5 Free Professional Resources For Postcard Printing
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 |
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So let me tell you five of the best free professional resources for postcard printing. Just read each item below and see if you can use these to help you out in printing your own color postcards. Remember, all of these are free so there really is no risk.
1. Free design software online – To design postcards, one needs some design software. Luckily for many designers, there are actually many design applications available for free online. That is right! Though there are great applications such as Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Publisher that come at a cost, for the thrifty designer, there are equally capable applications that come at no cost whatsoever.
Applications like GIMP, Inkscape and even OpenOffice.org are just a few examples of desktop publishing applications or design software that you can use for your color postcards which are of course free. While there is some learning curve in using them, once you get the hang of it, you can create great looking postcards easily and you did not even have to pay for the software. So it is a win win really as long as you have some determination to learn something new.
2. Templates from printing companies – Another free resource that many professionals exploit for their postcard printing are postcard templates. There are plenty of free postcard templates that you can download from postcard printing companies. These typically are great as a foundation for your postcard designs, making it easier to insert and add in design elements without worrying about the dimensions.
Since this came from postcard printing companies, the dimensions and settings of the template should be ideal for easy printing later on. So if you want a faster time in designing postcards, just look online and get those templates from printing companies.
3. Pictures from creative common sites – While pictures can be had freely online, if you want to use them for postcard printing there are restrictions and some require you to pay royalties. Luckily for you however, there are “creative commons” sites out there that offer images for free, even if you use them within your color postcards. Sites like Flickr and Openphoto all have digital image galleries that have creative commons licenses. These are great sources of free images which you can use for all your color postcard designs. Just make sure you add the correct attribution when possible.
4. Fonts from font database sites – Text within postcards require some great fonts. Luckily for you there are hundreds of free font database sites out there. Professionals typically use those sites to look for the kind of font that exactly fits their theme. Sites like dafont.com, urbanfont.com and 1001fonts.com are just a few common examples of places that you might be interested in. You just need to download the fonts, install them and use them freely for your postcard designs. It is that easy.
5. Free design guides and advice – Now, if you are new to postcard printing, a great free resource for information and advice are design blogs. Printing companies and printing professionals typically have design and printing blogs that give free advice on how to create designs and print those designs for postcards.
Moreover, article databases also provide a lot of references and guides to correctly design postcards. So all you really have to do is to search for the information you need and the right information should easily be available online for free.
So as you can see, there are lots of free resources that will contribute a lot to your postcard printing. Use them and save yourself a lot of money in the process.
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