PAST AGE (SERIES I) STYLE 03 WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WANTING A CLEAN AND CONTROLLED CARD TEMPLATE. ITS LAYOUT IS THE MOST TRADITIONAL OF THE 3 PAST AGE (SERIES I) CARD GAME DESIGNS. STYLE 03 WAS INSPIRED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS/IDEAS: GLASS, LIGHT, REFLECTION, GOLD LEAF, LIQUID, CURRENTS, NOBILITY, ATLANTIS, CAVES, CRYSTALS, SEA LIFE, FORBIDDEN ARCHAEOLOGY, ANCIENT CULTURES, SPIRITUALITY, AND ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS.
PAST AGE (SERIES I) STYLE 03 WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WANTING A CLEAN AND CONTROLLED CARD TEMPLATE. ITS LAYOUT IS THE MOST TRADITIONAL OF THE 3 PAST AGE (SERIES I) CARD GAME DESIGNS. STYLE 03 WAS INSPIRED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS/IDEAS: GLASS, LIGHT, REFLECTION, GOLD LEAF, LIQUID, CURRENTS, NOBILITY, ATLANTIS, CAVES, CRYSTALS, SEA LIFE, FORBIDDEN ARCHAEOLOGY, ANCIENT CULTURES, SPIRITUALITY, AND ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS.
STYLE 03’S REAR CARD TEMPLATES ALL HAVE 4+ GRAPHICAL LAYOUT ELEMENTS (NOT INCLUDING TEXT AND/OR LOGOS) THAT CAN BE EASILY COLOR-EDITED. THERE ARE 3 MAJOR LAYER GROUPS CONTAINING THE REAR CARD’S ELEMENTS: BORDERS, ARTWORK AND BACKGROUND. THE BORDERS LAYER GROUP CONTAINS 4 MAIN GRAPHIC ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE VISIBLE OR HIDDEN TO CHANGE THE CARD’S LAYOUT.
INCLUDED IN THE STYLE 03 TEMPLATE ARE A PLETHORA OF ICONS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE CARD’S DESIGN. A FOLDER NAMED “ICONS” CONTAINS 30 .PNG VERSIONS OF THE ICON AS WELL AS A .PSD FILE CONTAINING ALL 60 ICONS IN FULLY EDITABLE PHOTOSHOP SHAPE FORMAT. THE VECTOR BASED NATURE OF PHOTOSHOP SHAPES MAKES THESE ICONS SCALABLE TO ANY SIZE, WITHOUT REDUCTION IN GRAPHICS QUALITY. OPENING THE .PSD ICON FILE REVEALS A LAYER GROUP CONTAINING THE 60 DIFFERENT ICONS ON SEPARATE LAYERS NAMED AFTER THE IDEAS THEY REPRESENT. SOME ARE MORE SUBJECTIVE IN NATURE THAN OTHERS TO PROVIDE CARD MAKERS WITH FLEXIBILITY IN DEFINING MORE ORIGINAL IDEAS. ALL OF THE ICONS ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED INTO THE CARD FRONT FILES AS SMART OBJECTS, IN SPECIALLY DESIGNATED “ICON/TEXT” LAYER GROUPS. THIS ELIMINATES ANY NEED TO PLACE ANY ICONS DIRECTLY INTO THE CARD DESIGN UNLESS DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE CARD’S DESIGN ARE MADE BY THE USER.
PAST AGE (SERIES I) STYLE 03 COMES WITH A TOTAL OF 5 PHOTOSHOP LAYER STYLES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO TEXT AND ICONS IN THE CARD TEMPLATE. THE LAYER STYLES ARE INCLUDED IN A SEPARATE PHOTOSHOP .ASL (STYLES) FILE FOUND WITHIN THE MAIN FOLDER. THE STYLES CAN EASILY BE APPLIED TO ANY ICONS AND TEXT BY SELECTING THE TEXT OR ICON LAYER AND CLICKING ON THE PREFERRED LAYER STYLE IN THE STYLES PANEL.
THE STYLE 03 TEMPLATE INCLUDES TWO ACTIONS DESIGNED TO SAVE COMPLETED CARDS IN DIFFERENT FORMATS. THE FIRST PHOTOSHOP ACTION CROPS A FINISHED CARD’S BLEED SPACE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SAVES THE CARD AT ITS DEFAULT RESOLUTION AND COLOR MODE (RGB). THIS MAKES THE ACTION USEFUL FOR SAVING CARDS TO BE USED IN DIGITAL MEDIA. THE SECOND PHOTOSHOP ACTION CONVERTS THE CARD FROM RGB COLOR MODE TO CMYK COLOR MODE (THE STANDARD FOR PRINT), AND SAVES THE CARD WITH THE .25 INCH BLEED SPACE. THIS SECOND ACTION WAS DESIGNED FOR SAVING THE CARD FILES FOR PRINT.
A FAIRLY DETAILED INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS ALSO PART OF THE STYLE 01 DOWNLOAD. THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL COMES IN THE FORM OF A 26 PAGE ADOBE ACROBAT (.PDF) FILE. IT’S TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: LAYER HIERARCHY, PLACING ARTWORK, CHANGING ICONS, TEXT/ICON STYLES, EDITING COLORS, CARD LAYOUTS, BACKGROUND, ACTIONS, CARD REAR, AND FONT RECOMMENDATIONS. IN EACH SECTION, THE TOPIC IS COVERED BY DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THAT INCLUDES NUMBERS THAT CORRESPOND TO VARIOUS IMAGES OF LAYERS, POP-UP WINDOWS, EDITING TOOLS AND OTHER FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS FOUND IN PHOTOSHOP. THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL CONTAINS VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE SECTION TITLE PAGES, ALONG WITH SEVERAL CARD DESIGNS THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, SHOWING VARIOUS LAYOUTS THAT CAN BE MADE USING THE TEMPLATE. IN THE FONT RECOMMENDATIONS SECTION, LIVE LINKS ARE PROVIDED TO DOWNLOAD FONTS UNKNOWN DEPTHS RECOMMENDS USING WITH THE TEMPLATE.
