How to Design a Bronze Plaque ?

Inscriptions commemorate the lost family member or friend in an individual way.

Step 1. Add Your Inscription.

To add an Inscription, click into the box titled ‘Add Your Inscription’ on the left-hand side of the window and type your message. The inscription will appear on your design and additional controls will appear in the left menu.

Step 2. Select font style.

Choose your desired font from the drop-down list ‘Select Font’. There are currently ten to choose from. Please contact us if you would like a different font.

Step 3. Select size.

Move the slider below Size to the left and right to decrease and increase the size of your inscription. You can also use the – Decrease / + Increase buttons. You can also re-size the inscription by clicking and dragging on one of the four circles on the corners of the bounding box surrounding your text on the design.

Step 4. Adjust rotation.

Rotate your text using the Rotation slider or the +/- buttons.

Step 6. Position your inscription.

Move the inscription to position by clicking and dragging the inscription on the design.

Step 7.

Too add more inscriptions either click the button ‘Add New Line’ and type your new inscription. Or, click on the ‘Duplicate’ button at the bottom of the left-hand menu and then edit the text in the box titled ‘Add Your Inscription’.

Emblems or Bas Reliefs are three dimensional mouldings highlighted in bronze.

Step 1. Add Your Emblem.

To add an Emblem, click on the emblem of your choice from among the emblems to the left. The emblem you choose will be added to your design and controls will appear in place of the emblems. To see more emblems, please go the bottom of the visible emblems and click ‘Load more’.

Step 2. Select size.

To re-size the emblem, drag the slider below Size left or right, or click on the – Decrease / + Increase buttons.

Alternately, click and drag on one of the circles on the corners of the bounding box enclosing your chosen emblem on the design.

Step 3. Adjust rotation.

To rotate your chosen emblem, use the slider below Rotation or click on the – Decrease / + Increase buttons.

Step 4. Position the emblem.

Click and drag on the emblem on your design to position it where you want.

Step 5. Flip X or Y emblem.

Use the ‘Flip X’, ‘Flip Y’ to flip your selected emblem horizontally or vertically. Use the ‘Duplicate’ button to duplicate your emblem. And use the ‘Delete’ button to delete your emblem (or, alternately, press the ‘Delete’ key on your keyboard).

Ceramic Image

Step 1. Add Your Image.

Click on a Ceramic Image or a Vitreous Enamel to upload and add an image to your design.

Step 2. Crop image.

Select Photo Mask – Oval Portrait, Oval Landscape, Rectangle Portrait or Rectangle Landscape.

You can adjust the colour of the Image to be Full color, Grey or Sepia.

Select the size of Photo Mask using sliders on the left side of screen or use Increase / Decrease button.

Alternately, click and drag on one of the circles on the corners of the bounding box enclosing your chosen image.

You can also select rotation for the image if it is upside down etc.

Once done, please click button ‘Crop Image’.

Step 3. Select size.

To re-size the Image, drag the slider below Size left or right, or click on the – Decrease / + Increase buttons.

Alternately, click and drag on one of the circles on the corners of the bounding box enclosing your chosen emblem on the design.

Step 4. Position the Image.

Click and drag on the Image on your design to position it where you want.

Step 5. Flip X or Y image.

Use the ‘Flip X’, ‘Flip Y’ to flip your selected emblem horizontally or vertically. Use the ‘Duplicate’ button to duplicate your image. And use the ‘Delete’ button to delete your emblem (or, alternately, press the ‘Delete’ key on your keyboard).

Motifs are two dimensional mouldings highlighted in bronze.

Step 1. Add Your Motif.

Click on a motif category to display all motifs in that category. For example, clicking on ‘Aquatic’ will show aquatic motifs. If you want to see more motifs in the same category, click ‘Load more’ at the bottom of the list of motifs. If you want to change the motif category, click on the drop-down list indicated by the small downward-facing triangle just below ‘Select Category’.

Add the motif you want by clicking on it from among the displayed motifs. Your motif will be added to your design, and motif control buttons and sliders will appear on the left.

Step 2. Select size.

To re-size your chosen motif, drag the slider below ‘Size’ or click the – Decrease / + Increase buttons in the control panel. Alternately, click and drag one of the four circles on the corners of the bounding box surrounding your motif on the design.

Step 3. Adjust rotation.

Rotate your chosen motif by dragging the slider below ‘Rotation’ or clicking on the – / + buttons below it.

Step 4. Position the motif.

Click and drag on the motif on your design to position it where you want.

Step 5. Flip X or Y emblem.

You can flip your chosen motif if wanted by clicking on the ‘Flip X’ and ‘Flip Y’ buttons. These flip the motif in both horizontal and vertical axes. You can also Duplicate and Delete your motif by clicking on the respective buttons. Pressing ‘Delete’ on your keyboard will also remove the motif from your design.

The cost of the adding motifs to your design will show in the total cost in the header. Or see Check Price in the main menu for the individual cost of your chosen motifs.

Borders further enhance the plaque and are raised above the background surface of the product.

Step 1. Select Border.

The background of the bronze plaques are painted with a high quality paint of your selected color.

Step 1. Select Background colour.