Perfect Card Prints - Tutorial

[Axiom_Nor]

Step 1: Create your card, and save it to your computer.

 

Step 2: Open your card in an image editing program, such as Photoshop, GIMP, or Powerpoint.

 

Step 3: Resize to Length : 3.375 Width :2.3125 INCHES

 

Step 4: Get Photo Paper, or High-Gloss paper, and configure your printer settings to "Photo Paper" or "Pictures" or "High-Gloss Paper"

 

Step 5: Print on high quality. (You can print up to 9 cards per page, but the more cards, the higher chance of smudging, miscutting, etc. I recommend 4 per page, spread into the corners)

 

Step 6: Take a "Straight Edge Cutter" or scissors or an Exacto-Knife and a Ruler, and cut out the cards, and try to be as EXACT as possible. (Remove the shiny thing in the bottom right corner on the print out.)

 

Step 7: Rubber Cement works best. Apply a SMALL amount evenly over the entire card, and/or print out.

 

Step 8: Put cards together. MAKE SURE THE BACK MATCHES THE FRONT!!!

 

Congratulations, you just made your own cards.

[+Jono]

Awesome. Thanks. But when resizing, that's to cm right?

[Axiom_Nor]

oh.

no.

Inches.

[KillingKid]

Thanks for this tutorial. I was tempted to enter a Tournament since they look SOO realistic. This is probably the best tutorial that there is here on YuGiOh Card Maker, I'm sending you some points 'cause of this. Mod's, please sticky this!

[Exiro]

Wow, this is very helpful.

 

I feel like repping you for this.

[Kale]

thank you for taking the time to post this. ^_^

 

i needed to know those measurements, taking a ruler out every time is no fun...

 

though there used to be a very long number on the forum before... like in CM?

 

thanks again..

 

~K

[Spire]

Thanks for this.

 

Very helpful.

[sportsplayer627]

I already knew about 4 months ago but it is good for other people to know!!

[Axiom_Nor]

All of this has been posted somewhere on YCM before.

 

I just put it all together and made it simple.

[KillingKid]

Well even if you did rip it, it's a very helpful post, and some people (like me) are noobs at this stuff.

 

STICKY FTW!!!

[WH1T3KN1GHT2008]

nice

[TheGiver]

thank you

[Uchiha]

This is a well thought out post.+Rep

[+Jono]

oh.

no.

Inches.

 

Could you post it in cm? +1 rep if you do.^^

 

EDIT:

It's:

W: 5.9cm

L: 8.6cm

[.Digital.Simplicity.]

This is awesome.

[Phantasy Dreamz]

i dont print cards i made

but i suppose this is helpful to those who do

^^........ nice

[Axiom_Nor]

Thanks for all the good comments.

[Dark Insectivore]

If only me and my friend had read this before printing off our cards...

[Protoman]

nice man thanks

[JG.]

Nice tut.

[Matteron]

Nice tut very helpful for people who are to lazy to use a ruler(me)

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By any chance can you use paint to resize them with paint. because i don't have any of those programs.

[Chiengu Ruu]

Nice Tut, but can someone help me?

I print out my card and it was the right size, but it had bad quality.......how do I make it high quality??? I using Photoshop CS3.:(

I need answer ASAP!!! +3 rep for the person that help me (if it work).

Edit: Never mind, I know what I missing...... T.T

[Spiff!]

this is awesome!im gonna + rep you for this one,you really deserve it.

 

id love to print my own cards.if i can find a picture of the back of a card,i could PM you it to put on here.

intead of,you know,gluing them to other cards.just print the card and the back right next to each other,then cut the whole thing out,fold it into a card, and glue it in the middle.

 

alternatively,you could make someone a Birthday Card with this method.

[Catman25]

Do you know how many pixels the resizing is?

[Corinthian]

Good tut. Now I might play test Kale's allies...