Today we are announcing a new card creation process that enables artists to create Custom Front Cards allowing shoppers to customize the front card images and text on their own!  The first introduction of this process is Custom Photo Cards (with an option to customize text).  Soon after we'll release a Custom Front for text only option.
 
Big benefits!  This will take artists out of the loop of customizing photo cards and minimize wait time for shoppers.  Also this will allow GCU to readily offer a collection of Photo Cards for 3rd party sales.  It is clear that customizable cards is a fast growing trend for card shoppers and GCU needs to be a player in this space.  
 
Starting September 1st, GCU will be:
1.  Introducing a new shopper Custom Front interface allowing shoppers to customize these cards on their own  
2.  Taking down all “old style” photo cards and returning them to artists for edits.  These are photo cards that have been created and uploaded to GCU to date.  Please consider revising these existing photo cards (updating them with the new PNG format) and creating new ones for all occasions and holidays with this new process.   We will provide specific instructions in a separate post on how to easily revise existing cards without having to go through the entire create a card process from scratch.  
3.  Moving all new style photo cards from Private to Public (*see  below)
 
BEFORE September 1st:
We are currently working with a national photo retailer to feature GCU Photo Card content on their store kiosks.  In order for your photo cards to be considered for this partner’s 2011 winter holiday sales we are putting a specific call out for new photo cards in the following categories that need to be created AND approved BEFORE 9/1.  They will begin their selection process starting August 15th so hurry, the early bird catches the worm!  * Up until 9/1 new Custom Front cards will be auto-set for Private and automatically get expedited review:  
-          Halloween
-          Thanksgiving
-          Christmas (religious and non religious)
-          Season’s Greetings
-          Hanukkah
-          Kwanzaa
-          New Year’s
 
Important Steps in the new process:
1.  Create your card design with transparent areas (for photo insertion) and upload in PNG format (JPG is not accepted for Custom Front Cards)
2.  In the Create a Card process note a new field, “Card Front” with options Standard and Custom.  Choose Custom.
3.  Next are 3 steps to define the Custom Front process:    
   a. define the transparent area(s) zone where the photo(s) should be placed
   b. select and position a stock place holder image (from GCU’s provided collection)
   c. define and create custom text (optional)  
4.  Until 9/1 all Custom Front cards will be auto-set to Private for expedited review & reside in Private Galleries until we introduce the Custom Front shopper interface scheduled for 9/1
5.  Note: different than before, new card images with custom content (photos and/or text) that you upload to GCU should NOT have any place holder or instructional text like “contact artist” or “your photo here” on the image.
 
The following video from GCUWiki.com demonstrates the process for creating a Custom Front card: http://www.gcuwiki.com/gcuu.html  
 
Please let us know if you have any questions and looking forward to your new creations!    And as usual please let us know if you notice any odd happenings or gremlins.

WOW!  FANTASTIC!!  I'm off to give it a go!  
 
and THANK YOU Tom for the GREAT video instructions!!!  

Great news.  Sounds like a wonderful new feature.  Thank you for adding it.  I am sure buyers will love to be able to make these changes quickly.  Looking forward to designing for this new process.
 
I just watched your video tutorial Tom, and it is very helpful.  
 
Thanks ... Sher  
 

This is a great and grand development! I have several small queries:
 
I was wondering if a specific Season's Greetings subcategory could be added for the photo cards; as it stands now, they have nowhere to go but in the Christmas category.
 
Also, I noticed that choosing Custom did not automatically engage the Private classification (to let our tech team know).
 
And...I am curious if we should be using "Photo Card" in our titles, keywords, etc.
 
I guess that's all for the moment except to relay huge thanks!

I've successfully uploaded my first and it was easy and looks great!
 
It does auto-classify it as Private.  Seemed to work perfectly...THANKS AGAIN!
 
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/shopping/viewdetails.asp?pid=848818&gcu= 43045123714

Greetings!
 
This is a really neat and welcomed feature.  And it's super easy to do!  Hooray!  And I have to say that the photos are really nice and there are some good choices, too.
 
So far, so good!
 
Thanks!
 
Penny

Quote from Doreen_137017 on Aug 4^th, 2011, 4:48pm:

 
There is a resizing function with the placeholder photos to make it smaller or larger and adjust the placement of the photo.  Does that work properly for you to adjust and accommodate a square or round opening?

Okay, I've had a go at this and changed to png the two jpg Christmas Photo Cards I uploaded to GCU some while back. (Card ID's 848954, 848956, 848958) The last two are the same image but one has fixed text on the front that I've placed and one has space for the customer to place their own text.  
 
I didn't find this to be the most cooperative interface I've ever used but with perseverence I got there in the end (sometimes I needed to refresh the page to get the system to accept what I'd done).  It might be just because it's new to me that it didn't go 100% smoothly as I readily admit that I'm not the most computer savvy person in the world  
 
A couple of times I seemed to accidently define extra transparent areas without noticing (don't ask me how I did that!), as a consequence when I tried to save the project, it kept telling me to add images or text to those defined areas.  It took me a while to realise that I'd accidently added more defined areas.  Once I deleted those, my project saved fine.
 
With regards to the text, I think it would be a good idea to have some guide lines showing around the edge of the card to enable people to see within which region they need to keep their text, like the print / margin preview. Plus this would help to align text.  Although maybe there is already an area beyond which people can't move their text box and I didn't go out of that area when placing text so didn't discover any text placement limitations?
 
There is a reasonable selection of text fonts and colours but it might be nice to have greater editing abilities for the text i.e. if people want to add a big 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' followed by smaller text for 'with love from the Johnsons' so that all the text they add doesn't have to have the same size / font. 
 
Thanks for this new facility, I think it's a great idea!
 
Cheers - Natalie  

I cannot find  "custom front cards" in the Create a card process..can anyone help , or am I just a bit slow !..also the custom front card video does not seem to work..perhaps it is jammed with too many people clicking on to it!

@Mary  
 
Once you've selected the photo you're going to make your card from, underneath the options for Card Finish - Matte, Glossy you will find the options for Card Front - Standard or Custom - choose Custom.  Hope this helps - Natalie

Quote from Mindy on Aug 4^th, 2011, 10:08pm:

Thank you, Mindy.  Not to belabor the point (and I hope I'm not being obtuse), but I thought that photo cards were only meant to go into a specifically stipulated photo card category. Does your advice mean that we may now place photo cards in any subject-appropriate category as a second choice?
 
Again, please forgive me - I just want to be sure about this before proceeding.
 
Thank you so much!

Quote from Natalie_152060 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 3:21am:

Natalie, this can be accomplished by setting up a separate text field for each variation in font/size/color.

Ahh Painless enough just had a go   could be a lot of fun,
can we have errr a goth stock photo male female?  
I know lol, more girlies and lads and uprights got a whole load of ideas I know pain huh.
 
Dont' get me wrong the young lady with the books is good, but shes going to stick out more
than my cards, shes to sweet she would look well odd inside a gothic frame might distract even.
 
We will also need more ethnic peeps because you can't shove a place holder of a young lady
then have a total different (never know what to say there) ethnic butterfly elf for example.
 
Am I asking to much? sorry if I am just would like to get them looking good, I know that people
can add in and make up their own minds, but it might be easier and people being people could
take umbridge
 
Appart from that my test was painless, infact easy to do, now it's letting the imagination go
I like that they can add text to the front, but your not going to ask us to leave out all the ones
we do now? I like doing the multiples as I can get my fonts and stuff the way they should be
the ones we have would not cut it on all the cards we produce.

Oh wow! I LOVE this sooooo much!  I never created a photo-frame card for my GCU store before, but after watching Tom's video and reading over the steps Mindy posted, I made THREE last night (and I was even tired! lol!)  The process went smoothly for me, except for when I forgot to set the transparency in my art program.  
 
This is so amazing!  Thank you, GCU!  LOVE IT & LOVE YOU!  
 
Cindy   (thumbs WAY up!)

Thanks to Tom for creating the video on this.  The photo portion of the card was very easy for me, but I wasn't sure how to set up the text field, until I looked at Tom's video.
 
Penny

Thanks for the comments on the video.  I was flying a bit blind but wanted to do one to at least get people started.  
 
Has anyone gone thru the process of ordering one to see what a shopper experiences?  It looks to me that the card appears to the shopper the same as any other card.     How will they know about the various custom areas??

Mindy:  One other thought...
 
Could we add this category
 
Holidays > Christmas > Photo Cards > Pets
 
Thanks!

Well done on the video, Tom!  I am wading through my first card, and am running into a glitch!  
 
My text box that I have set up - while it looks correct, and the coordinates appear correct, the text box itself is squished to the left of the screen, and the text is also squished, unreadable. I can't seem to get it to look correct.  The preview box show my text as blank. However, the little square showing what my text says, is visible in the text properties.  One time, I actually say the text in the preview, but have not seen it since.  There is a little gremlin visiting my card

Quote from Sandra_133229 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 10:01am:

 
You have to do the Preview to see it properly.  It says that on the screen somewhere.  I had the same occurrence, but in Preview it's perfect.

Greetings!
 
Is there a way to create a card, so the entire cover is filled with a photo?  I tried to do this, but all of the stock images are too small, and when I resized them, there was a white border, top and bottom, that filled in the gap.
 
To explain:
 
I made a template that has stars along the bottom, and my 'brilliant' idea was to have the photo full bleed on the card cover with the stars floating toward the bottom of the card.  It seemed that no amount of moving or resizing the photo would 'stick' so I just changed my template, and created a frame and border.  But for future cards, would it be possible to get photos that are the size of the card covers?
 
Or, if someone has an idea of how I can make this work, using the existing photos, please let me know.
 
Thanks!
 
Penny

Quote from Tom_133317 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 8:40am:

 
Tom, lots of video viewers!  
 
All of these new cards will be Private until we rollout the shopper interface (est 9/1) that lets them place their own photos so until then it's business as usual with the existing "old style" photo cards (ask the artist to do the dirty work).

Quote from Mary_140624 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 4:43am:

 
You will only be presented with this new field "Card Front" if the image you've uploaded is a PNG file type.  Might that have been this issue?

Quote from Penny_134243 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 10:46am:

 
I see what you mean.  These could be some really nice designs
 
If you set the transparent zone as the full size of the card then choose a rectangular photo and pull it big enough to cover the entire cover (or even bigger) it should work.  Having the placeholder photo spill over the edge of the cover is ok.  Squares images work too but require more resizing and moving, which is ok.
 
Give it another go and let us know how it goes.

Quote from Tom_133317 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 2:46pm:

 
Because any card can be uploaded in PNG format, not just designs with custom fronts.

Quote from Mindy on Aug 5^th, 2011, 2:50pm:

 
Thanks, Mindy!
 
I will give it another try!
 
Penny

Not an issue for me either!

I still cannot get Toms video to work...it did in the begining but none of the GCU university ones will work now...just a white  page. I have almost got there, but I dont seem to be able to get the picture to stay in the frame, or be BENEATH the frame. Perhaps I am not preparing the frame properly...
I have done two, erasing the centre portion , one to a transparent layer, and the other just erasing the centre portion on layer one....Help..

Hi, Mindy,
 
I was able to get a photo to display full bleed.  I think that I was relying on my vision, rather than looking at the size (2100 by 1500) to make sure that I had assigned all of the space for the photo.
 
I like it.
 
Penny

Quote from Mindy on Aug 5^th, 2011, 5:21pm:

 
Thanks, Mindy!  Good pun!  I meant the custom photo card tool, but the card is okay, too.  
 
Another question:  This card PID #849227 looks like the bottom of the cropped dog photo is showing.  I'm using the same template that I always use, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.  Looking at the print/margin preview, I guess that the very bottom will be cut away, but, just in case it doesn't, I don't want a weird dark line at the very bottom.
 
Perhaps the reviewers will be able to judge and let me know if I should re-do it.
 
Thanks for you help!
 
Penny
 
UPDATE 8/6:  I tried to create this card again, using the dog photo with the aqua background (love that photo!) and using a whole new card cover that I made from scratch, but the dog photo was still sticking out at the bottom, just the tiniest bit, just enough to bother me.  I didn't delete that card, but I did make another one using a different dog photo, this time a square-ish photo that doesn't stick out at the bottom.  I think that the aqua dog photo is just too long, and it's not showing as cropping to the size of my transparent image area. So I have two cards the same in my shop right now.  I'll happily delete one, but perhaps when the reviewers look at the aqua dog photo PID# 849227 and be sure that it will print nicely, then I'd like to keep that one.  If not, then I'll delete it and keep PID# 849523, the card with the Retriever photo.
 
Sorry, so convoluted!
 
Thanks!
 
Penny

Quote from Rosalie_136698 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 7:47pm:

 
Hi, Rosie,
 
I just took a look at the card, and it's not showing any photos, just white ovals.  A couple of things to check on:
 
Do you have a transparent layer for the photos to fit on?  (In Photoshop, it's the gray and white checkerboard)  When you uploaded your file, did the image show as pink in the places where the photos were to be placed?  That's a pretty good indication of whether or not there was a transparent layer.
 
Once you're creating a card, the 'pink' will turn into a red and white checkerboard.
 
Did you upload a PNG file?  Jpegs won't work for these custom photo cards.  
 
Did you select the area for the photo to fit into?  The photo area(s) have to be defined for this to work.  Please see Tom's great video; there's a link in this discussion.
 
As for adding text and uploading an image with the text on it.  You can do that, and you can add another field or two, for the customer to add text, too.
 
I hope that this helps!  
 
Penny

Quote from Rosalie_136698 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 8:11pm:

 
Hi, Rosalie,
 
If I've got this right, you had a transparent layer, added some text, then the area that was once transparent turned white on you, correct?
 
Is it possible that you added a white layer when you were adding your text?  The only reason I'm asking is because your ovals are white.
 
Or you might just confirm that you uploaded a png file, rather than a jpeg.  I haven't ever had a png turn white on me, but, that doesn't mean that it can't happen.
 
Also check that you've got a png with transparency.
 
Unfortunately, if there wasn't a transparency when you uploaded the file, there's no way to select the area for the photo placement and have it work for you.  Were the ovals pink when you had the image in your 'create a card' page?  That's a pretty good indication of a transparent layer, as is the red and white checkerboard when making the card.
 
Good luck!
 
Penny

Quote from Rosalie_136698 on Aug 5^th, 2011, 8:24pm:

 
I'm sure that the answer will be obvious after some rest!
 
There will probably be a lot of people reading the forum tomorrow, so there's bound to be lots of help and advice.
 
Take care,
 
Penny

Yippee I have worked it out ..thanks everyone.

Hi Mindy,
 
Have difficulty adding some images from the selection.
I can not see the "add image" button or click on "add image" button on some of the images offered.
 
Bev

Myrna,
You don't need to do anything for the customer. That is the new feature of this photo editor. The customer does it themselves! The old way people uploaded a photo card, the artist had to make the change.  But now the customer will do it.  Pretty slick  

Thanks ladies!   Maybe I will have to order a card or two, just to learn how to do it.  

Quote from Renae_139784 on Aug 6^th, 2011, 11:05am:

 
I like them, a LOT, Renae!  I was asking in the critique clinic for some examples of good photo cards, and by golly, I believe yours are!  
 
Thanks for sharing them!  
 
Cindy

Quote from Renae_139784 on Aug 6^th, 2011, 11:05am:

 
P.S.  I meant to tell you that I agree, GCU needs to provide stock photos of a bird, fish and horse.  The cat looks humorous sitting in for the bird and fish, and a dog could probably never pass for a horse.  LOL.

Quote from Mindy on Aug 5^th, 2011, 3:27pm:

 
Hi Mindy,
 
First may I offer my opinion (when don't I  ) that I think allowing us to upload our own images as placeholders is not a good idea.  Here's why for what its worth:  I think when customers see all the same faces and pet mugs on photo cards it is a much more professional display then having a menagerie of both good and poor quality 'none stock photo style' photo cards to rummage through.  If some of us have photos that we are currently using as placeholders and have the right to offer them, perhaps we could offer them to GCU to add to this nice collection for this purpose, otherwise my vote is we grow the iStock offering into something that suits all needs and keep these cards looking slick and professional.
 
With that said, I had some needs and thoughts so I went to iStock and hunted.  Just food for thought of course:
 
I'd like to see more business for Business/Corporate Holiday cards and a variety of 'professionalism':  #12074329, #12107860,#214466, #11537092
 
I’d like to see a few with a bit of a western flair for ranchers, farmers and general cowpoke that send out annual greetings:
#13602201 , #4579476, #6500099, #914648
 
I would like to see portraits a little more suited to Hanukah and Bar Mitzvahs:
#15013583, #663141
 
We do need a few more pets, I found a couple to use for the occasional bird, fish, hamster photo cards which encompass a variety of pets and then we should have a few with more than one cat or dog. I know I've done a few custom cards here that had more than one pet in the photo.  #8936112, #13749801,   #6612079, #2921053, #16032311
 
I’d love to see more black and white; they can really make a design desirable and entice sales…that’s been my experience anyway.  I found them hard to come by on iStock, any chance we can turn some of what you have into BW for a 2nd option of the same image?  Here are a few I found.
#416223, #863513, #8938350 #691639  #13750297 #5974393
 
Something New Year appropriate for those cards would be nice  #9255440, #14754635,  
 
We need some twins for our baby announcements, christening/baptism and graduation cards:
#17114882, #13731350, #16427716, #13852703, #15293585, #5886693, #10557941, #10557634, #9850564, #7927953
 
Triplets: #14765735, #3160222
 
I’d like to see a couple more Halloween portraits if we have any chance in selling Halloween Photo Cards the image inside has to inspire the buyer by fitting the theme:  #9309944, #14167854, #10682951, #6925762, #11035705
 
There was a call for more multi-cultural and I found these I though were wonderful additions:
#10374949, #16830576,  #6870753
 
Generally my feeling is that more 'theme related' the placeholder is, the better the design looks, the bigger the sales.
 
Probably just made you wince with this list didn't I?  
 
Oh and...we need a square and rectangle logo placeholder!  PLEASE!  Even just something that says Your Logo Here is cool with me.

Both Doreen and Barbara's posts state my feelings exactly.  If I weren't awake, I would think I had posted my thoughts in my dream   Doreen, I didn't check out the actual photos, but thanks for taking the time to research more photos for all of us.

In the process of updating my current photo cards I have come up with the following questions:
 
1. Do we need to delete all previous custom cards from our private gallery?  I often refer to a card there as an example when I am working with a customer on a custom card and have left many in my gallery, especially custom graduation cards.
 
2. Will custom cards still be offered via the custom link ("Request a Custom Card from Artist") after September 1st?
 
3. Should we still make custom photo cards that are relationship specific?  For example:  For Father's Day, I have photo cards for Dad and for Grandfather.  I could put the name in the custom template (if the available fonts are appropriate), but will the customer realize they can change it?  Same question for year specific photo cards.  Possibly we could put "Add Name Here"  or "Add Date Here" on those cards?
 
The new photo cards and text edit process is super and I'm having a great time updating and creating these cards.  Appreciate that you made the professional placeholder images available.  The quality of these images makes the cards pop!  I agree with Doreen that you should grow the iStock offering and not allow use of other images.  
 
Thanks,
Kati

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

 
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?

Well that's interesting, I have been putting the placeholder all over the place and sometimes it extends beyond the edge of the card, but it has never automatically centered or changed after I sized and placed it where I wanted it - even when I preview it.  I don't try to have the placeholder match the defined transparent area.
 
Hope they turn out all right.

Hello everyone, I imagine you were all creating these fun photo front cards this week end.  My question was asked a few days ago about what happens when the customer expects us to insert their photo, and I was assured that this would not happen because the customer will have all the means to insert it themselves.  However now that I have created several Christmas photo front cards, and looking them over today, I notice this link under each card saying: "click here to ask the artist to insert your photo at no extra charge"
so I am wondering again, are we expected to insert their photo, if so how do we do that?
 
It is no doubt an easy process, since no one else seems concerned, however just my luck someone will purchase my card, click that link and I won't know what to do.  
 
Please, is their a video that teaches this somewhere?  Or easy instructions.  I have no problem with the stock photos while creating the cards, while the card is in that creating mode.

How about something appropriate for Halloween too - maybe some kids in costumes.  I made one that I set up with a cat and I know it's just not appropriate.  Thinking for costume parties.
 

Having a challenge this morning with photo card #472905.  I am updating this currently approved grandparents day photo card. The final card image will not save and the card area on my "manage cards" page is blank. When I click save project, the "Card Inside Text" page does not show the front image.  There is a grey triangle in the image area.  I have cleared all cashes and restarted my computer but still will not show new saved image.  Using Firefox 5.0.1 on a Mac.
 
Maybe this has something to do with the categories as this card is not in the Collections> Photo Cards/Your Picture Here> Grandparents Day category.  And I cannot change the category on these approved cards.  Perhaps I need to make a new card from scratch??
 
Thanks,
Kati

Quote from Donna_137698 on Aug 8^th, 2011, 8:22am:

 
Oh...I am so sorry Donna, boy do I know how difficult that is.  My heart is with you.  
 
No biggie, I just wanted you to know that you are right and its on the wish list

I love the new photo card application but i dont understand the approval process once submitted.
 Once created,All of the cards show up as private.
 Does this PRIVATE STATUS change when they are approved ?

Quote from Myrna_134142 on Aug 8^th, 2011, 6:41am:

 
Hi, Myrna,
 
I think that you'll find the process easy to do.  When you get the customer's photo, you'll just want to add it to your file so that the customer's photo replaces that transparent layer, or is a layer above so the photo shows through.  You might want to practice it on some of the cards that you've already created, just by opening the files and using one of your own photographs, to see how easy it actually will be for you.
 
Hope that this helps!
 
Penny

Hi, again!
 
I didn't realize this until I read Myrna's post:  Under the photo cards there is a link that reads:
 
"click here to ask the artist to insert your photo at no charge"
 
 
 
I have to say that I'm really bummed about this feature.  When I stopped taking custom requests, I moved all of my photo cards (which wasn't too many) to my private gallery.  I was really excited at the thought of making photo cards again and the application that would allow a customer to add his/her own photos to them.
 
I think that this is something that needs to be addressed.  Mindy, what are your thoughts on this?
 
Any artists with thoughts about this are free to chime in, too!
 
Thanks,
 
Penny

Quote from Penny_134243 on Aug 8^th, 2011, 10:01am:

 
I'm not sure, but I think what you are seeing is what exists today, because this new feature does not go public until September 1st.
 
Remember our new cards using this option remain in our Private Gallery until we go live, so I think you two are shedding tears over nothing  

HELP Please! OK I've scanned in my art and used the magic wand and selected the area I want to make transparent. My only options (working photoshop CS2) Is to clear this area. Clear means transparent right? Unless I'm missing something. HELP?
 
Well the area stays white does not show the checker board. If I place it on a transparent layer it shows the checkerboard so I did cut out the area and it really is clear. However if I try to save at this point as a PNG it says it will only save as a copy. If I then flatten it  -the area becomes white again!!!  
 
Tried to do the GCU photo card but it wants to define the whole card because well I don;t have a checkerboard transparent area.   So How do I get the transparent checkerboard? Someone?

Diana, Try this in photoshop...
When you pull your image into photoshop it becomes the first layer.  That layer is not editable!
Make a copy of that layer so your copy is now on layer two.
Turn the eye piece off on the original (first layer)
Next highlight the second layer again and use the Rectangle Marquee tool to draw out a rectangle over your image.
Once that is highlighted... hit the delete key.
You should see the gray and white boxes where you've deleted your rectangle.
 
Once you are done with this image, merge the layers together.
Then go to File - Save As
Name your new design and then go down to the Format box
Select the drop down arrow in the Format box and then scroll down until you see the png option  
Select the png option and then Save your design in your designated folder.
 
I hope this helps.
Sher

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

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

 
 
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!  

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 ,
best regards,
 barbara

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.  

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

 
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!