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Quote from: bitfreak! on August 16, 2013, 02:08:55 AM

Quote from: Voogru on August 15, 2013, 08:12:02 PM

It's very pixelated in photoshop. It's only 72 DPI.

Well my picture certainly isn't anywhere as pixelated as the image you posted. I'm a web designer, not a graphics designer, and I didn't draw this note by hand. I simply combined and modified a range of existing pics to produce the final result. I wasn't planning to share it but the final result came out better than I expected. If it doesn't meet your requirements I can't do much about it.

I wasn't sure if you made it custom or imported the graphics. Just trying to provide some constructive criticism for future cases.

Anytime you are making something to be printed you want a higher DPI.

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Quote from: TippingPoint on August 15, 2013, 08:15:08 PM

Quote from: bitfreak! on August 15, 2013, 06:31:30 PM

Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

And *blend* the QR codes and numbers into the design.

The QR codes do have some slight transparency in order to blend them into the note, but if I messed with them any more they might become unreadable.

I could be wrong, but by "blend" I think he meant "incorporate it into the design" rather than make it more transparent.

I figured he meant something like that, but messing with it in any other way will also make it unreadable. The only real thing I can is try to do put some sort of elaborate border around the QR codes but there's not much room to work with and I don't think it'll look good.

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Quote from: Voogru on August 15, 2013, 08:12:02 PM

It's very pixelated in photoshop. It's only 72 DPI.

Well my picture certainly isn't anywhere as pixelated as the image you posted. I'm a web designer, not a graphics designer, and I didn't draw this note by hand. I simply combined and modified a range of existing pics to produce the final result. I wasn't planning to share it but the final result came out better than I expected. If it doesn't meet your requirements I can't do much about it.

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Quote from: bitfreak! on August 15, 2013, 06:31:30 PM

Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

And *blend* the QR codes and numbers into the design.

The QR codes do have some slight transparency in order to blend them into the note, but if I messed with them any more they might become unreadable.

I could be wrong, but by "blend" I think he meant "incorporate it into the design" rather than make it more transparent.

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Quote from: bitfreak! on August 15, 2013, 06:32:48 PM

Quote from: Voogru on August 15, 2013, 06:11:25 PM

It looks nice, but the resolution is way, way, way too low. Especially for printing.

Well the note I printed out looks fine. Unless you want to print a very large note I don't see why it would be a problem.

It's very pixelated in photoshop. It's only 72 DPI.

You should try around 300+ DPI.

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Quote from: Voogru on August 15, 2013, 06:11:25 PM

It looks nice, but the resolution is way, way, way too low. Especially for printing.

Well the note I printed out looks fine. Unless you want to print a very large note I don't see why it would be a problem.

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Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

To me, the font for "Bitcoin address" is hideous. It looks like you wanted to go for something "classy" and it shows. It looks Russian or Greek, not particularly "global" or "cyber" or "digital".

They are mathematical symbols, which are typically based on Greek Characters.

Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

That back of the note is a wasteland. How could you design a note and leave all that real estate barren? You could put anything there - anything inspirational you like - and it's left essentially blank.

Some times less is more. I know most currency notes have a full design on both sides but I'm going for more of a playing card look.

Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

Take some inspiration from there:
http://neatdesigns.net/worlds-25-most-beautifully-designed-banknotes/

Many of those notes are just plain ugly, I have a collection of nice notes that I used for inspiration.

Quote from: NoDisco on August 15, 2013, 05:31:16 PM

P.S. Don't forget the rule of thirds. And *blend* the QR codes and numbers into the design.

The QR codes do have some slight transparency in order to blend them into the note, but if I messed with them any more they might become unreadable.

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It looks nice, but the resolution is way, way, way too low. Especially for printing.

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Hey - aren't you going to put Satoshi's face on it? Wink

To me, the font for "Bitcoin address" is hideous. It looks like you wanted to go for something "classy" and it shows. It looks Russian or Greek, not particularly "global" or "cyber" or "digital".

That back of the note is a wasteland. How could you design a note and leave all that real estate barren? You could put anything there - anything inspirational you like - and it's left essentially blank.

Take some inspiration from there:
http://neatdesigns.net/worlds-25-most-beautifully-designed-banknotes/

Variations and detail subtly blended.

And even these copper round that are knocking around - they do a decent job of capturing the digital-ness of what Bitcoin is:

Look at all that detail! Use the whole canvas my friend

P.S. Don't forget the rule of thirds. And *blend* the QR codes and numbers into the design.

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It looks awesome man, you just need to do something about QR codes.
Maybe use transparent QR code image?

I don't have photoshop installed now but will try to play with it little bit after installing.

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Quote from: Anduck on August 15, 2013, 11:17:54 AM

Quote from: Boussac on August 15, 2013, 09:15:56 AM

Nice design. I like the background. Why not move one of the QR code to the back side that looks a tad empty now ?
Also I am a bit puzzled by the pi letter at the end of the word bitcoin (that reads bitcoip in greek). The nu letter is more appropriate it seems.

I agree with that pi letter. I think that all the text and data and qr codes etc should be on front side. Just like playing cards Cool

Yeah the intention was to make the back a bit like a playing card, I don't think it would really look good with a QR on the back.

And I did have similar thoughts about the pi letter but I was using a font which only gave me a certain set of symbols to work with.

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Quote from: Boussac on August 15, 2013, 09:15:56 AM

Nice design. I like the background. Why not move one of the QR code to the back side that looks a tad empty now ?
Also I am a bit puzzled by the pi letter at the end of the word bitcoin (that reads bitcoip in greek). The nu letter is more appropriate it seems.

I agree with that pi letter. I think that all the text and data and qr codes etc should be on front side. Just like playing cards Cool

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Nice design. I like the background. Why not move one of the QR code to the back side that looks a tad empty now ?
Also I am a bit puzzled by the pi letter at the end of the word bitcoin (that reads bitcoip in greek). The nu letter is more appropriate it seems.

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Quote from: Anduck on August 15, 2013, 06:20:36 AM

Quote from: TiagoTiago on August 15, 2013, 05:37:03 AM

The size of the QR code depends not only on the size of the data stored but also on the strength of the error protection.

Yeah, I think it's best to use the best error protection (level H).

I wasn't aware that QR codes had different levels of error protection, that is pretty cool. The QR codes used in my pics are just as an example though, you can use what ever level of error protection you want when you generate your own QR codes and insert them into the note.

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Quote from: TiagoTiago on August 15, 2013, 05:37:03 AM

The size of the QR code depends not only on the size of the data stored but also on the strength of the error protection.

Yeah, I think it's best to use the best error protection (level H).

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Ok I made both QR images the same size and looks much better imo. I've re-uploaded the PDF files and replaced the old ones, just download them again if you want the new version.

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The size of the QR code depends not only on the size of the data stored but also on the strength of the error protection.

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Quote from: Anduck on August 15, 2013, 04:53:09 AM

Looks cool, but I would prefer all the text fields to have lighter background. Maybe make the QR codes level H, too. (and same sized)

If you have Photoshop or GIMP you can easily change the transparency of those text boxes. But I might release another version of the note where the QR boxes are the same size. I thought the private key would generate a larger QR image because it was longer than the address so I made it slightly larger, but it doesn't really seem like there is any noticeable difference (although the difference in size actually seems to depend on which QR generator you use).

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