GCU Forum - NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text

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Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text
Reply #105 - Aug 8^th, 2011, 12:51pm

Wow Doreen & Sheryl you guys are fast! I will have to try your method on my next piece as it was I saved it as a copy in PNG (without flattening) and it worked on GCU. But your ways sound like the proper way to go about it.

My photo area is the irregular space within a wreath - which is why I used a magic wand to "Clear the area" will have to see if I can delete it. etc.

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Reply #106 - Aug 8^th, 2011, 12:58pm

The nice thing about photoshop is there are many ways to do something.

So you can certainly clear the area with your Magic Wand and then delete it that way, since you have a special shape you are working within. I mentioned the rectangle marquee as another way of making the selection to delete a space.

I am looking forward to seeing your beautiful design.

Sher

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Reply #107 - Aug 8^th, 2011, 2:37pm

Just noticed my card is now in my private gallery (my 1 and only) But Have I read this correctly that -the New way of ordering these custom front photocards will not be working until 9/1? Meaning therefore we should NOT be twittering etc. about this new feature until it's ready for the general public?

Also I picked 1 category - I believe Christmas general or animals photo cards but when I went to check and possibly change or add to a better category I couldn't. I assume that's because it's a private gallery card?

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Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text
Reply #108 - Aug 8^th, 2011, 3:09pm

Quote from Diana_131887 on Aug 8^th, 2011, 2:37pm:

Just noticed my card is now in my private gallery (my 1 and only) But Have I read this correctly that -the New way of ordering these custom front photocards will not be working until 9/1? Meaning therefore we should NOT be twittering etc. about this new feature until it's ready for the general public?

Also I picked 1 category - I believe Christmas general or animals photo cards but when I went to check and possibly change or add to a better category I couldn't. I assume that's because it's a private gallery card?

Your are reading it correctly. Our cards will remain in our Private galleries until 9/1 when the customer version of this software goes live. So no promoting yet! Grin

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Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text
Reply #109 - Aug 8^th, 2011, 8:37pm

Quote from Doreen_137017 on Aug 7^th, 2011, 12:34pm:

Quote from Christie_131341 on Aug 7^th, 2011, 12:24pm:

Okay, I made my first card and it worked with some effort and thinking I understood how to get everything aligned.

BUT, my second card is giving me a lot of trouble...I don't see anyone else mention this, so maybe I am doing something wrong.
I can not get the picture to stay centered in my transparent window. Will there be a problem putting a horizontal image in a vertical placeholder? Is there a limit as to how much the image is allowed to stick out on the side?
I have to enlarge the image to fit my placeholder and the subjects fit fine...but, when I preview it, the whole image shifts to the right and cuts one of the subjects out.
Size: W: 1808, H: 1218
Position: X: -375, Y: 109 (it is like it does not like the extra part of the image sticking out on the left side)
Any insight?
THANKS!

I have experienced the same issue. The system during preview seems to do an auto-center of the image and I would also prefer it didn't do that. Like Christie, I've had to enlarge to fit and then wanted to place the image where it looked best but the system centered it. Its almost a must that the customer be allowed to position without auto-centering or you'll have very frustrated customers, so I'm with Christie can we all have this little fix?

I am glad I am not the only one...thanks Doreen and Joan.
Is this something that will be fixed...should I leave my card with the displaced image as it is and hope there will be a solution before we go online?

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Reply #110 - Aug 9^th, 2011, 6:25am

Hi,
I've got a problem with "autocentering" of photos also.
I have made a design with placeholders for two photos, one on top of the other, with a white thick line between both photos, to give the customer a margin when positioning their photos.
When I make the card, both photos look ok, they are placed within their white surrounding lines and are contained within their transparent boxes.
but when I go to preview mode, one photo is overlapping the other.
Could you please fix this positioning of photos bug?
Thank you

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best regards,

barbara

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Reply #111 - Aug 9^th, 2011, 3:10pm

I'm having some problems with editing. I realised that I'd uploaded photo card images that were considerably larger than the 1500 x 2100 px needed and I figured that might be the reason why I had no preview for those cards.

On changing the size of one of the photo cards I decided that I didn't like the text font and colour, but so far I've been unable to edit the text and get a sensible preview. Despite 'saving' my changes the correct preview is not showing when I click the option to view a large preview, prior to clicking that option the text looks very weird indeed, all squished to the side with white lines showing in the defined text area.

Could someone look into this please?

Thanks

Natalie

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Reply #112 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 11:16am

Ok so I started fixing my photo cards, right? and it starts out really cool, and then somehow, the card ended up from my storefront to my private gallery???? PI 831899??? What did I do wrong???? SO then, my other question is isn't the stock photo/image suppose to show up in the transparent field???? I am so confused.

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Reply #113 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 11:27am

Ok duh, I got it, just a little rusty. So there is a red gingham background where the "pink transparent" layer used to be???? I am I seeing things correctly?? This is a really cool feature. So will this eliminate custom work??? I guess there will always be some custom work to a degree, just not like before? It is cool - if I can remember what I am doing.

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Reply #114 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 12:30pm

Quote from Karen_137659 on Aug 10^th, 2011, 11:27am:

Ok duh, I got it, just a little rusty. So there is a red gingham background where the "pink transparent" layer used to be???? I am I seeing things correctly?? This is a really cool feature. So will this eliminate custom work??? I guess there will always be some custom work to a degree, just not like before? It is cool - if I can remember what I am doing.

Hi Karen,

Before you start creating, this is a completely DIFFERENT method of creating photo cards so you should read Mindy's post on page 1 of this thread and in that post is a link to Tom's video tutorial.

You'll love it! Enjoy!

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Reply #115 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 12:52pm

Here are a few questions that popped into my head while I've been uploading some new custom photo cards for relationship specific. Here is an example,

If I create a Christmas photo card, I wanted to place two text boxes on the image.
The first text box will state, "Merry Christmas".
The second text box will be for the relationship specific, such as, "Grandma".
In this case, since the buyer can change the relationship specific text box to any relation they want, can I put all those keywords in my keyword box?
For example, the card will show Grandma, but since the buyer can edit that text box and change the relationship to Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, can I put Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, etc. in my keywords even though it isn't showing on the card?

If I can't add those specific keywords, and a customer is searching for a Christmas photo card for Mom, they will not find this card because it is temporarily stated for Grandma. I know we can't normally add those keywords to our normal cards, but for these customizable cards, will there be an exception? I hope you will consider allowing us to use those extra keywords on this kind of photo cards.

If the answer to adding all those relationship specific keywords is no, then that means I would have to upload this custom photo card x number of times to cover all the relations like we do the old way, which seems to defeat the purpose of the customizable cards. undecided

Thank you for your help and consideration.

Sher

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Doreen_137017 Gold Member artist Posts: 5273	Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text Reply #116 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 1:07pm Sheryl, Looks like this question was answered by Mindy on another thread, you might want to check it out. http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1312893916/5#5
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Kathy_131728 Gold Member artist Posts: 610	Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text Reply #117 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 2:16pm I have done a few of these photo cards and they do go to my private gallery, but my pending submitted numbers do not go up? Is that happening to everyone? It looks like I have not submitted these cards.
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Diana_131887 Gold Member artist Posts: 607	Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text Reply #118 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 2:41pm Yes -at least that's what mine did. Ok'd as private -so not pending. BUT I wonder if the fall/winter seasonal designs get automatically sorted in a way that the National KIOSK retailer can select our designs. Hm-m-m all very mysterious.
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Oma_132016 Full Member artist Posts: 240	Re: NEW - Custom Front Cards / Photo Cards & Text Reply #119 - Aug 10^th, 2011, 3:07pm Ok...so I use CorelDraw 10 to design my cards. Does anyone else use this??? Can anyone please tell me how to get my design with a transparent image and saved as a PNG???? Please help..... Oma.
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