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Card designer

With the card designer you create access cards, posters and parent letters in your own style. Logo, colors, texts, child photo and QR code. Design once. Printed for every child. Always filled in correctly.

Updated October 9, 20263 min read

At a glance

  • Start from a Pixalo template. Duplicate & customize turns it into your own.
  • Pixalo fills placeholders such as first name or access code for every child when printing.
  • You design one card. When printing, Pixalo repeats it for every child.
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Manage templates

Open the card designer in the navigation under Events & Shoots. Pixalo templates are at the top, your own below.

  1. 1New template: choose whether it is for access cards or online sign-up. Pixalo creates an empty A4 page.
  2. 2Templates by Pixalo: ready-made designs. Editable only with Duplicate & customize.
  3. 3My templates: your own designs. Edit with the pencil, delete with the trash icon.
Pixalo templateUse and layout
StandardAccess card. Ten cards per A4 page.
Consent formAccess card. Full page with consent to sign.
CompactAccess card. Half page.
Photo access card, colorfulAccess card with child photo. Landscape, two per page.
Poster online sign-upOnline sign-up. Full page to hang up at the institution.
Parent letter online sign-upOnline sign-up. Full page to hand out.

Quick start

A duplicate keeps everything: layout, fonts and placeholders. You only change what should differ, for example logo and colors. Up to 100 templates of your own are possible.
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The editor

The editor opens full screen. The building blocks are on the left, the page in the middle, the settings of the selected element on the right.

Click a placeholder, move the element, open the preview with sample data.
  1. 1Name and use: the template name and whether it is for access cards or online sign-up.
  2. 2Building blocks: elements, placeholders and stickers. Click or drag onto the page.
  3. 3Page: move, resize, rotate. Guides align elements. Double-click edits text.
  4. 4Settings: without a selection the page, with a selection the element.
  5. 5Print preview and Save: Pixalo shows unsaved changes at the top.
KeyEffect
DeleteDelete the selected element.
Ctrl + DDuplicate the element.
Arrow keysMove by 0.5 mm, with Shift by 5 mm.
Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + YUndo and redo, up to 50 steps.
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Page and layout

With nothing selected, the right panel shows the page settings. The format is always A4.

Full page

One page per child, for example a parent letter.

Half page

Two children per page.

Cards

Grid with 1 to 4 columns and 1 to 8 rows, gap 0 to 20 mm, optionally with cut marks.

You design one cell

In the Cards layout you design a single card. When printing, Pixalo repeats it for every child. Background color and background image are set here too.
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Elements

These building blocks are available under Elements. Every element can be moved, rotated, brought forward or back and locked.

ElementWhat for
TextFree text with nine fonts, size, weight, color and alignment. Placeholders are allowed.
ImageUpload your own image, for example your logo.
Child photoThe child’s portrait. Without a photo Pixalo shows a gray placeholder or hides it.
QR codeLeads to the gallery or to online sign-up. See QR code.
Shape and lineRectangles, circles, lines with color, border and style.
Form fieldLabel with a line to fill in, such as “Place, date”.
StickersReady-made motifs for kindergarten, school, sport, nature and more.
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Placeholders

Pixalo inserts placeholders for every child when printing. Clicking a placeholder creates a text element with it.

GroupPlaceholders
ChildFirst name, last name, full name, access code, parents’ email.
Shoot & galleryClass or group, school or kindergarten, shoot, picture day date, order deadline, shop address, privacy link.
Online sign-upSign-up link, sign-up deadline.
Photo studioStudio name, email, phone, address, postcode and city.
PromotionDiscount code and discount, for example -10%.

Only show what exists

With Only show when available an element appears only when there is a value. That way the voucher box only shows when a discount code is chosen.
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The QR code

A QR code element has a setting QR leads to:

  • Gallery access: the child’s personal access. For access cards.
  • Online sign-up: the sign-up link of the shoot. For poster and parent letter.
  • Show code below the QR: prints the access code underneath for typing.

Do not make the QR code too small

Pixalo does not force a QR code. Check in the preview that it is there and at least 25 mm wide so every phone can read it.
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Preview, save, print

The Print preview shows the template with sample data: a sample child, a code and a discount.

  • Save: stores the template. If you leave the editor unsaved, the browser warns you.
  • Real printing: on the access cards page of a shoot or in the Online sign-up area. There Pixalo fills in the real data.
  • Print setting: choose 100 percent, not fit to page.
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Where your templates appear

Depending on its use, a template appears in a different place.

Access cards

On the access cards page under Select Design. See QR cards.

Online sign-up

In the Online sign-up area under poster and parent letter. See Online sign-up.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I add my logo?

With the Image element: upload the logo, place it, done.

Is there landscape format?

Your own templates are portrait. For landscape, duplicate the template Photo access card, colorful.

Why can I not edit a Pixalo template directly?

So it always stays as a starting point. Duplicate & customize makes a copy that belongs to you.

I deleted a template. Do old prints still work?

Yes. Printed cards keep working, because the QR code belongs to the child, not to the template.

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Let clients book appointments online

With the booking module clients book shoots directly in your shop.