Designing Your Greeting Card Online
Getting Started With The Greeting Card Design Tool
Accepted Image File Types
- Accepted image file types include JPG, PNG, GIF and SVG.
Redcliffe displays and prints card designs in sRGB. Most modern cameras are set by default to use the sRGB colour space, so this means you will not have to do anything more.
NOTE: If you are used to preparing your images in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Lightroom using ProPhoto RGB or Adobe RGB (1998) colour profiles, then you’ll need to convert your files to the sRGB colour profile. Otherwise you risk having your images appearing desaturated like the example below.
Image saved with ProPhoto profile
Upload Your Image File
Click the Add Image button and browse for the image file you would like to use for the card design. Your image will load on the front of the card and automatically appear as a thumbnail on the reverse of the card.
You can use an alternative image or logo for the thumbnail image on the reverse of the card - just click on Placement 2 (the thumbnail image) to select it and upload an alternative image.
Use the scaling tool shown below to enlarge or reduce the size of the image in the placement area. You can also adjust the position of the image on your card.
This is particularly useful if you want to crop some of the image or highlight part of the thumbnail image.
Allow Your Image To Go Outside The Safe Area
For best results allow your image to go slightly OUTSIDE the red dotted lines of the safe area.
In the example above, there will be no unsightly grey edge when the card is trimmed as the image has been allowed to go beyond the red dotted lines.
Adding & Formatting Text
Click on Add Text to add a line of text to the card. You can format your text with a range of fonts, format as bold or italic, change text colours and add a text stroke (colour outline) if required. Scale your text to any size that you require.
Add text to the inside of the card if you wish. Remember to keep your text within the Safe Area which is highlighted with a red dotted line.
You can only enter one line of text at a time, do not try to copy and paste a large block of text.
How do I add a © copyright symbol?
- On a PC hold down the 'Alt' key and key in the numerals 0169. When you next lift your finger off 'Alt', the copyright symbol will appear. You must use the numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard.
- On a Mac simply enter Option + G
Keep Your Text Within The Safe Area
The Safe Area is highlighted with a red dotted line. For best results, keep your text INSIDE the Safe Area!
- Everything inside the safe area will be preserved.
- Content outside the safe area may be trimmed out.
In the example above, the word "Strawberry" needs to be placed within the dotted red line to ensure that it is included in the final card.
Want to Save Your Design?
You may wish to save one of your card designs to recall later, perhaps you want to use it as a base template that holds all the details about yourself. You can then recall it whenever you wish to add a new image or design. Start by clicking on Save Your Design For Later.
Note: You will have to create a registered user account to access the saved design feature. Find out more here about creating a user account
Want to Load a Previous Design?
Click on Load Previous Card Design to see your saved designs. They will appear in date order, load the design you want and continue with designing it. You can also delete any unwanted designs.
