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How can I make a double-brigade card or dual-brigade card?

I add the brigades I want to use, then select and remove the unneeded portion of the top brigade layer(s) when I make them. Make a copy of the brigade layer first in case you need the original uncut version later.

I am actually working on a new one right now... Once I move home from college this weekend, I'll be able to finish it.

I got tired of (A) having blurry smudges on the top of the card where text was removed, (B) constantly having to delete the center square each time, (C) having low quality icons.

So, I scanned in 8 cards with a red background at 400 DPI, and combined them to recreate the pattern behind the title. Additionally, I created a new white image border and icon border, each of which are in their own layer. This makes dual brigade cards so much easier to create, as I don't have to try to select half of the icon box... minus the frame.

After I got the full frame pattern (including the area under the icon box for lost souls), I selected just the colored background areas, and made multiple recolors based on other card colors. I think I made about 10 different frame colors. I don't have gold yet, as that is a unique pattern, so I'll have to scan in more cards for that.

This is a sample of what it looks like right now:

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z18/Lambo_Diablo_Svtt/sample-template.jpg (Hyperlinked because it's huge)

Cool! It would be awesome if someone could make it easier so people like me ( that aren't the best at making cards using photoshop) can make them easier.

Someone did make it, it's called the Redemption Connect! Card Builder.

The Template I use I built with iWork and Photoshop. Everything seen can be manipulated and changed.

I do use that, but It can't do dual brigades, and I'm still trying to figure out how to make dual brigades in Photoshop, personally I was hoping someone would make a YouTube video of how to make one in Photoshop so I wouldn't have to fiddle with the program so much, and spend hours trying to figure it out on my own.

Once I finish my template, I'll post it along with a detailed guide on how to use it.