Comments on: Everybody Say: Moo! (Moo MiniCards, That Is.)

By: Personism » Blog Archive » Obsessing Over the JB

Personism » Blog Archive » Obsessing Over the JB — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:53:38 +0000

[...] We’re toying with the idea of turning those into lil’ Moo Cards. (As I’ve previously mentioned, I love the Moos, oh yes I do.) Digg This Save to [...]

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:43:08 +0000

I have done black and white on them and have been really happy. rich blacks, bright whites, i sounds like a laundry commercial. i’m a huge moo fan.

By: Jen Bekman

Jen Bekman — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:21:11 +0000

Ms. Jen makes a good point… and the Altoids tins are the perfect carrying case. I don’t see them as ever replacing my business cards or my postcards, they’re a great compliment. I just wish that there was some kind of discount available if you ordered 500 or 1000 at once.

Tim – there were a few b+w cards in my set, by Alison Grippo, and they came out SO well. They were nice and crispy and striking. She’s printed with them several times her own self, I imagine she’ll be along to put her two cents in soon.

By: tim atherton

tim atherton — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:10:31 +0000

has anyone tried B&W on these things? do you get a good neutral, or does it come out all blue/cool or magenta?

or are you better off adding a tone to the images first

By: Ms. Jen

Ms. Jen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:38:24 +0000

I am shooting my flickr photos on a camera phone (Nokia N80) and I have been quite pleased with my photo quality.

My favorite part of the Moo cards is that you can get 100 different photos for $25. Yes, I can order a large run of postcards at a cheap price, but they are all the same artwork. Then there is size… I love the fact that I can stuff 40-50 of them in a small Altoids tin in my handbag and people want them.

By: Davin

Davin — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:23:31 +0000

I’ve had pretty good luck in terms of print quality with the Moo cards â€“ just making sure to use full-res uploads from flickr. Most of my flickr uploads are the equivalent of 4″x6″ 300dpi scans.

One minor thing I saw was that the online crop choice was not always reproduced as chosen so you can’t be too precious with those choices.

I’ve also wondered about the repeat cost and whether there is a comparable local digital printing option but then they are unlikely to print directly from flickr so the time savings in dealing with a printer to produce something similar might make the difference.