vigilante
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Not sure where to post this question or even if this is the right forum, but since I'm a member
This is more of a publishing question.
I designed a graphic like a product card that goes in product packaging. The same card template can be used for many products, and thus each card may have different product title and information etc.
The problem is, I am easily able to edit these cards, but no one else can. In other words, picture this scenario:
1) I create a single "card" (about 3.5x5 inches) in Photoshop, including a small bleed.
2) I create a full 8.5x11 in Illustrator and LINK the PS file in 4 areas so I can print 4 cards to a page.
3) Any changes I make to the single PS template, it updates in Illustrator as needed.
4) Each time I have a new template with a different product, I save it out to PDF so they can be printed directly without using PS/IL again.
This is perfect for me, but the boss is saying they want a template where other employees can edit the text, product description, titles etc and print it out.
Nobody has Adobe software except me on my workstation.
I have not been able to find a way to allow this "template" to be easily editable by random other people (without them screwing it up!) and not using super expensive software to do it.
The only possible idea I've come up with is to print the templates as blanks, then use Word to create overlay text boxes in the right places. So people could open the Word template, type their text, then put pre-printed paper in and print over it.
Any other ideas?
This is more of a publishing question.
I designed a graphic like a product card that goes in product packaging. The same card template can be used for many products, and thus each card may have different product title and information etc.
The problem is, I am easily able to edit these cards, but no one else can. In other words, picture this scenario:
1) I create a single "card" (about 3.5x5 inches) in Photoshop, including a small bleed.
2) I create a full 8.5x11 in Illustrator and LINK the PS file in 4 areas so I can print 4 cards to a page.
3) Any changes I make to the single PS template, it updates in Illustrator as needed.
4) Each time I have a new template with a different product, I save it out to PDF so they can be printed directly without using PS/IL again.
This is perfect for me, but the boss is saying they want a template where other employees can edit the text, product description, titles etc and print it out.
Nobody has Adobe software except me on my workstation.
I have not been able to find a way to allow this "template" to be easily editable by random other people (without them screwing it up!) and not using super expensive software to do it.
- I can't use PS or Ill, those are only on my workstation and people need some level of training to use them, plus they could mess up the template itself if not careful.
- I've tried using Indesign for the whole project, but I'm not as good on it and it frustrates me to use. Besides, nobody else has that program either.
- I tried creating it with Adobe Acrobat, but creating the various text fields in the right places with right alignments at right sizes and trying to tweak the auto-size feature is just not practical, it simply doesn't work good, or at all!
- Microsoft Word and Excel are completely out, even though everybody has them. Those programs do all manner of graphical distorting and compressing and destroying. We can't use them for our quality prints.
The only possible idea I've come up with is to print the templates as blanks, then use Word to create overlay text boxes in the right places. So people could open the Word template, type their text, then put pre-printed paper in and print over it.
Any other ideas?