Has anyone here used one of the websites that offers personalized greetings cards please?

[William Overington]

Has anyone here used one of the websites that offers personalized greetings cards ever used one of them to produce an A5 size card of some artwork they he or she has produced using an Affinity product please?

For example, one can buy, in shops and online, A5 greetings cards that have on the front a printed reproduction of an artwork produced by a professional artist, either historically or present times, such that the card has no mention of being a greetings card on the front, and may have a printed greeting on the inside right page or may be blank so that someone sending it can write a message of his or her choice, perhaps for an occasion for which ready-made greetings cards are not available. Such cards can be framed and displayed  if so desired.

I am thinking that, purely as a hobbyist activity, that I would like to try to get some cards of that type printed for my personal use, maybe just one or two or three copies of each design, of some designs that I hope to try producing using Affinity software, which seems affordable.

There seem to be details that are not always specified, such as whether the card arrives ready-folded, much as if one buys a card in a shop, or unfolded with a fold line indented, or what.

Also, it might be that CMYK printing is used, so I would need to avoid designing something with RGB colours that might not get reproduced.

Some of the sites seem to assume that the personalized card will use a photograph, and I am wondering if that means jpg files are needed rather than PDF, and also whether the finish is glossy or matt or chooseable.

William

 

 

 

[Lee D]

Hi William,

This isn't really the right place for this question as it doesn't relate to an issue with our apps. However from my personal experience it's worth checking with the company/site you are going to to be using to see if they have any particular file requirements that you need to know before starting your project. As they may need you to use a particular file format, DPI or colour format before their system will accept a file.

In terms of delivery, designs such as cards can arrive both folded and unfolded, again it's worth checking with the company first.