Diplay informational placecards

[CampWest]

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I have been working feverishly this morning on a new template. MPIX has a 15% off everything sale going on this week, so I might try to get a big order in here pretty soon.

This new template is a very similar design to the previous one, but is 5x7 to allow for a more substantial presentation and incorporation of photos for photo-matched or style-matched items or a simple player portrait. Same design, layout and fonts. And will likely again print it to a metallic paper. I've printed a couple tests and the 5x7 seems pretty big, at least next to a bat. Might go with a 4x6 for bats and save 5x7 for jerseys.

Open to critiques if you think something could be improved. I personally like the blue and grey as most of my collection is Royals stuff. I might swap out the colors if I make a placecard for a player from another team.

BTW, love what you did there RaiderNation... I've been considering incorporating a team logo as well.

[CampWest]

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and one more design with a single vertical picture... I decided to go with 4x6" for all of these. That size seemed a little better when displayed with bats and gloves. 5x7 seemed a little bit too big. 5x7 might work better with a larger item like a jersey. I've created files for most of my photomatched Billy stuff that can be attributed to Doubles, HRs, awards and other accomplishments. I'll post back again after I get some prints in with this round of placecards.

[DJaeger22]

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Before you print them, bat is misspelled toward the end of the Billy Butler one. Very cool though, I wonder if you could put a Royals logo faded behind everything.

[CampWest]

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Before you print them, bat is misspelled toward the end of the Billy Butler one. Very cool though, I wonder if you could put a Royals logo faded behind everything.

thanks... good catch! I caught that when I made the second and had to go back and redo it... grrr. I wish Photoshop had spell check.

What's that old saying? A picture is worth a thousand misspelled words.

[esquiresports]

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Very nice updates. Thanks again for sharing your template. I used it to create my own place cards and the company you recommended was incredibly fast. Cutting them was tricky for sure. A solid background for the entire sheet, like you noted, would have helped, but I am completely lost in Photoshop. I may have to "upgrade" to your larger layout for a few!

Scott

[CampWest]

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Got a few more place cards I'm going to be ordering... just thought I'd share and revive this old thread. Also, trying something new with the Hosmer bat and including the embedded photo matches instead of just the original photo. Never did get around to incorporating a logo, but at this point I'm going for consistency.

[onlyalbert]

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Wes, what is the cost of each size? Do you just email them the file you create?
All looks very nice!

[CampWest]

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Wes, what is the cost of each size? Do you just email them the file you create?
All looks very nice!

I've been doing these at 4x6" prints, which seems a good size. I use MPIX.com, which is the retail arm of professional print shop Miller Printing. These 4x6 cards, I print on metallic paper and single weight mat board which makes them nice and sturdy - thicker than a few baseball cards - and then I tack on the Lustre finish to add a nice shine. So all told I think its about $4 per card, looks like currently they run 59 cents for a 4x6 metallic paper print, 44 cents for the Lustre, and 230 cents for the single weight mat board mounting, so $3.33 per card plus shipping and tax. Just not expensive at all. I wouldn't do it for every one of my items, but for the photo-matched stuff I like to put that story with the item.

http://www.mpix.com/products/prints/papers