GFX Design-it-Yourself Postcards: Help and How To Information

Can You Add Your Own Photos & Graphics?

Yes - high resolution only. After you order, you can send them to your Customer Service Representative and ask them to include your logo or other graphics and photos. This is a custom design service and you'll have access to a designer to work with directly -- there's no additional charge for this service as long as you are using at least one of our stock photos or templates -- we'll provide one set of proofs and one set of revisions free. After this, there may be additional charges and you'll be notified of any additional charges before we proceed.

Click to Design-it-Yourself and build your postcards online.Click to test your browser's Flash version.

5 Steps to Design Your Own Postcard.

LEGEND: Icons and What They Mean

1. Browse or Search Categories of photographs and "Select" one. You can Select a photo by either clicking on the thumbnail, or directly on it in the larger view.

2.You can now customize the front with a Headline and/or your Logo. You can also leave it blank. "Click and Type Here" means that you move your mouse into that area and click on it. English only. Click "Continue" at the bottom of page.

3. Select a template for the back side. Note that the horizontal template can be further customized, eg: you can remove the return address, postal lines, etc. in "More Options". If choosing the vertical non-mailer, there are no additional font choices for the footer/bottom/address area. Click "Continue" at bottom of page.

4. You're almost done! At this Preview stage, you can edit the front or back, or Continue to place your order.

LOGO & OTHER GRAPHICS YOU WANT TO SUPPLY : your logo and other graphics need to be high resolution. Your GFX representative will contact you once they receive your order and provide further instructions on how and where to send your logo and/or other photos and graphics..

5.Place Order online using Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

All your selections will be visible on the order form, which you can go back and change if necessary.

Privacy Policy

This information only applies to the Design-it-Yourself section of the GFX Printing web site. You'll be using images supplied by GFX. The Design-it-Yourself section of our web site uses Flash 6.0, JavaScript, Cookies and CSS extensively and your browser preferences has to accept all the above. NO personally identifiable information is collected by GFX until you place an order; it is stored on your own computer to create postcards (DIY) and save photographs up to 30 days (Lightbox).

 
Lightbox.

The Lightbox feature is to add (+) or remove (-) your favorite images (not full layouts that you've created) into a Photo Album. You can save photos for up to 30 days. Note that your Photo Album will not work unless you accept cookies. These images are saved in your own computer, not in GFX computers. Any watermarks, distortion, fuzziness, cutting off, or other anomolies viewed on your monitor will not be in the final printed postcards.
Application Zoom.

This text zoom feature is to get a close-up of your text in the application. Once you are over 100% (up to 200%), just hold your mouse down within the red box, and you can zoom different areas of the photo and text. The photo will probably show up fuzzy or cut off, but don't worry, it won't print that way!
Zoom.

The photo zoom icon is to view a larger photo. All photos are thumbnails until you zoom in on it.
Select.

The checkmark icon is used to "select" your photo for further customizing.

Previous Page.

For "previous" page of the thumbnail photos.
Next Page.

For "next" page of the thumbnail photos.
Search.

You can search using a keyword to find a photo. The search function is located near the top right-hand side.
View Lightbox.

You can view your lightbox (Photo Album) once you have saved at least 1 photo. Your favorite photos can be accessed for 1 month, as long as you don't clear your browser cookie sessions.

Want to do more?

If you'd like to use one or more of our stock photographs for your marketing campaign, but need further customization, GFX can provide a custom layout for you. The cost is a flat rate of $75 Canadian for any quantity ordered and we will provide digital proofs prior to printing.

 

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