Label designing software

[Wez]

Can anyone reccomend some good (free) software for creating beer labels, I'd like to have a standard template where I just change the beer name etc. I like Alemans labels, what did you use?

 

[Vossy1]

SWIMBO aksed me the same question the other night as her dads 60th is coming up and she wants to bottle some of my beer for him....
Anyway, I found these and they seem popular across the forums

http://start.beerlabelbuilder.com/?CorporateID=

http://www.says-it.com/seal/index.php

 

[Kingfisher]

Hey W I found this early this afternoon as I'm wanting to do some on the first brew. I've got Publisher so I'll try that first, this should keep you going until the big A comes on.

http://www.hoptech.com/pdf/beerlabels.pdf

 

[Wez]

Cheers Chaps, loads to go at there :thumb:

 

[Aleman]

Aleman uses BeerLabel Builder, then saves the Huge preview jpg to his local hard disk, edits it in Photoshop (to remove the Beerlabel builder tag, add a plain background OG FG Information - any additional images) and ends up with something like

I then use the Labels template in Word to print them onto sticky labels using the laser printer at work

 

[J_P]

Gimp SFW :thumb:

 

[Dunfie]

Aleman uses BeerLabel Builder, then saves the Huge preview jpg to his local hard disk, edits it in Photoshop (to remove the Beerlabel builder tag, add a plain background OG FG Information - any additional images) and ends up with something like

Good one Aleman. I took your lead and did similar except I stuck it into gimp. :thumb:

 

[Wez]

Cheers guy's I'm having a play with label builder and gimp

 

[Smod]

These sites are cool

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[Wez]

:clap: :clap:

I like it

 

[BrewStew]

I used Gimp to make this....

I thought that if i make it look as reall to a "bought" one then i could lull my none homebrew drinkers into a false sense of security :grin: it's worked 3 times now!!!! :party:

 

[A T]

That's a great label Stew :clap: :clap:

 

[Jonnyv]

When I took up a new job for a labeling/software company a few months ago, I didn't realise it would have any effect on my beer brewing hobby.

Word soon got around that I brewed my own beer and since then I've managed to get 1500 8cm circular custom labels made using a peelable adhesive. They were pressed today so I tried them out on a bottle - they are perfect and leave no adhesive residue when peeled off so no more scrubbing bottles! They're not printed yet though. (One tip that I was told today for removing stubborn adhesive residue is to use lighter fluid.)

I recently brewed a Guinness clone with a friend that happens to work at the same office and I sit next to an Irish guy so we've named the beer after him, 'McCullough'... This is the label which I'm hoping to print using the label printing machines downstairs:

Given that I have 1500 labels (which I worked out would be about five years worth) I'm happy to give away a load so PM me if interested.