If you are like so many recreational photographers, the thought of switching from 35m film to a digital camera may seem more trouble than it is worth. On the other hand, if you are like most of us you are already taking photographs with a digital camera or camcorder, and are still trying to figure out what to do with those images. Especially if you want to be creative and use the photographs in an album or digital scrapbook, making sure that the images are organized, cleaned up and that pages are assembled using other elements and text, is getting a lot easier. At the heart of the process is the digital editing software that makes it possible to share photos with customized and themed layouts. For example, Photoshop Elements 5.0 now includes flexible layout options as a starting point for your creations (a blank slate, basic frameworks, or professionally designed themes).
Going digital has opened up the creative possibilities for "art to imitate life". Scrapbooking has moved quite seamlessly into the digital age. "It's indicative not of the ubiquity of computers in modern life, but also of the way tradition evolves." It’s true that many who scrapbook are mostly female, and obviously they know or learn how to use computers and aren’t afraid of the medium. Documenting adoption memories in Lifebooks or albums is a process that you will find yourself doing over a long period of time, and using digital media enables the natural flow of experience and creation.
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