Can label generator - Information

How to make a can label

This is pretty straightforward:-

• Use the web page to create your design. Once you're happy with it, click the preview to image to generate a full-quality version.
• Save this to your own hard disk (most browsers have "save image as" or "save picture as" available via the right-click menu).
• Load the image into your image editing software (e.g. Photoshop, GIMP, etc.)
• Now, find a tin can you want to use the label on. It should be roughly the shape of the one in the picture.
• Measure the height of the label on the can, and set the printout height of your label image to be the same.
• Print out the label. Remember to choose "landscape" to get it to fit on the paper; ordinary A4, "Letter" or "Legal" sized paper is big enough.
• Cut out label and stick it on the can. That's it!

If the label doesn't quite fit, you may wish to slightly increase/decrease the image width before printing out.

Legal stuff and credits

Needless to say, this is for entertainment and/or novelty use only; the small-print on the back of the can is not accurate at all.

The can label design (minus the photographs and your customisations) is ©2006 multicherry.com.

The label photographs are all public domain (or- where stated- licensed under one of the CC licenses) and not mine. They were obtained from the Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and sxc.hu. More details can be obtained by following the links:-

• Maize/Sweetcorn (US Department of Agriculture)
• Clove ham (US Department of Agriculture)
• Explosions at Miramar Airshow (Jon Sullivan at PDPhoto.org)
• Christmas Tree (Royalty-free image by Lotus Head at sxc.hu)
• Balloons (CC Attribution licensed image by Phu Son at Flickr)

Most have been modified from their original versions. The modified versions are also public domain.