ID Strips are typicially used by elementary schools in the school files and/or for art projects. The top of the strip acts as a photographic paper ID card with additional smaller images below
ID Strip Options
Option 1: You select the background color, image frame color and logo.
When adding to your offer, you'll add the product IDS and select the following.
Example of an ID strip with the above settings. Colors are customizable.
Option 2: Photographer Create Artwork allows you to customize the background of the top ID Card portion of the ID Strip
- You would need to create a background that is 3.37 x 2.12 inches and upload that background to a background event
- Then add the IDS product to your offer and select the following options:
- For both vertical and horizontal enter the same image info since the card portion will always be horizontal regardless of your subject's image orientation
Below is an example of Photographer Created Artwork
Ordering ID Strips
Confirm images have been IDd and a default image has been selected before ordering your ID Strips
- Go into your event in CORE
- On the left menu select Bulk
- Select ID Cards or ID Strips and Continue
- Choose a package: Select your ID strip product (if you don't see it, refer back to the top of this article on how to add the product to your offer)
- Choose how to group: Most will want to select "Group by Grade-Homeroom" (Keep in mind this will only work, if you imported that data with the names. If you did not import the data, you need to go correct your names & contact data before proceeding)
- If you want the orders to come back to you grouped by your select above, check Batch Order by grouping method and auto transmit
- Choose a Grade: select All Grades or a specific grade
- Choose which image to order: (Keep in mind you must have a default or a yearbook pose selected for each name. If you don't refer to this article on how to set default/yearbook poses) Click here to learn more about selecting default/yearbook poses
- Choose if you want to include or exclude teachers (Note: this will only work if you imported or marked teachers as is teacher "True" when you imported the names)
- Returning orders to your office (Return in Box) is the only option, so select an address with the name you want the order to go to and click continue
- Go to the orders page and on the left select Transmit Orders to confirm the orders cleared the transmit queue without stalling.
- If the order stalls, click on the # to review the reason for the stall and correct the issue before retrying to transmit