What is a foil?

Our foil is a thin (yet durable) layer of metallic material applied to the front surface of your business card. It is applied to specific areas: to text, a logo or icon, or the entire surface. When any color ink is applied over the foil it creates a brilliant highlighting effect that seems to change color. Your cards are distinctive and your designs really stand out.

What will my colors look like over foil?

Foil adds brilliance and depth to any color. Held one way, the color appears dark. Held another way, it shines brilliantly through all colors of the spectrum.

All foil designs are printed on either 80lb Matte or Glossy Front papers.

Best results if you apply foil to areas of the design that do not contain black or very dark ink. Dark ink reduces the shine and brilliance of the foil accent.

HOW TO: To create a foiled layer in photoshop, get the business card templates here.

1. Have your image in layers
2. Turn off all layers except the logo layer (foiled area) your under color (knock out area) will determine the foil color. Silver is white, Gold is yellow, blue is blue, etc. Not every color can be foiled though.
3. Duplicate that layer and turn off the original layer
4. You should have all layers turned off except the duplicated layer
5. Now change the duplicated layer to black and white by going to image>adjustments>desaturate
6. Then adjust the image to become solid black no tones and white background.
7. Your foiled area must match exactly to your original image. Print it and lay it over to be sure it matches. (like below)
8. Flatten your foiled image and "save as" your foiled file