Cutting Edge Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks, Book 2 [Paperback]

Memory Makers (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2003

A sequel to the Memory Makers title, "Creative Photo Cropping", this title includes innovative ideas for: cropping photos into borders, mosaics and collages; techniques for framing, slicing, weaving, cutting, punching and tearing photos; and technques from basic to advanced.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (November 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892127245
• ISBN-13: 978-1892127242
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Darkroom & Processing

Customer Reviews

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Innovative designs for photos, plus recaps with a twist., February 16, 2004

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A. Ryan "Merribelle" (Westminster, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cutting Edge Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks, Book 2 (Paperback)

On the heels of their first photo cropping book (Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbookers), Memory Makers raises the bar yet again with Cutting Edge Photo Cropping for Scrapbookers. The title is a fitting description of the samples inside, which showcase the latest, most innovative photo cropping ideas out there.

CEPC will show you how to turn your photographs into works of art for your scrapbook page. Borrowing techniques and concepts from varied sources, the Memory Makers magazine folks have, to use another cliché, really pushed the envelope on what can be done to make your photos the focus of your layouts. Your tools are usually as basic as scissors, rulers, craft knife, paper trimmer and a cutting mat; now and then more specialized items are called for, such as punches and puzzle templates. The step-by-step illustrations will instruct you easily. And although the finished piece will appear to be anything but simple to the viewer, you will be able to complete most of these without any aggravation or special training. The look of your picture art will be clean, fresh and graphic.

Now a word to croppers who have already read the first photo cropping book by Memory Makers. This second offering does offer over one hundred new photo cropping ideas as the cover promises. However, many of them are redux of ideas from book #1 with variations and twists. For example, weaving strips of b&w and color copies together - that sounds familiar, doesn't it? But here we see it used in new silhouettes and layered with other cropped shapes. Other déjà vu techniques include mosaics, self-framing photos, photo letters and slicing lines and curves into the photos. Note again however that these are all-new examples and they are expanded upon from the original. There are also a lot of truly new techniques, such as making shadowboxes from photos and adding dimension by curling. You can still come away with fresh inspiration.

There are areas of CEPC devoted to using photos to make embellishments and page accents, such as tags, shaker boxes and hinged doors. While I did enjoy these charming techniques, I question that they really had a place in a book that is professing to make the photos the stars of the page, not sideshows. However, they still did involve photo cropping.

CEPC would be a great book for first-time scrappers who need inexpensive ways to make standout pages, or anybody looking for more fabulous layout ideas. Croppers who already own the first book however may want to pass on this one.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very inspiring, June 15, 2004

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Grant Naylor "grantnaylor" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting Edge Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks, Book 2 (Paperback)

This is one classy book

Jam-packed with ideas, I found it to be very inspirational.
This is the first cropping book that I have purchased, so I am not sure how original the ideas may be. I certainly had never thought of many of the ideas before.

In particular, I like the triptych design, the montage in the shape of a fashion dummy and the myriad of ideas for creating mosaics.
The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the addition of templates to copy is a great help.

All in all, a highly recommended book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, one of the best and most innovative books on scrapbooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, January 22, 2006

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K.H.L. "kathylambert99" (RI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting Edge Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks, Book 2 (Paperback)

I was very impressed by this book. Memory Makers have really outdone themselves with this one. I haven't seen in any other book the wonderful and creative ideas as in this one. I've learn all sorts of fun, new ways to make my photos exciting. And after all, isn't scrapbooking really about the photos. So many books emphesize on embellishments and other do dads but what about the photos ?!?! Now you can really make those pics that we spend so much time and money on perfecting to be the real spotlight. I admit that page layout designs and embellishments can really help bring out the best in your photos. Some may feel that some of the ideas in here are a little intricate and difficult, but most are achievable and with a little practice and patience (patience goes a long way), you'll have wonderfully cropped photos and beautiful scapbooks in no time. And I really think that it'll be worth it. Hope this was helpful to you.