Hugh Parker asked:


Exceptional image quality and several other advantages in digital photography have led to many people in many different situations making frequent use of this form of media. Everyone from amateur photographs to professionals it would seem, have hopped aboard the bandwagon and are taking beautiful pictures with digital cameras. There are several arenas in which digital photography is being used today.

Many professional news photographers from major television papers and magazines are currently using digital photography. It is as professional and attractive as traditional film and due to the rapidity with which digital pictures can be developed it has the crucial advantage of assisting media professionals in meeting extremely tight deadlines. Digital photography is also in vogue with many amateur photographers. It is particularly useful when sending images by email to friends and family, uploading them onto personal websites, and framing to place upon the walls of your home.

Some professional, commercial photographers and some amateurs too, prefer to use digital photography because they believe that its flexibility overrides its expensive initial outlay. Film photography on the other hand, involves a continued financial investment for supplies and to develop pictures afterward. Some professionals have also begun moving to digital because of the impressive array of editing features offered on modern PC and MAC computers. The photographer can edit and manipulate the image in ways that equipment in darkrooms cannot do.

Some commercial photographers and amateur photographs who invest in photography for artistic reasons, have been resistant to using digital cameras rather than film cameras because they erroneously believe that the quality of a digital camera is not up to par. This however isn’t the case. The use of digital photography in artistry is a new trend in both photography and modern art. There are those who have coined themselves as “purest” and they believe that the process some how is of greater importance than the final product. This is never the individual who brings something new or novel to birth.

Digital photography on canvas is a valid, esthetically pleasing and valuable art media that provides pleasure to the beholder. It has already made an impression within modern art galleries and museums worldwide. The breathtaking works of many famous modern artists including Richard Piegza, Philip Pocock and Richard Prince grace the walls of several internationally renowned fine arts institutions. Frequently these painters travel the world offering lectures to art students and professionals alike as to the methodology and use of digital photography and video in art.

On a more personal and far less expensive vein, digital photography on canvas is the savoir-faire movement attainable at independent art galleries. The work is tailored to an individual client’s requirements and offers a stunning, sentimental gift for a loved one. Photography on canvas is a custom-made piece of artwork tailored specifically to one’s needs and interests. The subject matter varies and is anything whatever that the client chooses. Not only is the artwork tasteful it is a spectacular tribute to color, design and technology that belongs in every art collectors’ home or business.

Karen Lincoln asked:


Digital scrapbooking does not need the support of many tools and helps in avoiding major purchases like printers, scanners and computers. Digital scrapbooking requires some hardware and necessary software’s for proper functioning. It is affordable and is an ideal way for storing documents. The digital resources are reusable for infinite times. Digital scrapping will help sustain all the supplies and work which occurs in the media storage device. It can be done like any data files. Computers have opened up a whole new era of digital scrapping. Digital scrapbooking is convenient and flexible because the layout size can be changed according to a person’s desire. Any design or color scheme can be applied to the scrap pages.

Digital scrapbooking is pretty neat, and it does not need any additional tools such as a computer, printers or scanners. Thus it helps you to cut costs, by not needing these additional tools. However digital scrapbooking does need some hardware, as well as software in order to function efficiently.

Digital photographs can be edited using digital scrapbooking. The software is the same as the one that is used for creating layout patterns. This saves alot of time, and enhances the photographs by adding special effects. You can archive the layouts into various data files, and thus store them and have them at hand, whenever you want to print these. These photos can also be emailed to friends and family. Digital scrapbooking essentially turns complex tasks into simple processes, that are user friendly and easy to understand.

You can also create titles for your journals via the computer via digital scrapbooking. The titles can be added with banners into the layout. Thus you don’t have to show anyone your incorrigible handwriting. You can download a number of different fonts and styles from the Internet. All this is free and you don’t have to pay a single cent for this. Digital scrapbooking also creates clip art with stickers of different shapes, sizes and designs, without adding to excessive bulk of the scrap page.

Digital scrapbooking has its own language and terminologies, its features are embellishments that are generated via the computer. You can add your photographs, as there is more than sufficient amount of space for them. You can also create gift albums, if you don’t have a printer.

Digital scraps use various different software’s such as Adobe Photoshop, Photo Plus, etc. These software help in cropping photographs as per how you want them to look. With the help of any painting programs, you can resize a large file into a compact one, and store it in the database, ready for printing at any time that you wish. Also, there are third party filters that allow you to create special effects to the photo files. A drawing application will be able to assist you to edit the photographs in any which way that you choose. A digital scrapper is not a program that has all these features. You may have to add these separately, if you need them. And also additional memory, should you need it for a better functioning. Also, it’s cheaper to go in for digital scrapbooking as against paper scrapbooking.