DIY Business Cards | XO PIXEL !!!

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so today I'll be showing you how to make your very own business cards at home
business cards are great way the easily and professionally DIY Business Cards | XO PIXEL !!! exchanger contact information on the go you never know we might run into
here are some business cards that I created
this design is simple yet pretty effective
I used a very clean edge business card paper
if you have an inkjet printer remember to check if the paper is
inkjet compatible the template I'm using is $

low cost business cards the cards are prefered on the sheet so all you need to do is snap the cartel
with a bit a bending no coding needed lastly
having a high quality printer will either make or break your designs
I recently purchased this Epson WorkForce printer
and I must say it's amazing the photo call the issue to how it looks on the
computer
which is extremely important if you wish to have high-quality results
to download the template for your every business cards
head on over to their website enter the template number
look for the template that is compatible with Adobe Illustrator
click download the two software programs that are used are adobe photoshop and
Adobe Illustrator
open up all the photos you wish to put on the back your business cards and
Adobe Photoshop
when editing I recommend duplicating the lear first before you make any changes
so that you can see a difference and also allow you to keep the original
photo
if you don't like the changes made when editing
it's in good practice to edit non-destructive week you can do this by
using the adjustment layers pain are normally found on the right hand side
this standard adjustments that I do
included Justin the color balance brightness contrast
saturation and adjusting the current levels while you can really see the
difference the adjustment layers me
to now that you're done all your photos
good image mode CMYK color did this all of your photos so that they're ready for
printing
any photo you plan to create should be put in CMYK mode
since the business cards are to buy three and a half
will need to make sure that the photos will be similar to that
aspect ratio to do this click on the crop tool
and go into the preset menu selected to buy three option
and rotate it so it fits landscape wise if everything looks good
then click the check mark for photos are on the porch inside
will do the same thing and decide what part of the photo we want to showcase
this looks like a good part
click the check mark and then save all your photos
I recommend saving your photos as a tip file not a peg
so now let's get started on the design
open up the business card template in illustrating
we're going to design the French the cards first
I'm going to take a ruler in the middle of the cards
to help align the graphics I place the local type on the left to the business
cards
and my contact information on the right remember
this is the fun part because it could be as creative as you like
get creative and fiddle around with what you want to have on the front of your
cards
people minimalistic anything in between
I've created an alternative design that is super easy to make
and it still looks amazing the fund I am using is
aerial I also added a background color
and I change the font color two-way notice that the background is slightly
bigger than the guide
this is to allow for a full breed I also added my main contact information at the
bottom
see local easy it was to make if you don't have illustrator
Avery has templates that can be used in Microsoft Word
if you still have the same design on the front the cards
just copy/paste until you finish template looks like this
now let's start working on the back at the business cards
on the back
you can open up a new template file by making you are bored and copy the guide
onto the newark board like I did
I suggest creating a new layer to keep your work organized
also make sure documents is set to CMYK mode
that way any colors you choose RNC my came not RGB
place all the images you edited in Photoshop
onto the are born at first my place images they're huge
but if you do Mel hardship NJ go quite as you're able to resize the photos
while keeping its proportions
repeat this for all your photos stored it doesn't matter it's all up to you
now we don't placing in finger photos
and as you can see there slightly larger than the guides to give room for a bleed
the last step to designing a business card is to add a logo in the corner
all I did was select my name from the front business cards and I resized it a
little smaller
inequity in the corner I also changed its color to white
added drop shadow to text if the background is too late
tele we finished designing your business cards
now all we need to do is print before you bring your cards make sure to
compare
all your texts outlines for now it's Chris text when printing
in l.a share go to File
then print go into Page Setup and make sure the papers format it for your
printer
in the paper size is US Letter size set scaling to do not scale
set the are bored range
because you want to print the back in front
individually going to set up and make sure that the media type is cool
glossy this is the recommended setting by Avery for this particular pack a
business cards
make sure the quality is set to best now all you have to do is print
the repeat the same steps back
redone
even officially design your own business cards
now hand them out to everyone you know and show off their word
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