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Giovanni

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  • Ines
    June 30, 2019

    I’ve been working with an illustrator that has given me several greeting card designs. I decided to try a few on my own but I haven’t been able to figure out how to put a dashed line down the middle for the fold. Is this line necessary for a printing company to know where the fold goes on a 10×7 layout?

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    • Giovanni
      June 30, 2019

      Hi Ines! You do not want to put a dashed line in your art because it will get printed! Instead, use a guide when you are designing the greeting card so only you can see it and will let you know where the fold line is. Your printer does not need you to show them where the fold line is because we think of it as a 10×7 flat piece of paper and very easily we can measure the fold is at the 5″ mark.

      Also, if you ever do want a dotted line as part of your artwork, all you have to do is create a line and go to Window > Appearance, a window will open and you can click on STROKE which will give you the option to make it a DASHED line and you can control the size and space between lines etc.

      Hope that helps! If you need a quote for printing your greeting cards, please request a quote here: https://www.mmprint.com/greeting-card-printing/

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      • Ines
        June 30, 2019

        This was immensely helpful! I’m so glad because now I can rest assured that I’ve been doing it right!

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  • Chibi
    January 9, 2017

    Making a card for a client at the moment; this tutorial was very helpful, thank you!

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    • Giovanni
      January 20, 2017

      Chibi, glad to hear! Thank you for your feedback.

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  • ras
    August 19, 2014

    One error!
    In new document image Dimensions are misplaced. Width is 10″ and height is 7″.

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  • Stella
    May 7, 2013

    Hi (:

    Nice tut, I have a question, how do you design both the inside and outside of a card and then print it?

    Yeah, I’m pretty new with the whole photoshop/illustrator thing.

    Help will be appreciated.

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    • Giovanni
      May 8, 2013

      Good question Stella! Greeting cards are printed flat first, then scored for folding.
      The inside is simple, just left and right panels. But the outside you have to visualize the folding and what side the outside front panel is actually on when the paper is flat…

      When you design it, you will design it as a flat piece. For example, a 5 x 7 folded card you design as a 10 x 7 flat card.

      Best way to visualize the outside is to take an actual piece of paper, fold it and mark each panel. This way, when you design it, you will know to design the cover panel on the right side and the back outside on the left side.

      Hope this helps!

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  • Miroslav Svestka
    April 20, 2011

    Thanks … a GREAT tutorial on designing cards … very to the point !

    Miroslav Svestka

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