How to Make Business Cards?

[Mike]

Anyone know of a freeware program? Hell, I could try and make one in M$ Paint.

Ideas/recommendations?

[RicheemxX]

use the gimp I know you can I know you can make your pic/ card a little bigger than what it actually need to be and at least 300dpi

I did mine w/ Photoshop @ 600dpi. The printer I sent it to wouldn't accept anything less than 600dpi and it had to be an .eps.

[John Prophet]

http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/desc...crd.zip.shtml3 this is freeware that works with Word

others http://www.winsite.com/bin/Search?q=...&submit=Search <--get your pop up blocker ready for this site, lol

[Mike]

Ohh sure... You guys are just trying to make me be creative.

[Chuckiechan]

If you are starting from scratch, you probably need to use Photoshop or something like it.

Basically, you need to make all of your art and information fields seprately then size them and move them into position. Besure to start with the right dimensions, first! Lastly, blow up your image and clean up lines and spots and dots, etc. with the eraser tool.

Once you have one card good to go, you use Word/Tools/envelopes and lables/Labels (pick sheet style #**) and click full sheet of same labels)/new document.

** You may need to manually enter the dimensions as a "custom" label **

Then cut and paste your new card into the squares made when you click on Word/tools/Envelopes & Labels/New Document.

Print...

[RicheemxX]

Originally posted by Mike
Ohh sure... You guys are just trying to make me be creative.

what did you think someone was going to offer to do all the work for ya...lol

the 600dpi idea is good higher res is always better check with the printer your using if your not printing them yourself some also limit file size

[Roy]

I picked up an older version (6.0) of PrintShop Pro at a computer show for about $10. It does biz cards and much, much more.

If your Cali Valley is Saint Ferdinand's, there's a show at CSUN this weekend.