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Make Your Own Digital Photo Gifts

Here's how to create a digital photo collage, a custom greeting card, and a mock magazine cover.

Dave Johnson

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If you think about it, your digital camera is a gift-making machine. Everyone loves photos, and they're always a popular present. With Mother's Day right around the corner, why not surprise you know who with a picture that you took yourself?

But don't just tie a bow around an 8-by-10-inch print and leave it at that. If you put a little thought into it, you can cook up some really clever and thoughtful digital photo gifts. Just imagine how much more fun a photo collage or custom-made photo greeting card would be. Or try something totally wacky: Create a framed, make-believe magazine cover featuring your guest of honor!

In this article, we'll explain how to tackle each project using Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 7.0 ($109). If you use another image-editing program, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (free trial, $99 to buy), for instance, that's okay--the steps are very similar. So fire up your image editor and make some truly memorable gifts. No one can accuse you of giving the same old run-of-the-mill presents ever again!

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