Greeting Card

The message 'Valid size not available for this creation' is displayed when attempting to create a greeting card in accordance with the Adobe publication 'Classroom in a Book' page 93. How do I resolve this issue?

If the change of location trick didn’t work you may need to look at privilege settings. Many of the functions in PSE require privileges only available from an Administrators account. It may be the reason why you can’t locate the mediadatabase.db3 file from a user account.
You can do one of three things:
1. Log-in to you Administrators account and launch PSE
2. Create a new Administrators account.
3. Promote your users account to Administrator level.
See this About guide:
http://macs.about.com/od/switchersnewusers/qt/adminuseracct.htm

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How do I create a greeting card using PSE 9?

I just purchased and installed PSE 9 for the express purpose of creating personalized greeting cards. All of the promotional material indicates that I should be able to do this with PSE 9. However, when I try to create a card, I get a message saying that this feature is only available to "Plus" members! Is all of the promotional material (online and offline) in error or is this a new requirement that is not yet documented?

Hi,
Have you watched this video?
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-elements-9/creating-greeting-cards/
Brian

HT204364 How do I make different greeting cards and send them to the same address in a bulk - not having to pay $3.99 shipping for each card

In Iphoto, I would like to produce a bunch of greeting cards with different pics for different people and I would like all these cards to be sent to my home address in one shipment.
The way I understand it, I can only prodce one card and order multiple copies of the same card.
I am looking for a way not to spend $0.99 + $3.99 (shipping)....
Can this be done?
Or is there an app that allows that?
Or how can I save each card and have them printed somewhere else?
Thanks!

Not really because the format is an odd size and when you save it as a pdf file there's a white border around the card.
There are 2 tutorials on how to print them yourself if you have a 3rd party image editor that supports layers or Pages from iWork: iP06 - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card and iP07 - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card to Standard Stock Sizes. Apple has made it difficult to print them borderless unless the card color is the same as the card stock.
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How can I set up the printer for a custom size A7 OR 10X7 FOLDED GREETING CARD SIZE?

My new HP 7610 wide format printer does not have a "custom" paper size selection area. A 5x7 folded (open:10x7) greeting card is surely the most popular greeting card size but is NOT included in the printers size selection area- so - what to do?

I understand that the paper size is supported but not while printing from Windows:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03618348&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
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(Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP)

How do I print to both sides of paper for greeting card on Brother Printer

I did not find the answer on the forum. I have iLife 09 and this Brother MFC-790CW printer. I do not see any automatic setting for printing on both sides. I am using a iPhoto greeting card template and it looks OK with a page one for the front and a page two for the back.
Maybe the only way is to print out all the fronts pages (20) and then put the paper back in and print all the pages 2 (the text inside of the card). That seems like it would be faster than other ways, except automatic.
Obviously I should have done this a month ago and sent the project to Apple, but now I have no more time. Ii have the right paper for the one fold cards and plenty of ink

You need to have an image editor that supports layers. If you do follow the directions in these tutorials:
#8 - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card
#8a - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card to Standard Stock Sizes
Here are some editors that support layers:
Some Image Editors that support layers:
Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac - $79
GraphicConverter - $45
Rainbow Painter - $30
Acorn - $50
Pixelmator - $60
Seashore - Free
Portraits and Prints - Free
GIMP for Mac - Free
You might be able to use Pages instead of an image editor.
Happy Holidays

How do I print on a greeting card in landscape when I can't save custom paper size?

I have a J6450 running on XP SP3 with the latest drivers and patches installed. I have greeting card stock measuring 6.5 by 10.0 inches and a Microsoft Word document with a custom paper size matching the that stock prints in landscape mode. The printer error is "Paper Mistmatch. Paper size or type is incorrect." I have followed the suggestions on the HP support page, changing the Print, Properties, Features options to show "Other greeting card", but can't define a custom paper size to match the stock. The Save option is not available. What do I need to do to make this work?

Here is a link to a HP document for adjusting several settings that may help with your issue.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01824353&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&la...
Dave M.
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How to print 4-fold greeting cards?

I recently upgraded to iPhoto 6.0.5 with the intent of using it to print one-off greeting cards -- NOT necessarily ordering them from Apple.
Most greeting cards programs I've used in the past allow you to print a card on one-side of one sheet of paper, then fold it in 4, so that it fits nicely in a 4x6 envelope. Not so classy, but easy and fast.
For the life of me, I haven't figured out how to get iPhoto to print greeting cards like this. Is there something obvious that I am missing? Other hints for making quick and easy cards with little printing fuss? Thanks in advance...
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I found some software that you can download called Easy Card that allows you to make your own cards or use there templates.
http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ecc/
I just downloaded it myself as I was looking for a way to do it in Iphoto and as you found out there is no way to do it within Iphoto to print so you can do the four fold thing you talk about.
Anyways there software got good reviews and user reviews as well and I am still playing with it on the trial period right now!
I designed a Birthday/ St Patricks day invitation ( my 11 month old has his 1st birthday coming up on St Patricks day) and the easy card software works great in how it works with Iphoto and my clip art that I have. It has an OSX layout so I found using their controls pretty easy in order to get pictures and text and such into my card.
Check it out! It is a free download for trial and can be purchased for $30
I am just about to do it myself once I am satisfied with my first design!
I need to find more clip art though. Maybe they have more on there website once you purchase it!
Anyone know a good site to get clip art??
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How do you print on the back of a greeting card in Photo Creations

I want to put pictures/text on the back of a greeting card created in Photo Creations, how do I do that?
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Hi again, JaysMother.
Are you making print-at-home or ship-to-home cards? For Print at Home, you could make a second card that has just the front image and blank inside surfaces (use the Plain White theme). Then feed the paper through again, upside-down. Experiment with plain paper first to make sure everything's lining up the way you want.
Let us know how it goes!
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How do I print on the backside of a 5x7 folded greeting card?

I am trying to create a folded greeting card to print at home. However, in creating a card and using the template, I cannot figure out how to put an image and text to print on the back of the greeting card. The template does not allow me to add anything on the back.

I don't think it can be done with the supplied templates and when using the "Create Greeting Card" feature.
You can do it yourself by starting with a new image sized to the unfolded card, adding another page, and then adding your design elements to it. You'll save it as a PSE project file, but then you'll have both sides that can be printed.
Ken

Source for Good Pro-Quality Custom Greeting Cards

hello all:
i'm interested to know if anyone has found a source in the US for good, reliable, pro-quality greeting cards that can be made from digital photo files. i've been getting a lot of inquiries from clients about posing for family portraits to be used as holiday greeting cards. this is a service i've yet to offer as part of my growing portrait biz.
importing selected picks into iPhoto and ordering through there seems like a reasonable workflow, however, the prices for iPhoto's cards are kinda high.
thanks,
scott
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White House Custom Colour has excellent press-printed products such as greeting cards, business cards, etc.
www.whcc.com

Can I order more than 1 greeting card at a time?

How do I order multiple greeting cards in iPhoto? I seem to only be able to order one at a time...

You can't.
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TD

Looking for a for an all-in-one printer that is compatible with greeting card programs...

looking for a for an all-in-one printer that is compatible with greeting card programs...my original one was an HP PSC 1510...replaced it with a Deskjet 1050 & it does not work...any suggestions?

I bought an epson xp650 a couple of months ago and cannot fault it. It does everything I require and it is the wifi model so I can print directly from my ipad/iphone. Not sure if you are asking about the colour of the unit or just to be able to print black and white, Obviously all printers will print black and white but just to give you a little more info the printer I bought is the white version and it looks really nice sat next to my imac 27''
Hope this helps.

Valid size not available for this creation when using Greeting Card feature

Using PSE9 with a Mac. When attempting to create a greeting card, after selecting the photo, the Greeting Card, I receive a pop up error message as follows:
"Valid Size Not Available For This Creation". (All other Create functions such as Photo Book, Photo Calendar, and Photo Collage appear to be working). I have been in contact with Adobe Support and have been instructed to do a number of things from creating a new preferences file to uninstalling and re-installing the PSE software, with no result. Has anyone else run into this problem, and if so have found a fix? Thanks.

I've been tearing my hair out over this one also. I've been on hold for over 10 hrs with Adobe Support waited over almost 2 weeks and still no resolution. I'm trying to create the Save the Date cards for my wedding and I can't wait for Adobe. Removing the preferences file and uninstalling/reinstalling does not fix the problem.
That said I did figure out a workaround for this. It's easy but it does require Windows. For me this was no big deal as I do own a Windows box.
Get the free trial version of PE9 for Windows and install it. If you don't have a Windows computer get to a friend that has one
Upload some of your photos to the PE9 Windows Organizer (it's identical to the mac version)
Select Create and then Greeting card. Photoshop will launch the guided edit feature for greeting cards.
Select the Layout feature and once you find out that you like save it as Photoshop project. Repeat this step for as many layouts as necessary.
Copy your Photoshop project files (and any folders) to your mac.
Open the project files as you would with any other Photoshop file.
You can now select the Create feature. You will be able add your pictures and resize them, you will be able to add/remove text, you'll be able to change the backgound/borders, add graphics...pretty much anything...EXCEPT automatically modify the layout. If you click on Layout, PE9 returns nothing. You can however go into full edit mode and if you have decent Photoshop skills you can make any changes to the layout manually.
If I had to put money on this I'd say that there is a problem with the PE9 Mac installation package. For some reason it is not deploying the layout data/files or it is not putting them in the right place. For this reason the program can't find the layouts when the user selects the greeting card guided edit.
Good luck.

Sending Flash greeting card to multiple recipients with personalization

Hello.
We are creating a greeting card in Flash and I need to send it to several people and enable others in my company to also send it to their contacts. I want the end panel to read something like "Dear [Client Name], Season's Greetings from [name] and [organization]. The card will be distributed via a link in an email. I think I will create one presentation for each employee so that their name will be on the end panel.
Is there a way to embed text strings in the email hyperlink so that when the user clicks the link, Flash will add those strings to the presentation? I really appreciate any help you can offer!

Yes, that is what I read from your first posting. If you look at the link I provided in my last reply you will see that it embeds some data that follows the question mark. That is where you will embed the data you want for the url. If you are not familiar with hiow that is done, the format is basically....
http:/www.someurl.com/somepage?data1=name1&data2=name2&data3=name3... etc
So in your case you'd be using the names where I show name1 and name2, etc... (data1, etc are arbitrary variable names)
What you need is something waiting at the url that extracts that information and my first posting describes a couple of ideas for that. A PHP program is geared for extracting those variables almost directly.
One thing you could also consider is not using the actual names in the url, but instead using some codenames that you use to look up the real names in a separate data file, but that is just an enhancement on the task you need to take care of.

Can Anyone Tell Me How to Create Greeting Cards with Photoshop Elements 7 or 8?

I need a 7x10 page setup so that when the card is folded to a 5x7 my photo is landscape on the outside of the card. Currently I can only find a 8 1/2 x 11 paper size.
Thanks,
Lexington59

In Photoshop Elements 8 Editor, go to the Create tab, and you will see Greeting card, with 5x7 page size.

How do I get the greeting card function to work? Every time I try to open it I get an error message?

How do I create a greeting card? Everytime I click on the greeting card option under create I get an error message about size. I have never used or tried to use it before.

Try this, for starters:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/error-valid-size-available-creation.html

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