Business Card help

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(10-19-2022, 07:37 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Do not worry about about asking questions, there are some here who really are pests.

Print size and resolution is something many beginners have problems with. In this case it is probably due to the brandy template card.ai which opens in Gimp same as a PDF. The default for a PDF is 100 ppi and it is up to the user to set 300 ppi. I think that is what happened, I mentioned it right at the start of that first video.

Gimp works in pixels and the mathematics is simple: size-in-inches x 300 ppi = size in pixels. So with the bleed margin included, it becomes 2.25" x 3.75" = 675 x 1125 pixels

Whatever you do, do not scale your small image up, It will make it blurry. If you need to start again, then start again.

Until you have that sorted in your mind, you can use the attached Gimp image. card.xcf.gz It is the brandy template + a medal layer Add whatever extra layers are required. A proper background to hide the template, a different medal up-to-you.

When it comes to adding text, do not make it too small, it becomes faint. The next one is rotating the image from Portrait to Landscape, That will introduce some bluring as well. Will Brandy accept the upright image ? Try them.

You can 'enhance' faint text just by duplicating the appropriate  text layer.

When complete, save your work as a Gimp .xcf  Export the same image as a png. Use the png image to make your PDF.

If Brandy insist on CMYK color mode there are online convertors such as https://www.pdf2cmyk.com/

Thank you again!

I downloaded your template and will try again.  The first PDF I sent them returned a comment of blurriness.  I used my medal image that was 600 x 1500 & 744kb.  I would use yours but was not smart enough (yet) to find how to put a drop shadow on it to make it stand out better.  The original medal photo was 2400 x 3000 & 42.5mb which I masked off to remove the box it came with.
Attached are 3 screenshots hopefully showing my attempts.







Does this help in describing how I mess up?

Thanks.