![]() ![]() ![]() If you don’t have an exact idea about your design, there are tons of business card inspiration websites, such as : The Design Inspiration, Card Nerd, Card Gala, Cardonizer, Cards Observer, Creattica, Cardview. I have a pretty good idea regarding the design I am going to do for this tutorial, so we will skip the sketches. Some designers use sketches to help them better envision their design. Step 2 – The Designįor the design you need to have some basic idea on how would you like your business card to look. To ease this step for you you can download the blank PSD template with the guide lines included from here. For that we will establish some guidelines and symmetry lines that will aid us place the design elements better. Now that we have established these things we can start the design process. The standard bleed edges are of 0.125 inches all around, and thus the file size of 3.75 x 2.25 inches. This is because we need to leave some margins, called bleed edges for the printing machine. You may notice the size is not 3,5 x 2 inches as discussed previously, it’s slightly larger. This gives it the needed clarity needed for the printing to be according to the industry sttandards. Also the standard resolution for print work is 300+ dpi. It’s a bit easier to work with as the file size is smaller. 16-bit is the recommended depth, but for demonstration purposes we will use 8-bit. The color depth we will use is 8-bit, but you can just as easily use 16-bit or 32-bit. In general print work is made in CMYK color mode and web work is made in RGB color mode. It covers a bit of history, design, size information, special formats, software and more.Īs you can see we will be working with CMYK Color mode instead of RGB. Wikipedia has a great entry on business cards. Size varies depending on the geographical location mostly, but the most common size, and the one we will be referring to is 3.5 x 2 inches. The second thing is a basic knowledge of business cards, what does one include, and, most importantly its size. The first thing you will need is obviously Photoshop. Step 1 – Size, bleed edges, color mode and resolution The last option requires some Photoshop knowledge and that is what this business card tutorial covers, designing a simple, modern business card template in Photoshop. There are a few options of getting business cards : hiring a designer to create a business card design for you, buying a business card template from websites like We Sell Design, Creative Market, Graphic River or you can design your own business cards. No matter who you are, if you are doing business of some sort, chances are, at some point you will need business cards. ![]()
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