Business Cards

Christina thats the Card! How do I get it? Amazing! Thats just awesome!

Wendy I just have Photoshop Elements 2.0 that came with my mom's computer and word...I use both to screw with things. I made the little image of bronx that's my avatar and the large image of him that's on my website (www.illinileosandpetportraits.com) in word and then moved it to photoshop to save it and whatnot. I probably do things a really hard way...but it works for me...lol

Chad...I'm glad you like it! ...as far as how to get it...I don't know...lol You can save the image...but I don't know how to get it printed.

If Capture It From Here And Then Burn It On Cd Will I Loose Quality?

Not If You Do It Right.

Chad don't you want your actual contact info in there?....lol

Originally Posted by StinaUIUC

Wendy I just have Photoshop Elements 2.0 that came with my mom's computer and word...I use both to screw with things. I made the little image of bronx that's my avatar and the large image of him that's on my website (www.illinileosandpetportraits.com) in word and then moved it to photoshop to save it and whatnot. I probably do things a really hard way...but it works for me...lol

Chad...I'm glad you like it! ...as far as how to get it...I don't know...lol You can save the image...but I don't know how to get it printed.

Cool, all I have is Micrografx Draw, I used to have Corel and Paint Shop, Aldus Freehand and lots of others but when my computer crashed I lost them all and have been too lazy to go back to my old job to borrow the CD's again lol

Just an FYI with these business cards…. You should really be building these files at 600 DPI, or at least 300 for the best results. If you just grab the jpg from here, the quality will really lack. Stretching or increasing the DPI will distort them as well. Also, most printers require at least a 1/8in bleed as well, so everything can be cut to size without errors in cutting/cropping. So essentially, the cards should be 3.75 x 2.25 in size. Make sure everything is tabbed in at least 1/2 in from the 3.75 x 2.25 dimensions to ensure nothing will get cropped. Most printers will not even print without a bleed.

Another important thing with printing is the color. Right now these photos are in RGB color and they need to be in CMYK color. There’s not a huge difference, but there definitely is with any black values. Also, you should print these out, actual size and look at them. There's a big difference looking at them on a screen, and seeing them in hand.

A lot of printers can print high quality jpg or eps files, but some still want full control. If that's the case, they'll need your source file as in: illustrator, photoshop, quark, or indesign. Most companies use Quark. Along with the source file, you'll have to provide the fonts used.

I really think you should take all of this into consideration before trying to take one of these images somewhere. If you’re going to invest $50-100 in cards, I’d want them to look their best. This is just my 2 cents...

Ryan you are a true graphics person and I want my Quark back, I loved it but with billboards it was pretty unused, when I first started there 17 years ago some still used it but very few and it had not been used by any by the time I left in 1999.

Billboards are a totally different ballgame though since they are such large format

Quark is a waste of time to me, and I've always hated it. I can do everything in Photoshop since the text is vector based with 7.0 on up. A lot of places still use quark as the norm, so I end up having to use it now and again. If I had a preference though, I would only use photoshop mainly and illustrator for logos and identities and such.

As you can tell I'm not a fan of print work for all of the nitpicky things you have to deal with. I can still do it though, to create a whole identity for someone. I'd much rather makes websites, flash animations, and interactive cds. They're less of a hassle to me, haha.

Yes I do want my actual information. Its just I figured that was easily manueverable.