Show us your business Card!

ginger_55 · April 23, 2005

On the way to find a subj for the challenge, I happened on having done this photo, so I made a business card out of it. The info on it is all the info people need from me.

Where would you all suggest I get it printed inexpensibly on the internet?
Or as cheap as possible.

g

ian408 · April 23, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

On the way to find a subj for the challenge, I happened on having done this photo, so I made a business card out of it. The info on it is all the info people need from me.

Where would you all suggest I get it printed inexpensibly on the internet?
Or as cheap as possible.

g

Go to an office supply place and grab a package of Avery's business card
stock. You can print what you need at home.

A package is something like USD$10.

Ian

Andy · April 23, 2005

i have mine done at overnightprints.com the quality is excellent and the price is right.

lynnesite · April 23, 2005

Like Andy, I have mine done at overnightprints.com. What I like best is the weight of the cards, and the small lots they'll let you do to proof. $14.95 plus shipping for 100.

Here's mine:

luckyrwe · April 24, 2005

Wow Lynne, that picture looks almost 3D!

lynnesite · April 24, 2005

luckyrwe wrote:

Wow Lynne, that picture looks almost 3D!

Thanks--it's a reduced opacity version of the original image with a little color shift, the clouds were made with the plug-in Aurora 2.

photoshow · April 24, 2005

Thanks for the tip Andy, these guys are just a few miles down the road from my office.

Tim Kirkwood · April 24, 2005

Great Thread Ginger....I too like to see others cards never thought of starting a thread for it.

Here is mine, it too is a really bad scan of it. I need to figure out how to better use my scanner to get better results. The card looks great in person.

Anyways.....here it is...

Sam · April 24, 2005

Wow! Some great cards here, and I can really see the individual styles. Here is my ah...since i'm not in business, call it a contact card. My volume and use is such, that I just print them 8 up from PhotoShop as needed.

Sam

Sam · April 24, 2005

lynnesite wrote:

Like Andy, I have mine done at overnightprints.com. What I like best is the weight of the cards, and the small lots they'll let you do to proof. $14.95 plus shipping for 100.

Here's mine:

Lynn,

Great card! It shows your interest and capibilities well.

Sam

Dee · April 24, 2005

Oh gosh, that reminds me
printing up some cards has been on the back burner so long.... I never know whether to put both design and photography on the card, or just photography... don't want to carry two cards around.

I get bored easily, so I set up a file with different cards.... wonder where I put that file now?

Neat thread idea Ginger!

blackwaterstudio · April 24, 2005

Great cards everyone, I'm looking to find some help on how to make these. I have something in mind but can't seem to get it to work on PSCS.

Any help would be great.

ginger_55 · April 24, 2005

Dee wrote:

printing up some cards has been on the back burner so long.... I never know whether to put both design and photography on the card, or just photography... don't want to carry two cards around.

I get bored easily, so I set up a file with different cards.... wonder where I put that file now?

Neat thread idea Ginger!

Thanks, Dee. You all should I take the credit for this thread idea?

I asked a question about where to get card printed on the internet, included my card idea.

I came home, it was moved, it now had a great title and was a whole thread...................

I love the idea, too. But it really only derived from a question I asked. Someone else made it into a great thread.

ginger

lynnesite · April 24, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Thanks, Dee. You all should I take the credit for this thread idea?

I asked a question about where to get card printed on the internet, included my card idea.

I came home, it was moved, it now had a great title and was a whole thread...................

I love the idea, too. But it really only derived from a question I asked. Someone else made it into a great thread.

ginger

Thanks, Sam, and Ginger, how about putting www. before gingersnap.smugmug.com? People are used to looking for the www. I know you weren't looking for a critique.

jds, overnightprints.com has a nice layout guide to make sure your layout works within their trimming parameters.

Like you, Dee, I have two businesses, like being able to run up small bunches of different variations, keeps it fun.

You guys that scanned your cards--you didn't create the originals yourselfs in PS or equiv?

Sam · April 24, 2005

jdsphotography wrote:

Great cards everyone, I'm looking to find some help on how to make these. I have something in mind but can't seem to get it to work on PSCS.

Any help would be great.

All righty now....what can't you get to work? What are you trying to do. Name the task, and the guru's here will tell you in minute detail how to do it.

Just saying I can't get to work, doesn't give us anything to respond to.

Sam

Tim Kirkwood · April 24, 2005

lynnesite wrote:

You guys that scanned your cards--you didn't create the originals yourselfs in PS or equiv?

I scanned mine because the program that I used to make mine(before I knew the ins and outs of PS CS) does not do conversion to .jpg it will only save the file in its own format. So I just did a quick scan to share what it looked like. I plan to redo the card in PS CS soon though.

Tim

simon bennett · April 24, 2005

lynnesite wrote:

Thanks--it's a reduced opacity version of the original image with a little color shift, the clouds were made with the plug-in Aurora 2.

Woah... back it up, those clouds were 'made' with the plug-in: Aurora... what the? *heads to google to do some research*

The only Aurora I've had contact with flies using plasma and some help from my friends thanks to a little reverse-engineering.

Lynne, is your plugin for Photoshop:
http://photoshop.pluginsworld.com/plugin.php?editor=adobe&software=photoshop&plugin=220

... or for After Effects or Final Cut:
http://www.digitalanarchy.com/aurora/aurora_main.html

?

blackwaterstudio · April 24, 2005

Sam wrote:

All righty now....what can't you get to work? What are you trying to do. Name the task, and the guru's here will tell you in minute detail how to do it.

Just saying I can't get to work, doesn't give us anything to respond to.

Sam

Thanks Sam, I'm looking at a simple card, Company, name, address, phone, email, and website, then list all the stuff I do, I.E. Sports|Portraits|Wildlife etc

David_S85 · April 24, 2005

FYI - Avery makes available its Design Pro software free. I have an older copy that came with a pack of tear-off business cards, but it is also a free download (52MB) from their site. Well worth the price if you have a printer that is up to it.

Andy · April 24, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Thanks, Dee. You all should I take the credit for this thread idea?

I asked a question about where to get card printed on the internet, included my card idea.

I came home, it was moved, it now had a great title and was a whole thread...................

I love the idea, too. But it really only derived from a question I asked. Someone else made it into a great thread.

ginger

ginger, i told you already i'm *everywhere* heheh well it was your idea, i just moved and retitled it

Andy · April 24, 2005

lynnesite wrote:

You guys that scanned your cards--you didn't create the originals yourselfs in PS or equiv?

yeah, of course.. but i don't have it online... so this had to do, i had scanned it a while back and it's sittin' in my forums stuff gallery

Shay Stephens · April 24, 2005

Here is one of my cards:

Only difference with the real one is the addition of an email address on the card.

I also have a generic wedding card I use that looks like this:

(edit) the old cards are not showing up since I redid them. Sorry about that.

Andy · April 24, 2005

Shay Stephens wrote:

Here is one of my cards:

handsome fella, innhe?

Sam · April 24, 2005

jdsphotography wrote:

Thanks Sam, I'm looking at a simple card, Company, name, address, phone, email, and website, then list all the stuff I do, I.E. Sports|Portraits|Wildlife etc

I'm still unclear with regard to what your having trouble with. Is it the key strokes in PS to put all this together or the creativity to get that wow factor?

Creativity needs to come from within, the key stokes I can help you with.

Sam

LiquidOps · April 25, 2005

After I finish redoing the website to go with my Smugmug acct, I will print these...

what do you guys think?

Thanks,

Steven

ginger_55 · April 25, 2005

I remember that shot, Steven. You have done something to it. Now it looks metallic and those reflections are even better.

Nice card.

ginger

simon bennett · April 25, 2005

Shay is a handsome fella from what his card presents.

photoshow · April 25, 2005

Here is mine

Front

Back

Someday I will have a real graphic designer do them. Design really is not one of my strong points

mercphoto · April 25, 2005

A business card I use for kart races (printed as a 4x6 glossy at CostCo):

A business card I use for motocross races (again, 4x6 glossy):

I then have a "normal" business card that I don't have scanned in at the moment.

ginger_55 · April 25, 2005

I am going to have to go with 4 X 6s, if that overnight site doesn't e-mail me back.

Maybe it was all I had going on, but I just could not get the instructions yesterday.

g

Shay Stephens · April 25, 2005

I do all my cards myself using 4x6 prints. They look great, of course, and are easy to make on the fly. In fact I am prepping some to get made today.

ginger_55 wrote:

I am going to have to go with 4 X 6s, if that overnight site doesn't e-mail me back.

Maybe it was all I had going on, but I just could not get the instructions yesterday.

g

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