I haven’t tried your templates, but may tonight as a starting point. I want to make templates so I can print occasional card in LR. I may make an export preset with a PS action to make a drop shadow and bring it back into LR.

Thanks for your presets. I’m see how they work. I’m just surprised that more people haven’t posted printing presets.

Thanks,

Reid ]]> http://www.mainesight.com/blog/2009/11/29/free-lighroom-greeting-card-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Paul Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:48:05 +0000 http://www.mainesight.com/blog/?p=246#comment-44 Hi Reid, Apple's Pages is a word processing/page layout program. I imagine that Microsoft Word (or OpenOffice) would work. Of course Adobe Illustrator would work too. The key is to make the file the correct size (5.125" x 7.25") and respect the cut lines that WHCC uses--- so that your top and bottom lines of text don't get cut off. When prints are submitted to WHCC, you use their ROES software, and you select a folder of images and then you drag and drop your prepared files onto the card template. I drag the front image to the front, the back image to the back (all clearly labelled in the software), and do nothing for the inside spread since I make blank cards. (There's no merging of images needed.) Once you're a WHCC customer, you can download template files that will help you design the cards yourself if you like (although my Lightroom templates should take care of the front for you). Send me an email if you like, and I can email the WHCC template files. I hope this helps---let me know if I can clarify things more fully. Did my templates work on the Windows version of Lightroom? Cheers, -paul Hi Reid,

Apple’s Pages is a word processing/page layout program. I imagine that Microsoft Word (or OpenOffice) would work.
Of course Adobe Illustrator would work too. The key is to make the file the correct size (5.125″ x 7.25″) and respect the cut lines that WHCC uses—
so that your top and bottom lines of text don’t get cut off.
When prints are submitted to WHCC, you use their ROES software, and you select a folder of images and then you drag and drop your prepared files onto the card template.
I drag the front image to the front, the back image to the back (all clearly labelled in the software), and do nothing for the inside spread since I make blank cards. (There’s no merging of images needed.)

Once you’re a WHCC customer, you can download template files that will help you design the cards yourself if you like (although my Lightroom templates should take care of the front for you).
Send me an email if you like, and I can email the WHCC template files.

I hope this helps—let me know if I can clarify things more fully. Did my templates work on the Windows version of Lightroom?

Cheers,

-paul ]]> http://www.mainesight.com/blog/2009/11/29/free-lighroom-greeting-card-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-43 reid Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:47:05 +0000 http://www.mainesight.com/blog/?p=246#comment-43 I'm proficient in LR, but don't understand a couple of things: I'm in the PC world, so I'm not familiar with Apple Pages. What does that do and what is the PC equivalent? How do you "stack the front and back images," ? How do you merge the 2 images together to come up with a front and back of the card? thanks, Reid I’m proficient in LR, but don’t understand a couple of things:

I’m in the PC world, so I’m not familiar with Apple Pages. What does that do and what is the PC equivalent?

How do you “stack the front and back images,” ? How do you merge the 2 images together to come up with a front and back of the card?

thanks,

Reid ]]>