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12/18/2003 10:26:36 PM · #1 |
I made this last night and when I find out where I got the templates from on PBASE I will post the link...
2004 calendar
Calendar Templates- free
Warning- some buns inside
Message edited by author 2003-12-18 22:28:02. |
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12/18/2003 11:25:45 PM · #2 |
| I make a family calendar every year. It's an 9x6 photo with title on top and a 8x10 calendar below. The calendar portion has all the birthdays/anniversaries/holidays/etc pre-printed. It's a nice way to make it hard to forget a birthday or other family function. |
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11/22/2004 04:50:16 PM · #3 |
Any suggestions for other calendar templates or ways to create a clean, simple calendar layout in photoshop ?
I'm thinking of creating one this year, with a full bleed, letter image on the top and a calendar on the 'back' of the next photo. Any suggestions/ pointers would be really useful.
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11/22/2004 05:17:27 PM · #4 |
These are great!
I downloaded the templates for 2005 when we got back from vacation and made them using our Canyon/Desert photos. |
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11/22/2004 05:22:51 PM · #5 |
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11/22/2004 05:44:08 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Any suggestions for other calendar templates or ways to create a clean, simple calendar layout in photoshop ?
I'm thinking of creating one this year, with a full bleed, letter image on the top and a calendar on the 'back' of the next photo. Any suggestions/ pointers would be really useful. |
You could probably create a template that includes a masked space for the photo and calendar month.Then it would just be a question of choosing images and the months to which they relate. A template could be created for both vertical and horizontal images.
The How to Wow book for photoshop has great instructions for creating templates.
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11/22/2004 05:46:45 PM · #7 |
Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm going to have the photo full page, on one side - without any additional text. I'm looking for full page calendar templates, with the days/dates per month for 2005, to print on the back side of each photo.
Most of the templates I can find seem to have a space to drop a photo in to the middle of the calendar text - I'd rather keep them on different pages, similar to the ones that shutterfly.com and others provide. However, I want to print them myself because of the quality of shutterfly and similar sites.
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11/22/2004 10:53:55 PM · #8 |
Hi Gordon,
What I would do for this type of calendar is get paper I can print on both sides ('cuz I don't normally keep it). Print the photos I want on one side using whatever photo program I feel like at the time.
Then take all the sheets and run the otherside through the printer and print out the calendar blocks using MS Word or Publisher or the like.
Just remember you would need 13 sheets of paper. No calendar goes on the back of January's photo (could print a cover page if you like) January's calendar goes on the back of Feb picure etc etc. You don't need to print anything on the back of Decembers photo until you want a back page.
I would either bind this myself if I had the tools, or I would take it to a copy place.
That is just what I would do. |
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11/22/2004 11:39:59 PM · #9 |
| Yup - but I'm still looking for templates for the calendar blocks - anyone got anything like that ? |
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11/23/2004 12:10:17 AM · #10 |
| You can print a simple monthly calendar block from MS Outlook. It's likely you could also take that and import it into Word or an image editor and do the same. |
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11/23/2004 12:53:16 AM · #11 |
If you can use templates for the Microsoft Office products they have numerous designs located here:
They have a wide variety of full page calendars, space for logos, notes, and etc.
2005 Calendar Templates
I have been looking for various calendar templates for Photoshop CS but have not had any luck other than the link you have.
Originally posted by Gordon:
Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm going to have the photo full page, on one side - without any additional text. I'm looking for full page calendar templates, with the days/dates per month for 2005, to print on the back side of each photo.
Most of the templates I can find seem to have a space to drop a photo in to the middle of the calendar text - I'd rather keep them on different pages, similar to the ones that shutterfly.com and others provide. However, I want to print them myself because of the quality of shutterfly and similar sites. |
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11/23/2004 08:14:47 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by RHoldenSr:
If you can use templates for the Microsoft Office products they have numerous designs located here:
They have a wide variety of full page calendars, space for logos, notes, and etc.
2005 Calendar Templates |
Great! Thank you Robin - these are just what I was looking for. |
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11/23/2004 01:52:00 PM · #13 |
Glad I could be of help :)
I like these templates they are very well done and most look very professional. In addition you can modify parts that you may not like.
Questions:
What paper type do you plan on using for your calendars?
Is it simply a double sided glossy or matte?
Do that have a thin double sided glossy paper like most photo calendars are made of?
How do you plan on assembling them?
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by RHoldenSr:
If you can use templates for the Microsoft Office products they have numerous designs located here:
They have a wide variety of full page calendars, space for logos, notes, and etc.
2005 Calendar Templates |
Great! Thank you Robin - these are just what I was looking for. |
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11/23/2004 03:40:57 PM · #14 |
I'm going back and forth on this a bit.
Things I do know:
Assembly : kinkos - they do spiral wire binding for a reasonable price.
I'm only considering making 4 or 5 calendars in total.
Paper : this is the niggly part and why I keep going back and forth between single and double sided layouts.
I've used shutterfly in the past. I'm wanting a better quality result, so want to print them myself. Epson don't appear to have great options for double sided papers.
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11/23/2004 03:49:29 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I'm going back and forth on this a bit.
Things I do know:
Assembly : kinkos - they do spiral wire binding for a reasonable price.
I'm only considering making 4 or 5 calendars in total.
Paper : this is the niggly part and why I keep going back and forth between single and double sided layouts.
I've used shutterfly in the past. I'm wanting a better quality result, so want to print them myself. Epson don't appear to have great options for double sided papers. |
I've had good results with HP double sided everyday photo paper. You might have to tweak the printer profile a bit to get the results you want.
Also, from what I have read, Canon also has double sided Photo Paper Pro paper in letter and 5 x 7 sizes.
Just some other choices that might work.
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11/23/2004 03:51:24 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
I've had good results with HP double sided everyday photo paper. You might have to tweak the printer profile a bit to get the results you want.
Also, from what I have read, Canon also has double sided Photo Paper Pro paper in letter and 5 x 7 sizes.
Just some other choices that might work. |
Thanks - problem is I'm using an epson pigment based printer. I've had really disgusting results using HP papers with those.
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11/23/2004 04:09:15 PM · #17 |
| I've had success with Janus double sided matte papers (for custom photo card work). The gamut is a bit of a squeeze, but they also have double-sided semi-glossy (I can't remember if I tried it or not). |
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11/23/2004 04:26:52 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by dwoolridge:
I've had success with Janus double sided matte papers (for custom photo card work). The gamut is a bit of a squeeze, but they also have double-sided semi-glossy (I can't remember if I tried it or not). |
Thanks - I'll look in to those.
I also found //www.inkjetart.com/photo_papers/index.html various dual sided papers there - in particular the inkjet art dual sided glossy duo paper is tempting. For this project I'm wanting glossy for the additional range and fine detail it provides over the matte and semi-papers. The price is also quite good at $1 per page and it is sized for the pigment inks.
Message edited by author 2004-11-23 16:36:11.
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11/30/2004 11:52:18 AM · #19 |
Well, I had thought I'd solved my paper problems, with the double sided glossy paper from inkjetart, but they are out of stock on the 8.5x11 and don't know when they'll get any in.
Any reviews/ views on the various online printing places - price isn't much of an issue - I'd rather pay a bit more and get something of higher quality than from places like shutterfly.com - though I don't want to go the full self-publishing route for half a dozen calendars.
Anyone tried //www.lulu.com ?
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11/30/2004 12:17:42 PM · #20 |
| I was just going to suggest Shutterfly or Photoworks, but you beat me to it. They're fairly cheap, and the quality is decent for an essentially "disposable" gift. |
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11/30/2004 12:20:07 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
I was just going to suggest Shutterfly or Photoworks, but you beat me to it. They're fairly cheap, and the quality is decent for an essentially "disposable" gift. |
Last year several of the people I gave calendars to started framing them :(
I mean, this is great, obviously - but I'd rather give them something with a bit better quality. I ended up reprinting most of the shots so they could be framed.
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11/30/2004 12:22:44 PM · #22 |
| What if you just submitted "blank" placeholders and captions for a Shutterfly calendar, then pasted on actual prints afterwards? |
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11/30/2004 12:55:32 PM · #23 |
Gordon, I don't know if you have a print account over there, but you may want to take a look at DeviantArt. They use the same printer as DPCPrints does (so the quality is good) and have a calendar option. Information seems hard to find over there sometimes, so I can't say for sure their calendars look the way you want them, but, having browsed some in the store, I think there is a good chance they do. The print account is $24.95, the calendar is $11.95 (or thereabouts) for personal purchases.
Good luck.
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11/30/2004 01:17:05 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
What if you just submitted "blank" placeholders and captions for a Shutterfly calendar, then pasted on actual prints afterwards? |
Hmm - that could work, but would look a bit too homegrown I think for how I want this overall. I do that sort of approach for a lot of the cards that I make, that I want a bit of a handmade feel, but for the calendar I think it wouldn't really work.
As an aside, I got a telling off at the 'paper place' for using spray photo glue/paste. I now use double sided archival tape... my take away from that was that some people keep 'disposable' gifts like cards and calendars and archival materials are worthwhile.
Message edited by author 2004-11-30 13:17:49.
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12/15/2004 03:09:31 PM · #25 |
Here is what I ended up with. Printed on Mitsubishi double sided semi-gloss paper. Quality isn't quite as good as the Epson premium luster but it is pretty good. Paid about $10 for paper/ printing and $2 for binding.
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