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Review of Scrapbook Answers |
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Written by Diane Pottle
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Scrapbook Answers produces 9 issues a year each one packaged with a CD. The current per issue price is $7.99—but when I like a magazine I subscribe. A one-year subscription is $24.95. And yes, I do now have a subscription to Scrapbook Answers.
About that CD. The CD (which they call the Answers Disc ) will work on either a PC or a Mac. Some elements on the disc will work with only one type, but most work on both. I am a font fanatic—I love checking out all the cool new fonts on each disc. The disc is set up, so you can check out each font and download the ones you want. I WANT THEM ALL--because as I said, I’m a font hound. I could not find a way to download them as a group—so it gets a bit tedious doing it one by one. After all, I am a Mac user, so I’m not used to tedious.
The discs also contain printable images—full-color, high-resolution photos. You can print these out 12 x 12, or crop and/or alter them to fit your needs. On a recent disc, photos included gumballs, erasers, alphabet fridge magnets, and more. Digital kit samples are also on the disc.
Each disc has five how-to videos. Some of these interest me, some of them don’t. A gallery highlighting layouts shown in the magazine and resources (such as templates for projects) are also on the disc.
For me, the best things on the discs are the printable papers and photos, FONTS, and a few of the how-to videos. I find the magazine and CD worth the price. At least take the time to check it out for yourself.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISC
600Mhz or faster processor, 256MB memory, 100MB free storage space, 16X CD-ROM drive, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP or Macintosh OS X operating system, Acrobat Reader 5 or higher, QuickTime 6 or higher.
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