Official Thread for Information on Card Making for Newbies

[tobi is obito]

Originally Posted by Sand Demon Gaara

This is the official thread for information on card making for newbies.

Here are all the templates for all the cards.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...-007/backs.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...ckrounds-1.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l.../jutsuback.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...issionback.jpg

Now how to post your cards:

[url]http://register.photobucket.com/?special_track=nav_tab_join_now[/url]

That’s the link to photobuket.com. Accounts are FREE. Once you have an account, upload your cards on it. Then front click the IMG code just below the pic. And then paste it to your post and preview your post so it’s the right size.

Now make sure there is no white around the card cuz it will make the card small on the post.

WHITE BORDER

This is for Photoshop users only.

1) Select the layer you want to put the border on

2) Go to Layer up at the top of the screen

3) choose Layer Style > Outer Glow

Structure

4) Choose Blend Mode: Screen

5) Skip Noise, beneath that, select the bubble to the right

6) Click the box next to the bubble

7) choose the black to white preset selection

8) move the white marker under the shaded box it shows as far left as possible, so the whole thing is white. Click OK

Elements

9) Skip Technique for now

10) Spread should be 0%

11) Size can vary between 1 or 2, whichever looks better.

12) Go back and pick Precise or Soft for Technique, whichever looks better for the pic, as some will look better in different ways. Click OK.

You now have a clean white boarder around your card image.


If I forgot anything please feel free to share it.

hey sand demon gaara do you have any client templates???

[Curse marke Sasuke]

Woot, you guys made it!
Gimp tips are too long to post, someone should do it though. I'm busy atm.
I may try to upload some upgraded jutsu templates if I can get some free time.

[Shino'sDad]

Another thing to add to the First Post

Standard Card Display Size

This will make the template and the card overall match in size and dimensions to the same size as the cards posted in the Card Lists.

Example:

http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/image...s_s10/n353.jpg

The px ratio is 350 x 490.

This will allow the cutting pasting of combat attributes, stats, hand and turn costs, etc, to fit perfectly onto the template.

This can be adjusted by selecting the layer of the Base Template and going to Image < Image Size. Make sure to turn off the Constrain Ratio box or such, as it will make it a couple pixels off. Then, choose pixels as your form of sizing, and enter 350 width and 490 height.

Example:

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u.../AwesumaV2.jpg

See? They are the same size now. Happy Card Making.

[Kisame8988]

Thanks Shino'sDad. I never got the right size for the cards, always having the stats/name a tad bigger than I wanted to. Now I won't!

PS.
PM me how to do white borders again =]

[tobi is obito]

Originally Posted by tobi is obito

hey sand demon gaara do you have any client templates???

still asking...

[Punkd]

Does anybody use GIMP2.0?

I need some advice, i use it, and when i post my cards they appear on Bandai very small...

[VSA]

Yo everyone, here is a litte something I whipped up to help with card titles (it isn't finished yet)

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o...etterscopy.png

[Sand Demon Gaara]

Originally Posted by VSA

Yo everyone, here is a litte something I whipped up to help with card titles (it isn't finished yet)

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o...etterscopy.png

Wow thank you very much. this will help the thread.

[VSA]

Letters? Done

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o...ersetccopy.png

[naruto4ever]

Originally Posted by VSA

Letters? Done

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o...ersetccopy.png

Dude i dont know if you can space those some more but if you can it would ROCK!