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PAST AGE (SERIES I) STYLE 02 WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WISHING TO TAKE THEIR IMAGINATIONS TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS THROUGH A FAIRLY VERSATILE CARD DESIGN. ITS DESIGN SUPPORTS A WIDE ARRANGEMENT OF SYMMETRICAL LAYOUTS. STYLE 02’S DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS/IDEAS: METALLURGY, FLAMES, SMOKE, MANA, ENERGY, MAGIC, MYSTICAL FORCES, GEMS, JEWELS, GOTHIC THEMES, LIFE AFTER DEATH, HORROR, MACABRE, AND OTHERS.


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Card Front

STYLE 02’S FRONT CARD TEMPLATES ALL HAVE 14+ GRAPHICAL LAYOUT ELEMENTS (NOT INCLUDING TEXT AND ICONS) THAT CAN BE EASILY COLOR-EDITED. ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE CARD TEMPLATE ARE ORGANIZED INTO NEATLY ARRANGED PHOTOSHOP LAYER GROUPS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS CONVENIENT CARD LAYOUT CHANGES BY SIMPLY MAKING LAYER GROUPS VISIBLE OR HIDDEN. THE 14+ GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS ARE SORTED INTO 5 MAIN LAYER GROUPS: UPPER AREA, MIDDLE AREA, LOWER AREA, ARTWORK, AND BACKGROUND.

Card Rear

STYLE 02’S REAR CARD TEMPLATES ALL HAVE 5+ 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 5 MAIN GRAPHIC ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE VISIBLE OR HIDDEN TO CHANGE THE CARD’S LAYOUT.

Icons

INCLUDED IN THE STYLE 02 TEMPLATE ARE A PLETHORA OF ICONS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE CARD’S DESIGN. A FOLDER NAMED “ICONS” CONTAINS 60 .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.

Layer Styles

PAST AGE (SERIES I) STYLE 02 COMES WITH A TOTAL OF 4 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.

Actions

THE STYLE 02 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.

Instruction Manuals

A FAIRLY DETAILED INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS ALSO PART OF THE STYLE 02 DOWNLOAD. THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL COMES IN THE FORM OF A 33 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.

Contents

MAIN FOLDER:

0. UTILIZATION LICENSE.txt

1. Manifestation CCS (Past Age – Series I) S02 – Info.txt

ICONS FOLDER:

2. Icons.psd (Editable Photoshop shape layers)

3. 60 Icons (.png format)

STYLE 02 FOLDER:

4. S02 Instruction Manual.pdf

5. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Front CS1).psd

6. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Front CS2).psd

7. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Front CS3).psd

8. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Rear CS1).psd

9. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Rear CS2).psd

10. Past Age – Card Style 02 (Rear CS3).psd

11. Text-Icon Styles.asl

12. Actions.atn

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