Customer Reviews

iRemember Digital Scrapbooking 2.0

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I have never actually made a scrapbook before, but always wanted to do one to save some family memories in a more interesting way. So when I heard about this product for the Mac I decided to give it a try.

I really like it. Although I am used to more sophisticated design software like Quark Xpress and Indesign, I found this software to be elegant in its simplicity. There are a few things I would like to see added to the product but on the whole it was easy to learn and use. I especially like the way you can export your finished pages as jpgs and import them into iPhoto, from there I created a book and had Apple send me the finished printed hardcover. All without leaving my home.

Pros: easy-to-use, templates for quick pages
Cons: not as feature-rich as some PC products

Overall 4
Features 3
Learning Curve 5
Price-Value 5

For the price and platform, you simply could not do any better! The application is easy to understand and you can create a page in minutes (or even seconds?!) Version 2.0 adds gradients, patterns, buttons, brads and more. Save money on photo processing, supplies and tools - opt for this MAC platform product.

I was quite impressed with iRemember. It does more than I thought it would. What is really cool, is that you can take a picture and use it as a background by zooming and making it fade. It has quite a range for opaque and tramsparent manipulating. I haven't discovered all it can do yet but I am having fun with it. I highly recommend it.

Before I write anything else, please know I am a computer idiot. I am afraid of technology. In other words I am a digital immigrant.

I recieved the original iremember for Christmas a few years ago and it was terrible. I reviewed it back then and gave it 1 star. Fast forward 4 years and all the scrapbook software I tried for PCs stunk so I decided to upgrade my iremember for Macs and give it a try again.

If you are total Mac person like I am, you will love the way you can work straight from iphoto. Based on that feature alone it would have gotten 5 stars. The reason I gave it only 3 stars is because there is still a very limited amount of clip art. Sure there are 15, 000+ images, but do we really need the same exact metalic paw print or metallic snails shape in 200 different shades? Please! The backgrounds and template are also very limited. I have had some success using the clip art from my word program, but not much. Also there is a big question about where I can get my 12x12 pages printed out once I am done with my current album. You might want to look into that first as most places seem to only handle 81/2 x11 only. (This program does come with numerous page sizes. I just chose 12x12 as that is what I was using when I did scrapbooking by hand.)

But even for a computer idiot like me, navigating through the program is pretty easy, once you watch the online tutorial. Customer service is great. I recieved answers to my questions usually within less than 24 hours. Per the website, some new upgrades are being released soon and I will gladly pay for them if they add on new clipart.

Iremember Digital scrapbooking 2.0

I had been using iRemember for several years. If you're a paper scrapbooker and thought that in an afternoon you would become a computer scrapbooker, you will be disappointed and frustrated. If you have had previous experience with editing photos for designing pages on computer this program offers some functions that other programs don't.

I use this as one program in an arsenal of programs that allow me to edit photos and design pages sometimes for scrapbooking and sometimes for posters, presentations, or brochures. The function I use most is to label photographs either right on the digital photograph or on a page that the photograph is on.

I often work with historical photographs that I am trying to preserve for posterity. I scan the original photo then label the digital copy using iRemember. I can add text to the page, right on the image or anywhere I want to record all the detail about the photo.

But I have also made scrapbook items including photos set into clipart. Those are lots of fun.

I haven't had to contact Intrigue, the company that developed iRemember, very often but when I have that had been very responsive.

iRemember is a program worth considering.

Frangelica

I haven't had a lot of time to create a bunch of pages yet, but I have enjoyed what I've done with this software so far. I was able to download some free scrapbook templates from the internet and import them and create some easy pages for our daughter's scrapbook.

I've tried my hand at regular scrapbooking but it took forever to do a single page and all the papers, stamps, scissors, etc. took up so much room in the house that I simply didn't have. Now, all I need is my laptop, my bunny slippers and a cup of hot chocolate and I'm ready to start working on all the scrapbook pages I want.

There are a few features that aren't quite as easy as I'd like. (I'd LOVE to have a layers palette like Photoshop has.) Despite these few snags it's really a pretty easy program to learn and fun to use.

The jury is still out on this one. I love my Apple computer. One of the things I like most about it is the fact that you can do so much with graphics. The scrapbook software is either not as good or more complex than what is available for windows. I like iRemember better than iScrapbook, but I really miss my windows scrapbook software. For one thing, you have to keep buying new templates. It appears that if one is really skilled with the software, one can create just about any template they want, but to get them already put together like they are in the Windows software, you have to purchase them for about $1.50 each.

I love this program! I don't think I will ever do real paper scrapbooking again. Keep in mind, I'm not the most creative person, so the templates were great for me. Within 3 hours, I had learned the program following the tutorial carefully, and created 3 of my own scrapbook pages. The templates were great for beginning. It works great with i-photo. It is easy to slide the photo onto the scrapbook page, center it and make it smaller or larger. I have been known to create 1 page, export it for printing, then drag pictures of a different child onto the same page for another scrapbook page. This only takes about 2 minutes to create the same scrapbook page with a different child's pictures. As I said before, I am not an EXTREME creative person, so this made scrapbooking a cinch for me. I am familiar with photoshop elements and have used it for simple projects, but I find myself using this scrapbook program instead for those projects because I think it is easier to use.

It does take some getting used to, but once you understand the process, it is very easy to use! I use it for yearbook pages for my son's grade school and it's a 1000% improvement over the old classic scrapbooking method. I have to take off one star for the clip art though, it could be better.

I have been a Mac user for years and I also scrapbook by hand (the old fashioned way). I have done some books at the online print sites, but the backgrounds and templates are limited. I have also used Photoshop.

iRemember is a great product. I downloaded the 15 day trial version first and liked it. I was happy to learn that the full version was exponentially better! It is a great blend of the features found in Photoshop and the ease of the online printers. I was able to jump right in and create beautiful pages. The possibilities are endless! Also, if you don't want to create your own backgrounds, there are several sites that sell digital paper packs pretty cheap and all of those are work easily with this software.

If you are ready to jump into digital scrapbooking, this is a fantastic product at a great price. I would recommend it.