Viovio is ready to launch an Affiliate program and they are looking for beta testers. Anyone can sign up, so if you have a website or you refer friends and family to Viovio this could put a little extra cash in your pocket! If you are interested in being a beta tester please send an email to marketing@viovio.com with “Affiliate Beta Tester” in your email subject line.
Check out the Affiliate program here.
I came across an amazing out-of-bounds gallery the other day on flickr where the creator was kind enough to not only share all his various creations, but also to write a two tutorials on how he does it. There is a basic tutorial for both Photoshop and Elements and an advanced tutorial that uses tools only available in Photoshop. If you aren’t familiar with the term “out-of-bounds” it refers to technique used to create the illusion of 3D.
There are 80+ examples of creative out-of-bounds in his gallery – here are two to whet your appetite for more.
Spring is in the air, school is coming to a close, and we look back remembering the year. It doesn’t matter if you home school, attend private school or even pre-school, through Viovio’s custom book creation process you can quickly and easily create a school year book and preserve those memories. Viovio’s flexible application allows the creator ultimate control over the layout of the book. The two creation methods are flexible and easy; offering unique benefits to you, the creator.
Upload your images from your computer or camera, and follow the steps in the bookmaker process to layout your book. Creators who use this method love the ease quickly uploading images and building the book. There is the ability to lay out one image on a page, and then three images on the next, and 12 on the next. There is no constraint on page layout. It is up to you.
This is also the method to use if you use your own software, like Adobe Photoshop/Elements, ACDSee or Paintshop Pro to create pages that can be saved as a jpeg files. Simply create them in the desired size (12×12 if you want a square book) and then select the one image per page, full bleed and auto crop options in the bookmaker.
Create the page layout on your computer using a desktop publishing application and upload your PDF to Viovio. This method is perfect for creators who love the control of designing the entire book using a desktop application with which they are familiar. It’s simple: just create the full book, save it to a PDF and upload your PDF to Viovio.
Both options allow for flexibility with creating covers. When you create your book by uploading images to Viovio, you can set one of the images to your “gallery image,” which will print as your front cover. You can also upload a separate cover image (.jpg) during the cover creation process. This is true for the front and back cover.
When you create your book by uploading a PDF to Viovio you can identify the 1st page of your PDF as the front cover image or upload a separate image. You also can identify the 2nd page of your PDF as the back cover image.
Free Graphics Centre is a new site that offers a wide variety of graphics for free. These include, frames, textures, fractals and backgrounds just to name a few. Vector images images are also available from the site at $0.50 each with a minimum purchase of 6 images required. These are supplied in zip format and contain AI, EPS8 and JPG versions of the images downloaded.
I wish I could tell you about this designer and her blog, but I can’t read most of it. Fortunately the freebie section is in English because there are some very creative and beautiful things to be found here! Both the scrapbook section AND the friday freebie section are just jammed packed with one of a kind items – enough to keep you busy downloading for hours. And the terms of use state that they are available for both personal and professional use if you give the designer proper credit.
Enjoy all the freebies and don’t forget to thank her for sharing her talents!
Scrapbook Ideas is the blog of designer Jess Gordon. Lots of inspirational idea, tips and tricks for traditional, hybrid and digital can be found here. She also has the occasional freebie. Be sure and check out her grungy curled edge template freebie from this past March.
Custom photo book producer, Viovio.com, is about to launch an Affiliate program and is looking for beta testers. If you are a fan of Viovio and would be interested in becoming an affiliate you are invited to send an email with “Affliate Beta Tester” in the subject line to this email address: jane (at) vioivo.com
According to a message on Mayang’s Free Textures the site is currently down due to a hardware failure on the original server. They are hoping to have it “back up and running again in April 2008″. DVD’s will not be available for sale until that time.
Until it is back in service you may wish to get your texture fix at one of these other free texture sites:
Scrapbook News & Reviews is a new on-line scrapbook magazine that according to founder Caitlin Koch was conceived with the following in mind:
The premiere issue, which was released April 12th, features 185 layouts, cards, mini books, altered art and home decor projects as well as 80+ articles, columns and tutorials!
Debut subscription pricing ends on April 19th and is $4.99 a month for 12 months (billed monthly) or you can pay $49.99 for an annual subscription and save $9.89 for the year. As long as your subscription is current you will have access to all issues. Once the debut pricing ends rates will go up to $5.99 for 12 months (billed monthly) or a one time payment of $59.99.
In addition to the magazine the site also hosts a forum and a multi-section gallery.
I was nominated for the Arte Y Picos Award yesterday by Cherri aka AfriDigiDiva! I would like to thank her for this unexpected nomination and her kind words!
The award recognizes those bloggers that enrich and inspire us due to their dedication, creativity, refinement and art. The rules of the award are for nominees to post the rules on their blog.
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributions to the blogger community, regardless of language.
It was hard to choose just five – I would have liked to have nominated a dozen, but rules are rules, so I would like to nominate the following:
1. Hummie (Hummies World) She has given so much to the digiscrap community through her tutorials and endless efforts to provide assistance to all.
2. Kim Boustany (Kimi Kreations) Her enthusiasm and artistic creativity never fail to amaze and inspire me.
3. Jessica Sprague (The Sprague Lab) She has inspired thousands with her creative tutorials, freebies and classes. Some day in the near future I hope to take one of her advance digiscrap classes.
4. Heidi (DigiScrapInfo) She and her sister Connie have put together an awesome resource for scrappers and in particular for those that scrap using ACDSee software.
5. Susan Darter (Raspberry Road Designs) Susan is a very creative woman who has been known to take requests when it came to designing kits and who gives away more than she sells.
