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mayapj
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February 14, 2020
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New, still learning: What program is best for self-illustrated cards?

  • February 14, 2020
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I want to print my own small, pen/ink illustrations on foldable cards. I don't own any type of image-editing program and am realizing I may need to invest in one in order to prepare an accurate file for printing - yes or no? Any tips on what I should invest in? Thanks.

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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February 14, 2020

JPG  for drawings?  No.  Too much data is lost in JPG lossy compression.  

 

Better to scan and save to high quality TIFF.   Bring the TIFF into a vector graphics app like free Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.

 

Difference between JPG and TIFF

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-tiff-and-jpg/

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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February 14, 2020

What I would do

 

Make my drawing(s) and scan to JPG

 

Import those JPG files into MS Word and resize once in Word to make them fit on a page that you will print/cut to card size... might be 2 per page, or whatever size you want to be able to fold into a card

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