Baseball Trading Cards

bobcool

Just sharing some baseball trading cards I did for my son's team. This was an end-of-season gift for the players, printed on stiff card stock to stand up to folding or creasing. Needless to say, they loved them and got a kick out of seeing themselves on a "trading card." The only thing I didn't have was the stats and stuff on the back, but no matter.

I'm sure I'll get comments about using the Topps logo, so be it. I didn't charge for these - they were a gift. If I ever decide to charge for these, I'll probably change the logo to "Tapps" or "Tipps" or something similar. :wink

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jmphotocraft

Those are awesome! Where did you get the border? The pics are top notch too.

bobcool

Hey Jack, several times I tried to create baseball card template and just couldn't come up with one. Even the ones you pay for are not that great. So, I searched for trading cards online and found a good photo of one taken for directly above. I saved it and then modified it to my liking, cutting out everything but the border. I then simply added a layer for the action shots, then a layer for our team logo (that I designed), and then another layer for the Topps logo. I added one last text layer for the player names and now I have an interchangeable template. I might customize it more and then sell to parents next year to pay for ink and stiff photo paper.

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pipster

bobcool wrote: »

So, I searched for trading cards online and found a good photo of one taken for directly above. I saved it and then modified it to my liking, cutting out everything but the border.

You do know that what you did might be construed as copyright infringement. If so they might leave you enough to eat your gruel with a wooden spoon.

pipster

Here are a couple of links you might want to make yourself aware of.

Copyright http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-definitions.html

johng

Bob, those are fantastic. Didn't know they still did Topps cards. Well done

bobcool

Thanks Jack and John, appreciate the comments. I printed these myself so I could control the borders and make sure nothing was cut off.

Pipster, thanks for the link to the copyright website. I'm not concerned about any type of infringement - these weren't for sale or used to promote my business or used commercially in any way - this was all personal in nature. If I decide to actually charge or advertise these I plan on creating my own version like Jack did.

pipster

[QUOTE=bobcool; then another layer for the Topps logo.
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[QUOTE=bobcool;1959651

Pipster, thanks for the link to the copyright website. I'm not concerned about any type of infringement - these weren't for sale or used to promote my business or used commercially in any way - this was all personal in nature. If I decide to actually charge or advertise these I plan on creating my own version like Jack did.[/QUOTE]

I am no lawyer but this statement taken from one of the links I provided earlier might be of a concern to you. It looks like for copyright infringement to occur you do not need to sell any images just publicly display them like you did.

What is copyright infringement?
As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

bobcool

pipster wrote: »

I am no lawyer but this statement taken from one of the links I provided earlier might be of a concern to you. It looks like for copyright infringement to occur you do not need to sell any images just publicly display them like you did.

What is copyright infringement?
As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

jmp2204

lol nice cards!

GZim

Great job on the cards. I am trying to do the same for my daughters U11 Soccer team... any help would be greatly appreciated.
What program did you use to create the cards? I have Elements 10, but have no idea where to begin....
what size are they?
Where do you get them printed so they are on card stock?

Thelensspot

Some nice sports shots here. I like the baseball cards effect. I'm sure the team will get a kick out of that format.

bobcool

GZim wrote: »

Great job on the cards. I am trying to do the same for my daughters U11 Soccer team... any help would be greatly appreciated.
What program did you use to create the cards? I have Elements 10, but have no idea where to begin....
what size are they?
Where do you get them printed so they are on card stock?

Hey GZim,

Thanks - I used CS5 to create all the different text and logo layers and the trading card frame, enabling me to easily insert a layer with a photo of each player, update the name, and then save to .jpg.

I'll PM you for more detailed tips...

-Bob

Juano

Great idea! Fantastic pictures too, many pro players would like pics that good.

bobcool

Juano wrote: »

Great idea! Fantastic pictures too, many pro players would like pics that good.

Thanks Cristobal! It helps when I can get close inside the fence - makes cropping not as bad since I have more pixels to work with...

jerryr

Hi -
Great idea !
In the spirit of sharing, here is a photographer with some excellent Sport Banner designs :
http://www.cindijonesphotography.com/Sports/Banner-Samples

Marketing tips :
http://jrcustomization.com/2015/07/marketing-tips-from-jones-photography/

- jerryr