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Step 1 Business Card Creation

Download the business card template:

Right Click > Save As

2" x 3.5" Standard Business Card Template

4" x 6" Postcard Template -this is for a later project

Then go to your DOWNLOADS Folder to open this file
Once you have the .psd (photoshop file) available, open it in Photoshop

 

Step Two

Verify that you have guides turned on. You should see lines around the outside of your template.

View > Show > Guides.

The outermost lines are called cut/trim lines. The cut lines show where your design will be cut away from the much larger sheet of paper it was printed on. This ensures color all the way to the very edge of your cards. This method is called full bleed.

Your background colors/design MUST extend past the cut lines!

The innermost lines are called the safety lines. Anything outside these lines run the risk of being cut off. Although the cutting machines are very accurate, staying inside of this area ensures that important text/graphics won't be chopped off. It also helps make your card more readable. Keep all your non-background text, logos, pictures, etc. inside of these lines.

Step Three

Verify that your design is in CMYK color mode and at 350dpi resolution. This is very important as we will not be able to print your design if these settings are not correct.

Image > Mode > CMYK
Image > Image Size > Width: 3.6", Height: 2.1", Resolution: 350 pixels/inch

Step Four

Now you are ready to begin designing your business card. It's up to you to decide what you want the card to look like. Start experimenting and use the different tools to get the look you want. With unlimited amounts of colors and tools to choose from, anything is possible.

Example of a BAD finished design: too many fonts and 2 different alignments
Alignment is how the text is aligned- in this example the heading text is centered, while the bottom text is right aligned--not good

 

Be sure to follow the BASIC Rules of Typography we have covered-

CHOOSE 1 font that fits your personality- you can use TYPE contrast to make it look different

 

Step 5

FOR this assignment we'd like to for you to go to one of these sites below to download and import into photoshop a VECTOR IMAGE-
Free Vectors 1             Free Vectors 2            Free Vectors 3

You might have trouble the 1st time opening or selecting a vector image you want from anything you download
Ask Esiah (your TA) or hold tight til MR S comes back on Tuesday
The main idea is to pick a single clean image to use on your card like above--
we dont want a full background of an image with type on it--
See ya Tuesday aloha Mr S

 

Due to a few students not using good judgement, all students must download and install this
NEW DESKTOP WALLPAPER-aloha

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