Sure, you can use clip art or photos “as is” but for that extra touch, consider a little editing. You don’t even have to be an expert with graphics software to turn canned clip art into custom creations for your greeting card.
This is Lesson 5 in the 9-Day Create a Greeting Card Class. If you did not receive or lost a previous lesson, retrieve it here: Missing Lessons
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Edit, Resize, Recolor
There are dozens of ways to modify graphics. We’ll tackle just a few.
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What is a Graphic?
In addition to the basic definitions for graphics, clip art, and graphics style, explore the expanded definitions for Clip Art, Border, Dingbat, Downrule, End Sign, Graph, Lines, and Rule.
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Orientation and Folds
In addition to the definitons for document setup, portrait and landscape orientation, and imposition I encourage you to check out the bonus material with expanded definitions and information on Margins, Crossfolds, and Imposition and Printer’s Spreads.Instruction
Setting Up Your Document
Some programs will have templates that do all the initial set up for you. If not, here are a couple of basic layouts to get you started.
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