If you’re brand new to digital scrapbooking, here are some typical digi scrap terms defined.

Technical/Computer Terms

.JPG — flattened image type with no transparency (i.e., digital photos, digital scrapbook papers)
.PNG — image type with transparency (i.e., elements, alphas)
PPI/DPI (ppi, dpi) — pixels per inch (or dots per inch) … most digital products are designed at 300 ppi for high quality printing, and most layouts are uploaded to the web at 72 ppi — so use 300 ppi for print quality, and 72 ppi for web quality

Digi Scrap Terms

Action — specific to Photoshop & Photoshop Elements, an action is a series of steps that quickly completes a task for you (i.e., you can use an action to save your files in the various sizes you need for printing and web display)
Album — a set of quickpages, sometimes in various shapes/sizes; can be combined with chipboard albums to make a hybrid project
Alpha — product that contains the letters of the alphabet, and usually numbers and punctuation as well — they’re used like stickers available in the paper world
Brush — a digital stamp
Creative Team — scrapbookers who “work” for a designer — they provide layouts for the designer in exchange for free kits, and may also have duties posting on the blog or enabling products
CT (or CTM) — short for creative team (or creative team member)
Element — sometimes called an embellishment; generic name for digital scrapbook files that you use to beautify your scrapbook layout
Freebie — product you can download for free — a great way to sample a designer’s product for style and quality
Layout — a digital scrapbook page
LO — short for layout
Paper — sometimes called a background — 12×12 .jpg files used just like papers in the paper world
Quickpages — predesigned and flattened files that you add your pictures too for an instant scrapbook layout
Style — specific to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, a style allows you to apply an effect, such as a drop shadow
Template — a customizable “sketch” of a layout, with layers so that you can “clip” your own papers in premade sizes

If you can’t find your term on the list, check the glossary at Digital Scrapbook Place. Or contact me using the link above and I’ll add it to the list.