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Greeting Card Template and Instructions for Adobe Photoshop

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Adding a Logo and Credit Line

Photoshop's preset shapes

Photoshop's Custom Shape Tool is a good place to find simple designs for the back of your card.

1. Find the Logo layer, and either hide or delete the layer and add your own logo for the back of the card. You can hide the layer by clicking the eye in the left column of the layers palette. Make sure you new logo layer is in the "Logo & Credit Line" group. You can drag and drop in the layers palette to move it there, if needed.
If you don't have a pre-designed logo, Photoshop's Custom Shape Tool is a good place to find simple designs for the back of your card. Select the Shape Tool, then click the Shape picker, and from the small arrow in the top right corner, scroll down to "All" to browse the preset shapes.
2. Size and position the logo with the move tool. If you activated Smart Guides, it will help you position the logo in the center of the page.

3. For a landscape oriented card: Don't forget to rotate your logo with the move tool, or the Edit > Transform > Rotate 180° command.

4. Double click on the T thumbnail of the "Add your credit line..." layer in the layers palette.

5. Replace this text with your own text.

6. Adjust the font and size as desired.

7. With the move tool active, click on the "Logo & Credit Line" group in the layers palette, then click "Align horizontal centers" in the options bar. Double check to make sure the group is centered on the page.

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