Server: discord.gg/sQmgEQ6aDt How to Print Foils for your TCG How to Print Holographic cards for your TCG Intro: 0:00 Basic Info: 0:32 MPC: 1:06 TCG: 1:47 Foil Info: 2:28 Quick Rundown: 3:24 Outro: 3:50
Great vid, thanks! I checked and now (Jul 2024), looks like MPC saying in their FAQ that there is no minimum order required... so maybe the dropped it they also saying it on every foil cards option
I wish there was a decent priced printer you could fill with precut card stock and just print at home to test. Also, the foil packs that we know and love, (booster packs) the thin easily torn to open kind are not available at any of these gc or mpc. They have thick big booster packs that feel and look bad. U would have to go with cartamundi or design them/make them or custom order them somewhere yourself I guess.
Cartamundi is an option for kickstarters. But only as a final thing. They don't do small batches so the minimum orders are huge. But they work with you if it's a kickstarter from what they last told me in an email.
They do not, however you can buy the cards and the foil from MPC and randomize it yourself to your liking. It's a little bit more personal work but the profits are insanely higher if you do it this way.
The reason I don't use gamecrafter is because their cuts are less accurate, you have to have no borders on the designs to make it look not off. But mpc has almost perfect cuts. However mpc foils seem to dull the colors. Not sure about gc. Tip: Whatever you do don't get that plastic coating on them it makes it look awful.
I have, you have to send them a message and get accepted so I'm assuming you'd have to sign a contract with them, and a bunch of other paperwork with them. This is something you probably won't get accepted to as a small card developer sadly.
Ionlyhave 80 dollars. how could i make this work? any tips? also, gamecrafter will makemycards and sell them themselves and then give me a small profit? will they still charge me?
TGC does not charge you, which is why you have such small profit margins for it. It's 100% free, unless you want them to promote it and sell it directly on their website without you buying the product yourself first. However, if you stick with just personal promotion you can sell it completely free.
Do you know where the tcg metazoo prints its cards? I have approached many small game builders and no one wants to give me the name of the printer who services them. it's very frustrating. Or do you know any serious printer that prints in low volume?
I find it pretty funny that you mention MPC has better print quality and then show a pic of your cards with horrible print drift; the left black border is almost completely missing
In a one on one comparison with TGC MPC is significantly better with print quality. The images look significantly more vibrant, the drift isn't nearly as bad, as TGC, etc. I haven't tested TGC foil's out yet so I cannot say anything on that matter.
He's right, I've tested both. Mpc is better quality and less drift. A tip is to flatten the image, change it to cmyk, change black color setting to their recommendation setting, and then adjust brightness up a bit. Then save as a tiff file. This will significantly increase the colors and quality of the look when printed.
Not true, it requires you to buy a copy in order to have it displayed on their website. However, you can still sell it through your website, word of mouth, etc. outside of them displaying it. They will not help promote it, but you can still sell it.
