I'm planning on making some greeting cards for the holidays, and I've never actually done this before. ScottW suggested that I ask all of you for suggestions, so here we are =)
I specifically need to be able to use my own custom image on the front and preferably on the inside as well. I wouldn't really need any pre-made templates.
Also, I don't mind paying for a piece of software, so non-free suggestions are fine.
this will sound like a rig but a few years ago i used paint.net and a dvd jewel case creator program. (i forgot which one) i came up with some pretty cool cards for almost anything. but i'm sure theres a good program, maybe lifehackers would know, they seem to know a lot of software
I've found these free programs from Serif Software to be easy to use and have many features.
For cards you might try PagePlus - its fairly close to Microsoft Publisher.
Serif offers free versions of their programs hoping you'll buy the upgrade.
They don't say they run on Vista, though the PhotoPlus I have runs fine for me on Vista.
If you want something with a little more ooomph, try Scribus, the open source desktop publishing program.
Paintshop Pro!!!
Probably way beyond what you have in mind ... LOL.
But it's my absolute favorite - you can do anything: make a template so it will print foldable cards, give it a frame with a Xmas theme, use tubes to add Xmas elements etc. etc.
Here's the card I made with it last year (from I photo I took on the one day of frost we actually had that year)
This was the original photo I started with ;)
Have fun!
Sarah.
(and I have loads of Xmas tubes to share ;-D)
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