Launch Tabletop
In this tutorial, I show you how to export cards for printing with Launch Tabletop (LT). I'm by no means a printing expert, but here's the process I'd use for poker cards:
Apply 2.968mm of bleed to your cards in the dextrous export page. (This number will give you pngs at exactly 1120 x 820 px)
Export your pngs at exactly 300dpi
Create a new cards component in LT. Choose imperial/standard poker size cards in LT. and choose your card paper type etc. The important thing is making sure whatever card type you choose in LT matches whatever you've made in Dex.
Load in your exported pngs to LT (if you get a resolution error you've probably forgotten to apply bleed in step 1).
Get LT to create pdfs for you (for front and backs). Hot tip: upload your images for front and backs and create the pdfs for both at the same time!
Download your pdfs from LT, check they look right and then load them back in to LT.
Check your settings are correct and process your order :)
Note: the cards in the video above have already been optimised with bleed in mind, so you'll need to do that first. Checkout the section on Bleed .
Using PDFs with Launch Tabletop
If you want to export to LTT using the new PDF exporter ( PDF ), you might need to set your LTT account to enable PDF upload. You can do that by click your profile icon (top right) > settings > toggle on 'Enable PDF upload' like this:
