies that tell the stories of your life.  

This is an introductory course to video scrapbooking using Sony Vegas Movie Studio and Sony DVD Architect -walking through the core basics of these programs.  We'll start with a demonstration of how to connect your camera and capture your video onto your computer.  Then comes the hands on portion where you will trim, edit, and arrange sample video files provided for this class, adding in music, transitions, titles, and fun animated scrapbook embellishments.  You will then output your final creation and prepare it to be burnt to DVD.  Each participant will receive a copy of the DV Fast Track DVD, a three month subscription to Flixify.com and a CD-ROM with 2 animated embellishment theme kits.

Class Supplies: Sony Vegas Movie Studio and Sony DVD Architect are required if you want to get the full hands on benefits of this class. If you do not own them, please download the 30-day free trials here. PLEASE download and install the trials before arriving at DSE but no earlier than Monday, August 31, 2009 so that you will have time remaining on the 30-day free trial.  You can watch videos on how to download and install them here.  

Note: These programs are PC only but don't despair Mac friends. The principles we teach can be applied in Final Cut Express or even iMovie.

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