Smithy Winfred
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Some of the cards don't show up when I Generate the PDF, Especially the newer ones. Is that my problem or the program?
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C3G PDF Generator-Public
- Thread starter Snappleman
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We could possibly include C3V, but it'll cost them
I've thought about making a separate version for the C3V. If they're interested, I think we can work something out. If nothing else, I was thinking about letting users switch the drop downs to be text boxes so you can put in whatever URLs you want. The only downside would be that if you use a JPG, it will work, but you won't get the high quality that you would with the PDFs. I had to go through and create PNGs for all the cards and we could certainly do that with the C3V especially since the C3V cards aren't quite as numerous as the C3G. If there is enough interest, I'll put it together.
I'd like it for C3V too.
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
Could there be any firewall issues? Send me the log file when you try it again (help -> log file)
At least 3 of us. It would be great as an option if it's possible to do it.
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
I've tested most of the newer cards and haven't had a problem. Which ones were giving you a problem? I've heard of a couple people that have trouble with lots of pages, how big a PDF were you shooting for?
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
I'm glad the trick worked. Using this technique, we should be able to produce multiples of whatever we like. It's not as easy as specifying the number of stickers you want, but it works. I'll have to add in an option for multiples at some point.
I checked those public designs in the c3g server and only lockheed is apparently officially released or maybe we just haven't moved the cards from the pre-release folder to the released folder. Lockheed's PDF is even giving me issues when opening him up in Photoshop, so not sure what to do there.
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
Smithy Winfred
Last :-(
I was doing 3 pages per PDF and it was working fine until I started doing the Villain team up wave. Half the figures I designated to be put on the PDF, didn't show up. I tried again but the same thing happened. Something similar occurred when I was doing the Homeland Security wave. The PDF was still made, it just had blank spots where the cards had been skipped.
And let me echo A3n in saying - this guy has done (and continues to do) an incredible amount behind the scenes, so give him any rep you can!
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
Your wish is my command. There's now a "Generate Reverse PDF" button which will create all the backs to the cards. I've checked the dimensions and they match the reverse dimensions of the regular cards, but I haven't actually tested it yet. Anyone want to be a guinea pig?
I've also introduced a slight delay between caching the images which should help with large PDFs and I've also fixed a couple exceptions which might be causing some of the cards not to show up.
Oh and make sure you put the paper back into the printer the correct way. Flip it over so that the top is still the top and not the other way around... if that makes any sense.
Scapemage
From less than zero to Hero!
In that case, try creating multiple smaller PDFs of 4 or 5 pages.
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
It's very hard for me to figure out what's going on with the 10 page PDFs as I don't seem to have this problem. You could try sending me the log file (Help Menu -> log file).
You are correct about those 6 units. I've added those 6 to the tool as well as Spoiler and Lockheed which someone else had pointed out. These public releases are harder to keep track of. I'll have to monitor them a bit more.
Snappleman
C3G's Plaid Scientist
I will add that to my list of to-dos for the next update. Thanks!
No problem, thank you for this awesome resource. I just printed out 24 cards on 8 pages today as a result. In the past those same 24 cards would have been on 12 pages. Printed on Card Stock, 1 sided in color, was $0.66 per page. So only $0.22 a card if you are happy with a plain white backing. I go the double sided route though so it was $0.49 per page more for me but still a great deal. So it looks like you saved me [(.66+.49)*4=] $4.60 today. I just wish I had this resource 6 months ago as I've printed out a ton a cards this year. I did let my friend know about it today though as he has been looking at printing out some cards for some of his figures (he has just been using mine) and wants/needs to keep the costs down. At $0.22 a card now he might just end up going a bit crazy with printing the next few months.