Sample image created with Framing Station software

Frame My Photos, LLC, a company that produces the popular "Framing Station" software, which creates colorful frames around your digital photos, upgraded the software to include a new technology called "AccuPosition", allowing anyone to create borderless prints at home. Now, photos of this summer's getaways, camping trips, barbecues and ballgames can be easily made into the perfect prints for scrapbooking and memory crafts.

"AccuPosition solves a core problem introduced by the limitations of printers and their software drivers," explained Frame My Photos president and co-founder Ron Fortier. "To get borderless photo prints, many printers scale up a photo by 5% or more to eliminate white space in the border. Worse yet, consumers have no ability to override this alteration when they print, so parts of their images get chopped off. But with AccuPosition, you set horizontal and vertical scaling percentages independently for complete and accurate coverage of the entire photo paper."

Featuring the company's exclusive Digi-Press rapid response breakthrough, the Framing Station excels at ease of use. In sharp contrast to traditional photo, clip art and digital photography scrapbooking software, the Framing Station is easily mastered by those new to computers. Just choose a photo, pick a frame, add text (if desired), then print, save, or e-mail your instant work of art.

Custom frames are provided in four versatile sizes and layouts and include all-purpose frames, calendars, sports trading cards, magazine covers, holiday styles, as well as personalized awards, invitations, greeting cards, thank-you notes and travel-themed postcards. Once framed, images are ideal for display, presentation, or scrapbooking and can be printed, e-mailed and shared over the Internet.

"I'm incredibly proud of how Frame My Photos continues to make complex digital photography technologies accessible to the general consumer with basic computer skills," said Fortier. "There are very few individuals with the time and artistic talent to create amazing results with typical photo software programs. Since professional illustrators created our frames, you don't need to be the artist when you have the Framing Station."

The Framing Station enhances digital photos from all sources, including digital cameras, camcorders, scanned prints, photo CDs, and photos from e-mail and off the Internet. Available for purchase at http://www.framemyphotos.com or through Broderbund/Riverdeep, the Framing Station retails at $29.95. Current users can download the Framing Station v2.15 upgrade at no charge. A full-featured "test drive" version of the Framing Station is also offered for free download at the site, including twelve sample frames.

Punk Angel Collage
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Nice use the puzzle pieces to create a collage effect.

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"Digital scrapbooking layout. This was done for a contest - the subject given was '10 things'. I chose to make it '10 things for a perfect breakfast' and used pictures of our holiday in Spain."

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Mother's Day
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"So this is one of my first shots at digital scrapbooking. What do you think?"

This is a digital scrapbook layout

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This is a digital scrapbook layout

Twin Falls 1
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This is a digital scrapbooking layout.

Keat Ping
Originally uploaded by call me kim.

"This is my friend Keat Ping. I will miss her friendship and cheery personality when it becomes time for me to return to Canada."

Nice looking scrapbook layout, photos well framed, and very colorful.

"Scrapbooking for Beginners," the new DVD and video program from Memory Lane Videos, has won the Award of Distinction in the Videographer Awards competition. Out of 2,293 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries, "Scrapbooking for Beginners," was judged to be among the best that were submitted. The Videographer Awards is an international awards organization that helps set the standards for the video production industry. The Award of Distinction is given to programs that clearly exceed industry standards.

Scrapbooking for Beginners, is an entertaining easy-to-follow DVD ($19.95 suggested retail 25 minutes) that takes viewers through the process step-by-step on how to create an interesting scrapbook page. The program (also available as a VHS video) includes strategies on how to get organized, recommended tools and supplies, photo cropping, page layout, photo matting, decorating, and journaling. Valuable tips on how to take great pictures are also included as well as things to avoid when taking photos of loved ones. This entertaining program shows how easy and fun it is to get started in preserving precious memories for future generations.

For more information, or to order a copy of Scrapbooking for Beginners, ($19.95 plus $5.00 shipping) contact Memory Lane Videos PO Box 41767 Eugene, OR 97404. Please specify DVD or VHS. Phone/Fax (541) 688-0298 or email Memory Lane Videos at gmarullo@comcast.com