Cardfight!! Vanguard Template

This is for those in need of vanguard card template builder.
It was not originally mine, thus all credit goes to the original creator.
I only updated whats needed.

Compared to the original, these are what changed on this newer template:

1. Layout:
    - Bottom Border. Transparency adjusted to mimic the actual cards.
    - Effect Line Box.
          Cleared black lines on the effect box.
          Up to 10 Line of effect box.
          [2013-11-01] 
          Effect Line Box transparency adjusted
          Effect Line Box lining arrow adjusted.
          Effect Line Box top border added.
    - Trigger cards border color adjusted.
    - Grade 4 added.
    - New sentinel shield (gold color) added.
   [2014-06-19]
    - Added Vanguard and Rear-Guard Legion symbol.
   [2015-07-12]
    - Added layout for Stride / G Units.
    - Added Nation Flags.
   [2015-07-14]
    - Added Nation Color for Cray Elementals.
    - Optmized Nation Flag placing for Cray Elementals.
   [2016-06-09]
    - Added support for G Guardians and its relevant stuffs.

2. Texts:
    - Heal text added.
    - Limit Break text added.
    - Lord text added.
    - Illust Text. May be filled with your own text.
    [2013-11-01] 
    - SAMPLE text added (JP and EN).
    [2014-06-19]
    - Added Legion effect text.
   

3. Icons:
    - Heal icon added.
    - Shield icon added.
    - Limit Break(4) added.
    - Limit Break(5) added.
    [2014-06-19]
    - Legion20000 icon added.
    - Legion icon added.
    [2015-07-12]
    - Legion and Legion20000 EN icon added.
    - Stride icon added.
    - Generation Break 1 & 2 added.
    - Counter Charge icon added.
     [2016-06-07] 
    - Legion21000 and Legion22000 added.
    - Missing 1/Turn icon added.

Sample


                Click image to enlarge


Tips in making cards:

 I assume you have learned a bit of photoshopping here.

1. Texts:
    - For effect text you have to play with multiple fonts to actually make a close resemblance to the
       real cards. Some of the fonts are
                         * Cost Requirement text ( [ and ] ): Ms PGothic - Regular
                         * Place Requirement text ( [ and ] ): Optima - Bold, ( / ): Optima - Bold with Italic
                         * Clan pointers (« and »): Palatino Linotype - Bold
                         * Quotation mark ( " ): It is better to use double L ( l ) of Lucida Sans Unicode
                            with 40% vertical scale then set its baseline shift to 4.5pt.
                         * Clan text: Optima - Bold with Stroke. Adjust color to the actual clan color cards.
    - The rest is about spacing and positioning. You will have to use a lot of font tracking to adjust the
       font with the border.
   
2. Icons:
    - Some cards need multiple icons. Just duplicate the icon layer.

3.Color adjust:
    - Clan Layout: This is a bit hard as we don't have information of the actual cards color code.
       use slider for easy color changing, else use the master color to adjust RGB, Hue and Saturation.

4.Adding your own image:
   After inserting your image into the template, drag the layer down into the Art Boundary layer below
   until it has an arrow pointing out beside it. This way your illustration image will follow the card
   boundary.
  


Download:

MF:
Vanguard Card Template (20160610)

Required:
Most don't have the required fonts installed. You will need to install these fonts to make it all work well.

MF:
- Matrix Book Font
- Optima Font


Printing the Cards:

1. Size:
    The actual size for the cards should be at 222 x 325 pixels (This is relative to monitor Dpi).




Comments or any other questions appreciated :)


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