On 2/26/08, Greg Porter <btrc@...> wrote:

> Yep. Seen them. The problem is getting the alignment to work out, since the
> iA cards use up so much space. The cards are great if you have a lot of
> white space and wide margins (like a playing card), not so great if you're
> trying to do something with a high quality look that runs edge to edge.
> Since I'm a Magic player, I've got plenty of crap cards and sleeves, so my
> only real cost to make a deck is time and ink.

Hmm, how do you convert Magic cards into iA cards? I've got a bunch
of INWO cards I don't use anymore so I'm curious as to how to turn
them into something useful.

> But yes, the iA builder -could- be modified, but it would be a pain in the
> neck. All the internal coding is based on 9 cards per sheet, so I'd have to
> go through several thousand lines of code and several hundred embedded
> graphic elements -per page- to adjust it to a 6 or 8 card per sheet format.

Ah, not worth it then.

> FYI, if you want to access the hidden features of the iA builder, wave the
> cursor around the very lowest left of the first page until you find a spot
> where the cursor changes to a something that looks like you should click
> there. Click, and then play around to your heart's content. This lets you
> adjust the symbols, the attribute wording, etc.

Cool, thanks.

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Kerry Harrison
Organizer, Houston Tabletop Games Association
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