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How to make a Twitter background on Photobucket

This was something fun I did today. Use Scrapblog to create a custom background for your Twitter profile. Scrapblog is utterly amazing. We think you'll have fun.

Here's how:

1. Click "create scrapbooks" from the menu in your album on Photobucket
2. Scrapblog window opens
3. Choose any theme that takes your fancy. Don't worry. You can change it all later.
4. At the bottom, delete all the pages but one.
5. Choose "get photos" on the left, and pick the best photos all about YOU.
6. Choose "get stickers." Have fun with that.
7. Choose "get backgrounds." More fun.
8. Use the crop feature to make cool shapes.
9. Rinse. Repeat. Potentially play for hours.

Once you've saved your Scrapblog, go to the folder on Photobucket that is called "scrapblog-name of your scrapbook". You'll find a static JPG. Grab that and save-as to your desktop so you can upload it to Twitter. (There should be an easier way, huh?)

The trick for Twitter backgrounds is:

1. Make sure you tile the image when you upload to Twitter.
2. Put all your pics down the left hand side. Then they'll appear both on the left and the right in Twitter.

Here's the one I made for myself. Not very cool or grungy, but I like it because the pictures mean something to me. To see it in place on my Twitter go here: http://twitter.com/bigchiefalice.

Scrapblog has also used Scrapblog for their own Twitter background -- it's much better than mine. http://twitter.com/scrapblog.

Here's what it looks like in Twitter:

Great ideas for celebrating the end of the school year on Photobucket

The end of the school year is approaching. We have so many great things you can do to remember the school year on Photobucket. Here are some ideas:

Teacher Gifts

• Have your class parents upload their favorite photos from the year to a Group Album on Photobucket
• Gather the photos together into a printed Scrapbook for the teacher. It'll cost less than $40, and it'll be a wonderful gift she or he can keep forever.

Go here to start a Group Album: http://photobucket.com/groupalbums/
Go here to make a Scrapbook: http://photobucket.com/scrapbooks

Learn how to make a class memory book on Photobucket

Don't build one of those boring, all-the-same memory books at the end of this school year. 

Photobucket, in collaboration with the awesome people at Scrapblog, can help. Here's just a few pages that show designs for memory books. You can drag and drop to add your own photos easily. We have hundreds of styles to choose from. Then print them out as books or cards.

Mom makes you feel more love -- make a slideshow on Photobucket

Here's a nice new slideshow style. We like the effects. Try it!

Complete re-vamp of our "Share" feature launches today

We have updated our "Share" feature on Photobucket. There's lots that's new in this feature, so these blog posts will break it into chunks: The big bits in today's release:

Share a "live" slideshow of your newest photos AND videos!

Post a slideshow of your newest photos and videos on your blog, Web site or social network profile.

Scrapblog marketplace launches on Photobucket

Photobucket users now have access to the brand new Scrapblog Marketplace.  Scrapblog has invited top designers of the scrapbooking world to set up shop right inside Scrapblog, allowing Photobucket users endless amounts of high quality content for purchase.

Beautiful scrapbook designs on Scrapblog with Photobucket

There are some really great scrapbook designs on Scrapblog integrated into Photobucket these days.

Moms Like Me Slideshow On Photobucket Today. Cute.

Say I Love You in a Valentine's Slideshow -- new styles today on Photobucket

We have some super nice new Valentine's Slideshow styles on Photobucket -- it's fun to make and FREE to send to the one you love! We love free, don't you?

Updating slideshow of inauguration pictures available for sharing

This slideshow will continually update through all the inauguration ceremonies as we receive photos from our team of Photographers on the ground. For more details on the Obama Photo Book project, go to http://obamaphotobook.com or http://photobucket.com/obamaphotobook.

Say what you really want, in a free Santa Gram on Photobucket

Today we have a brand new, unique video slideshow on Photobucket -- Santa shows off your own photos.  Have some fun with it!

One-of-a-kind Video Slideshow Launches on Photobucket

Today Photobucket is launching a completely new and unique new slideshow  -- a video slideshow! Your own photos are displayed on a video background.

Make desktop background collages on Photobucket

We were watching a rather clever Photobucket user at work last night. She was using the built-in scrapbook tool on Photobucket to make a collage for her laptop desktop background picture.

We liked the idea so much, we wanted to share it with you too!

Go into the scrapbook tool -- click "scrapbooks" in the top menu bar.

Play with different backgrounds, stickers, themes. If you don't like any of the built-in themes, start with something blank. Be sure to choose "get stickers" and "get backgrounds" to get lots and lots of new stuff.

There are hundreds of stickers to play with! Our Photobucket user thought they were really fun.

Drag and drop pics of your favorite things onto the page.

Just save one page (you can delete the others).

In Photobucket, you'll see a static JPG of the collage saved in its own album inside your account.  Use that JPG as your desktop background. It looks great!

Printing with Scrapblog launches on Photobucket

Since launching our scrapbook integration with Scrapblog in August, hundreds of thousands of scrapbooks have been made on Photobucket.

Now we have worked with Scrapblog to integrate printing as well. Our friends at Scrapblog provided us boxes of samples of the kinds of books and cards they print, and they are, well, fabulous!

Click here to get started.

Print Cards With Scrapblog Designs

We are excited about the cards you can print on Scrapblog. Using Scrapblog's top quality designs, you can drag and drop your own images into the pre-built layouts, and print up cards that are much, much better than your regular "stick a photo in a designed border" holiday greeting card. These cards will make your holiday greetings really look amazing!

Print greeting cards on Scrapblog

Print Memory Books with Scrapblog

Of course the traditional perception of scrapbooks is memory books. But forget the stickers, scissors and glue. (Who the heck has time for that anyway?) Just drag and drop photos and images into Scrapblog's pre-built designs, and print them out. They will look gorgeous!

Click here to get started.

Print memory books on Scrapblog

Lots of Holiday Designs

There are plenty of holiday designs to choose from. They make great inexpensive and beautifully personal gifts.

Click here to get started.

Lots of holiday designs for cards and books

 

We love Tinkerbell at Photobucket

Oh my. What a cute slideshow style for Tinkerbell. Try it out.

 

New Halloween Slideshow Styles on Photobucket

In time for Halloween, we have some nifty new Halloween slideshow styles on Photobucket.  Choose Slideshows from the top of your album to get to the slideshow builder.

Brand new "organizer" for your photo and video albums

Our brand new album organizer has to have been the number one requested feature from our most active Photobucket users.  So now it's here. 

So for all you Photobucket users with thousands of photos and videos in your albums, and a bit of a muddle going on with how they are categorized, this one's for you.

Simply click in the top right corner of your album on the "organize" link:

It's time to start showing off for Halloween

It's October 1st, and thoughts turn to Halloween. Scrapbooks make a great party invitation and a great scene-setter on your profile. And there are loads of styles to choose from.

Click here to take a look at the fantastic scrapbook builder on Photobucket, powered by Scrapblog.

When you're asked to choose a theme at the beginning, scroll through all the choices. You'll find lots of Halloween styles along the way.

Lots of Photobucket users are making interesting collages of photos that they post on their profiles or send to friends.

Hope you have fun trying them out.

 

 

Need ideas for scrapbooks? Take a look at other Photobucket users

We check out the scrapbook collages made by our users on our site, and we love what we see. People have incredibly creative ways of using the new tool to make collages of photos and text.

If you want to get some great ideas, just search for "scrapblog" on Photobucket. 

Click here to make a scrapbook yourself.