How to Create a Postcard in Photoshop
Whether you want to show off your new baby, let your friends know you "wish they were there" on your vacation or create invitations to an upcoming theater performance, creating custom postcards is quick and simple using Photoshop. Photoshop, the graphics component of the Adobe Creative Suite, offers functionality to make a variety of postcards with just a couple of clicks and a few minutes' time.
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Instructions
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Create a postcard in Photoshop by opening the program, clicking "File" and selecting "New." Name the file "MyPostcard." Set the size to 6 inches by 4 inches. Click the "Mode" menu and select "CMYK Color." Click the "White" button under the "Contents" section, then click the "OK" button and a blank postcard template opens on the screen.
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Pull down the "View" menu and select "Fit on Screen" to give you more room on the screen.
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(Optional) Click the "File" menu again and select "Open." Browse to a photo on your computer to use for the postcard and double-click it. It opens in Photoshop. Click the "Lasso" tool on the "Tools" palette on the left side of the screen. Draw an outline around the part of the photo to use for the postcard or all of it, then press the "Ctrl" and "C" keys on your keyboard. Click back to the "MyPostcard" box and press the "Ctrl" and "V" keys to paste in the selection. Drag it into place with your cursor.
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Click the "Type" tool, which looks like a "T" on the "Tools" palette and select a font, color, size and position from the text toolbar at the top of the page. Click into the "MyPostcard" box and type a message, such as "Greetings from North Carolina!," "Wish You Were Here" or "Born November 6, 2010."
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Reduce the type size, change colors and add other postcard information as preferred.
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(Optional) Give the postcard an eye-catching background by clicking the "Paint Bucket" tool. Pull down the "Fill" menu at the top of the page, click "Pattern" and click inside the "Pattern" box. Choose a background design such as checkerboard or bubbles. Click in the white space of the "MyPostcard" box, which fills with the design behind your text and graphic.
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