How to Create a Postcard in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to Create a Postcard in Photoshop CC.
For this tutorial, we will be covering how to make artboards for both the front and the back of the post card as well as the actual back side of the postcard.

In Photoshop, open a new document and change the Width to 5.47 inches and Length to 4.21 inches. Change the resolution to 300 pixels per inch. Leave everything else like we have it.
Now to use artboards, select the layer and click on the menu icon on the layers toolbar.
Click Artboard from Layers. Name the artboard Front and click ok.
Now click the menu icon again and click New Artboard. This time name it Back.

Now we’ll have two artboards that look like folders, however you’ll have two separate spaces to work with. For the front of the postcard, feel free to get creative! You can put anything from a photo to a collage of photos and texts! For the back of the postcard, however, we’ll need to create the text lines as well as the location for a post stamp. The easiest way to approach this is to add guide lines that’ll help us have everything aligned properly. Press CMD+R to bring the rulers. Now click and drag from the ruler to the document to create a guide line. Drag it towards the center and the line should snap to the center automatically. If it doesn’t happen, make sure you’ve got the right artboard selected.

Now create a new layer, select the pencil tool and choose a thickness of 3 pixels.
Click and draw over the line. To center it in your document vertically, click the Align vertical icon on the toolbar. Create another layer and draw a new horizontal line. Using the arrow keys, nudge it to the center of that half of the page. Press CMD+J three times: this will duplicate it three times. Select the last layer that was duplicated and drag it down to where the last line should be.
Now select all four layers and click the three dots on the toolbar. Click on the Distribute Vertical Centers icon.

To create the stamp rectangle, create another layer. Stamp sizes vary so we won’t need precise dimensions. Choose the marquee tool and draw a rectangle shape. Go to Edit - Stroke.
Choose 3pixels and make sure everything else looks similar to what we have. Press OK.
Now with the move tool, just drag it to align with the lines we already have.
At this point, you can add additional text where you desire.
This can be your personal name, branding, description of the front of the postcard, and so on.

❓ When was the last time you sent a postcard by mail? Please let us know in comments.

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[tinjavier]

Can't wait to try this! Thank you for this tutorial. I'm still very new in Photoshop. This will help me a lot.

[JazsiielovesWeezy]

This was perfectly explained thank you!

[aloha.]

Explained perfectly. Very good job.

But I have a question I would like to print this double sided. Like a real postcard. How can I do this? Do I have to save the document or can I print it directly from photoshop?

Thank you in advance!

[motzolala]

Hello and thank you! Do I have to create the front and the back side of postcard together in the same file of photoshop?Thanks in advance.

[JohnLaGuardia]

How then do you prepare it properly for printing?

[ADPX]

If you take the file to a print shop, I am assuming they can put that together and this format makes it easier for them?

[colette]

Pretty useless if I don't know how to print what I just made in photoshop. When I go to print in automatically puts makes the front and back one paper. I cannot separate them to print.

[violetaaguilorodriguez]

How to save the file without losing the postcard format?

[Ayantrix]

You should have given a template of this

[albizzie]

How did you set your print settings for this ? I seem to have trouble printing it the way it should

[freedomwatchdog]

Can this be emailed over to a printing company? Also, what if we want to use a photo covering the entire front and back ... can we impose text over it on both front and back?

[InappropriateShorts]

idk how he got the picture on the front

[fahimedits]

Hi bro, Can you tell me How to animate it, " Like when someone click on it it will flip to thehe back side, and clicking again it will reverse.

I will waiting for your reply.

[yogaleroygotjokes]

Had to stop because it didn’t show how to add a photo and I have no idea. Would have been helpful to not totally jump over that step