Incase you can't tell by the name of the thread, I have taken the liberty (and time) to create a fully vectorized template of the post 8th Edition MTG frame.
Color is easily changeable, and this template is also surprisingly useful for cleaning up somewhat blurry high-res card scans and other templates.
My God that's beautiful. Good job man. You know if you ever have the time, would you be willing to do a couple renders (5 to 6) for me? Just wondering. Anywho, the frame is amazing. :):o
The shadows are as vectorized as I can get them in Photoshop, and they're done using layer blending effects (mostly bevels, a few strokes and drop shadows).
Do you plan to post here all color and type versions?
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I can change the gray to be any color you want. Also, I can use this to clean up a high-res template for a regular magic card.
On a slightly different note, I just cleaned it up a little bit using a few techniques I didn't even know were possible until I accidentally discovered them on Tuesday night.
The following the template in the first post reworked to fit almost perfectly with a 1200 dpi scan of Ith.
Would you mind posting the PSD? This says it's a png (Does png support vector?) And it would probably work better for fixing up low resolution shots if you filled the "background" (inside border) with neutral grey so you could change it to overlay mode and see the pattern of the card on which you are working. (PS the edit fill function in Photoshop is not the actual neutral grey but a close approximation. It depends on your monitor but google neutral grey and then play around if you want exact.)
Sorry, it's around 100 MB, and even changing it to Grayscale, removing unnecessary layers, and shrinking it to 600 dpi, I can still only get it down to about 1.1 MB (I can't shrink it any smaller or it starts losing a little quality because Photoshop can't vectorize the shadows/strokes, it just scales them when you resize the image).
And it would probably work better for fixing up low resolution shots if you filled the "background" (inside border) with neutral grey so you could change it to overlay mode and see the pattern of the card on which you are working. (PS the edit fill function in Photoshop is not the actual neutral grey but a close approximation. It depends on your monitor but google neutral grey and then play around if you want exact.)
First off, what I have there is technically a neutral gray (it has equal parts red, green, and blue), and I can just make that layer invisible if I'm working with something where I want the background to show through.
Mainly the rectangle tool, the circle tool, and layer styles (bevels, strokes, and drop shadows), but also a little bit of the pen tool to touch things up.
Sorry I was in such a rush to offer my help I forgot to check if you had already used neutral grey. Stupid me. Can you post it to Box.com? or can you email to me? My adress is the same as my MSN handle.
Incase you can't tell by the name of the thread, I have taken the liberty (and time) to create a fully vectorized template of the post 8th Edition MTG frame.
Color is easily changeable, and this template is also surprisingly useful for cleaning up somewhat blurry high-res card scans and other templates.
Comments and suggestions are more than welcome.
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The shadows are as vectorized as I can get them in Photoshop, and they're done using layer blending effects (mostly bevels, a few strokes and drop shadows).
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I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I can change the gray to be any color you want. Also, I can use this to clean up a high-res template for a regular magic card.
On a slightly different note, I just cleaned it up a little bit using a few techniques I didn't even know were possible until I accidentally discovered them on Tuesday night.
The following the template in the first post reworked to fit almost perfectly with a 1200 dpi scan of Ith.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
Edit What techniques?
Pngs do not support vectors. Think of them as high-quality jpgs that support transparency.
First off, what I have there is technically a neutral gray (it has equal parts red, green, and blue), and I can just make that layer invisible if I'm working with something where I want the background to show through.
Mainly the rectangle tool, the circle tool, and layer styles (bevels, strokes, and drop shadows), but also a little bit of the pen tool to touch things up.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.