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Custom Apron Cards - (Printable Versions Only)

By Coindropper

4 years ago


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Post #1 Table of Contents - List of currently posted cards Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

Post #4 Stern Jurassic Park Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

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Post #196 Bad Cats cards Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

Post #550 Williams Diner Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

Post #565 Stern POTC Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

Post #568 Sega Twister Posted by Coindropper (4 years ago)

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#1532 1 year ago

Played around with photoshop yesterday, and came up with a set for my Paragon. The instruction card is a tweak on an already existing one, but the information card is my original. I'm getting the hang of it. LOL

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#1635 3 months ago
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

On a similar note but not quite as egregious, you don't need to shoehorn the manufacturer logos in the design somewhere just to have them. It's not like you don't know what brand the pin is if you can't see it on the apron cards somewhere. Again, forcing various sizes of the logo in the design often takes away from the overall look/presentation of the art. Seriously, what benefit is there (artistically, informationally, or otherwise) to seeing a Stern, Sega, Bally, Williams, etc. logo on an apron card

I add a small Bally logo on ALL of mine, for the same reason I include the name of the machine (that coincidentally, is plastered all over the backglass). I think it makes the result look a bit more professional, rather than just a computer class art project. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, IMO. When my boss sends out company memos, it’s on letterhead which very prominently features the company logo. I have a feeling if somebody suggested he stop doing this, since we all know what company he works for, I don’t think it’d go over well. LOL

I’ve done all my machines, mostly freehand, in colors that compliment the art and/or colors on the game. Here’s a few:

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#1667 62 days ago

Just finished a couple for my newly acquired Strikes and Spares. Includes my serial number, but anybody adept at photoshop can change it.

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#1672 59 days ago
Quoted from pinballinreno:

A lot of the people here cant even figure out how to print them the correct size.
Knowing Photoshop is a big reach...
It might be more helpful to make one without the serial number on it for non photo editors.

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A year ago I didn't either. I just started playing around with Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Word, and I began to find the more I messed around the more I learned. And the more I learned, the better I got. It's not all that different from anything else really.

#1673 59 days ago

Finished up on some new Fathom cards tonight. I omitted my serial number if anybody wants to print them.

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#1683 57 days ago
Quoted from pinballinreno:

There are FEW photoshop videos that are helpful as they are always taken down by Adobe.

Okay I hafta mention how I did some of these. I don’t use Adobe Photoshop. For this S&S, I took a photo of the backglass using my iPhone 15. These new iPhones have a cut-out feature where you can isolate the primary subject in an image, and either paste it somewhere, or save it as a new image. When saved, it’s basically freeform rather than a rectangular photo. I created a new document in Word, filled it with the orange, and imported the figure of the girl onto the image. If you notice her left foot is darker than her right foot, it’s because there are no bulbs in that area of the backglass to illuminate her left foot! Basically did the exact same thing with the “Strikes and Spares” letterhead, and imported that into the Word document. Basically, the rest is just created using text boxes in the word document. Scrolled through a lot of the fonts I liked and picked one. Then I imported that entire image into the Paint program on my laptop, and added the outlines on the perimeter. Saving it as a word document allows you to come back to it at a later time and play around until you produce something that you like. Like I said, there’s a little bit of a learning curve, but basically the more you use it the better you get.

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