Help Topics/Creating Print Projects
How do I create Trading Cards?
Julie Gendron June 12, 2010
Click on the blue button in the top right corner labeled (Trading Cards).
NOTE: As you will notice there are a few options for printing your shared photos. This list will keep building as the Kinzin Team continues to add more printing options.
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ADDING A PHOTO TO THE FRONT OF A TRADING CARD
When you click on the (Make Trading Cards) button you will land on a page where you can add photos, titles, stats and details.
Trading Cards can be created from any photos in any album within your Group. To choose a specific album click on the drop down menu that contains your album names. Each album that you have previously created will be in this drop down menu. When you find the album that you want to choose from, all the images in that album will appear as small thumbnails. Click on the image that you want to use and drag it onto the left hand, black box with the green target.
ADJUSTING IMAGES
The image will appear where the black box once was. You will then have the option to enlarge the image by clicking and dragging the (Resize) scroll bar.
You can also reposition the image in the square by clicking and dragging the image around.
ADDING TEXT
You have the option of adding details about the image to the Trading Card by clicking on the (Edit Back of Card) button on the right hand black box.
ADDING TITLES, SUBTITLES, DETAILS, DESCRIPTIONS
You can add several details to the back of each card. These include Title, Subtitle, Show titles on the front of the card, several details separated by a colon, and a description.
The default setting Show titles on the front of the card will need to be unchecked in order to not include a title on the front side of the card.
TEXT EXAMPLES
You can add several details about the person or subject on the front of the card by using the small boxes separated by colons. In the example above, we have added statistics about the soccer player on the front of the card. You can add any details you want. Here are a few examples:
- Birthday
- Sporting stats
- Favorites (favorite food, player, movie, color, movie, school subjects, or anything you can dream up)
- Dislikes
- Title or role in the group
Last but not least, you can add a paragraph or two about the subject where it says description. This description can be up to 400 characters long.
Once you are satisfied with what you have written you can click on the (Apply) button. You can also decide not to continue at any time by clicking on the (Cancel) button.
NOTE: If you want to completely delete all of the words that you have written in any box on the back of the card then select the words with your cursor, hit the (Delete) button on your keyboard and click on the (Apply) button again. This will eliminate what you have written completely. It will not be printed on the back of the card.
DELETING IMAGES AND TEXT
You can completely remove an image on the front of a card or the text on the back by clicking on the 
button.
SCROLLING THROUGH THE TRADING CARDS
Once you are ready to move to the next card you can click on the blue arrow to the right of the screen. These blue arrows allow you to move back and forth among the 10 cards in your order. The card you are viewing is indicated by a blue outline around the miniature versions of the cards at the bottom of the screen.
NOTES:
Each Trading Card order contains 10 cards. You can see how many you have completed by looking at the green progress line at the top, center portion of the screen.
If you start a set and can't complete it then you can always click on the (Save and Close) button in the top right corner of the screen.
If you forget to save your project or something interrupts you Kinzin Autosaves your project. When you want to continue all you have to do is go back to Print Projects.
DUPLICATING A CARD
If you want to make multiple copies of the same card in a single order you can do so by going to the card you want to duplicate and clicking on the (Duplicate Selected Card) button at the very bottom of the page. You can do this as often as you like until it fills in all 10 cards.
COMPLETING THE ORDER
Your order will be complete when you have filled up the 10 miniature black boxes at the bottom of the screen.
There is also a green line at the top of the screen that indicates what percentage of the order you have completed.
Clicking on the (+ Add to Cart) button will allow you to pay for your order and send it to its postal destination.
Please be sure to review your order before you click the (+ Add to Cart) button.
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