Tutorial: How to make a fully custom Trainer Card

[Blooregard]

This Guide Is For People Who Know How to Make a TC Through Preset Templates

If you don't know how to do this, this beginners guide will help you step by step:

NOTE: I DID NOT MAKE THIS BEGINNERS GUIDE. CREDITS TO SARAH [A.K.A. Jolteon55_2000/ Special_Dude55]
If you have any questions neomail her at Special_Dude55

Although I like to use TinyPic - Share The Experience!™ to host my images instead of ImageShack® - Hosting

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Alright here we go! This is my first guide!

Making a Custom Template:
Things Required:MS Paint

Step 1:
Open MS Paint and make a square the size for a normal trainer card. I will use 228 x 150.
Screenshot: http://i18.tinypic.com/6cg4via.png

Step 2:
Find a background for your template. I recommend Google or deviantART: where ART meets application! . I like abstract so i will use that. Copy and paste it next to the box. You might need to make the MS Paint bigger.
Screenshot: http://i16.tinypic.com/4kpa69e.png

Step 3: Drag the box over the background. Then erase everything outside of the box. Be careful that the settings are right as shown in the screenshot.
Screenshot 1: http://i7.tinypic.com/63iygr8.png
Screenshot 2: http://i7.tinypic.com/6f6qfeu.png

Step 4: Put four more squares around the TC so that it'll be thicker
Screenshot: http://i7.tinypic.com/53iars4.png

Step 5: Make the corners look like it does in the screenshot. [The pixels added are in the color red and the pixels deleted is green] Now you have the basics.
Screenshot: http://i15.tinypic.com/674fbif.png

Step 6:
Determine where you are going to put everything. I recommend using a rough draft [Making a Duplicate of your template and practice on that]. Experiment and be creative! Or you can use the one from the screenshot to inspire you.
Note for the Screenshot: P1, P2, P3 stands for the pokemon box, and the brown dots are gym badges.
Screenshot: http://i8.tinypic.com/68bge8y.png

Step 7:
Make your final draft. SAVE BEFORE YOU START IN CASE YOU MESS UP!

Tips:

A. I like to make boxes or circles for the Pokemon, but you can use any shape you want. Circles are a little more difficult to put the pokemon in, so i'll just use boxes.

B. You can download cool fonts on the Internet. I used Dafonts to find my fonts. I recommend that your friend code is typed with an easy to read font.
Screenshot of final draft: http://i13.tinypic.com/4zwin8x.png

C. Anything on your Pokemon that is the color white will disappear when you put it on your TC. To get it back, simply color it in with white again.

D. I do not recommend adding on to the outside of your trainer card like I did, or else your trainer card will end up with white sticking out [not good for sites without a white background]

Step 8:
Clean everything up! [Save as a .PNG file so it does not lose its quality]
Screenshot: http://i18.tinypic.com/66tu9nm.png

Step 9: Go to tinypic.com and upload your trainer card there. Take the short link with ".png" at the end. Then put the picture in your sig if you want :D

Congrats! You did it! Now show off the trainer card you made! Also, Don't forget to post what you ended up with here :D

P.S.
Please do not redistribute this guide and call it your own.

[pokedex2536]

Good way to show how to use paint making trainer cards it's also like apple works too for the mac users (i already know how to make a trainer card though)

*REP*

[Tombz A1]

that will come in handy if i decide to make one...

*karma*

[Blooregard]

yayy lurv the karma. thanks guys.

EDIT, i just noticed that i said to find backgrounds at deviantart. don't do what i did, cause thats ripping. unless you really don't give a crap. the reason i did this was because this tutorial was before i knew about that.

[Jamez]

Nice tutorial, *Karma*.

And wow nice theme (Like the XP style, in vista colors) =D, what is it, where can i get it??

[Blooregard]

lol thanks. um the theme is called royale remixed [Three in One package] a.k.a. royale noir and you can download it on deviant art here:
Royale Remixed by ~oddbasket on deviantART

[GMRgeek]

do you have a DA account by any chance?

[Torak]

The thing about TinyPic, is that it reduces your colors. While imageshack doesnt.

EDIT: actually I noticed that your pic didnt, maybe you have to be regestered for it to not do that? Either way the last time I did it it reduced my image cors.

[Blooregard]

Originally Posted by GMRgeek

do you have a DA account by any chance?

Yes i do: lickthmonkeysxd
I actually use it more for subscriptions and comments. i haven't submitted anything yet.

Originally Posted by Torak

The thing about TinyPic, is that it reduces your colors. While imageshack doesnt.

EDIT: actually I noticed that your pic didnt, maybe you have to be regestered for it to not do that? Either way the last time I did it it reduced my image cors.

lol it has never reduced my colors and i never registered. maybe it was the format you saved it as? .PNG has the best quality. the reason i don't like imageshack is because the bandwidth exceeded thing.

[uhhleesha]

This is a very good guide. I'm going to give you karma for this. :]