Front. Back. In 3D.
The trading card the parent personalizes, flips and buys, in your store.
- ✓ Front and back
- ✓ Live 3D preview
- ✓ Fields you choose
- 1The parent types the first name
- 2The card updates
- 3They flip it
Published October 11, 2026 · 7 min read
1A card you flip before you buy it
In your store’s card tool, the parent sees the card in three dimensions and turns it around. The front and the back display the personalized content, and they change as the parent types.
The parent opens the card, picks the photo, types the first name, the last name and the number. The card updates as they type. A "See back" button flips it; they can also turn it with a finger or the mouse. Nothing to install: it all happens in the browser, on a phone or a computer.
The back is a real face, not a fixed image: it carries its own fields and, when your template places a photo slot there, a different photo from the front. The tool tells the parent so and offers to choose the back photo.
Proofs stay protected while the parent personalizes: your session’s watermark shows on the tool’s photos as long as you leave it on. If the browser cannot use WebGL, the tool switches to the two-dimensional preview, with the same fields.
Where to find it: Store → Trading cards
2You design, the parent fills in
The card is yours. You choose which fields the parent can fill in, which ones are required, and what stays put.
In the template editor, you place the photo slot, your images and your texts. A text can be bound to a piece of data: the first name, the last name, the group, or a field you create for the session, such as the team, the number or the position. For each bound text you decide: editable by the parent or not, required before ordering. In Studio, you can also set a maximum length.
A field you do not open is not offered to the parent, and the order keeps no change to it: the team name, the season, your signature stay yours, whether fixed or drawn from bound data. In an individual gallery, the fields bound to the student are prefilled from your list when the information exists; in a team-code gallery, the parent fills in the fields you provided.
Then the card becomes a product: you publish the template, and in a Sports session you pair a front, a back if you want one, and the card size from your catalog. The store checks that the template is published and that the size fits before it offers the card.
Where to find it: Design → Templates, then Sessions → Sports cards
3All the way to the lab
The order freezes the card: the photo, the texts, the template version. The print file is produced from them, ready for the press.
At checkout, the personalization is frozen with the card: the chosen photo, the texts, the template version. The print render is made at your template’s resolution (300 dpi by default) and, for new two-sided orders, the lab receives one file with both faces side by side.
A safeguard before the press: for a field with automatic fitting, if the text overflows its zone in the print render, the order’s production is blocked before it reaches the lab, instead of leaving with a truncated card. You supply corrected front and, where needed, back files, and production resumes once the holds are resolved.
Two-sided printing is available through a compatible partner lab; in-house two-sided production is not offered yet. Single-sided montages go through your usual print route.
4Your montages, with the fields you open
The same tool makes your single-sided montages: one photo, your texts, the fields you make editable.
A montage is a single-sided template, sold on its own or in a package. The parent picks the template among those you paired with the session, picks a photo, fills in the editable fields and sees the result live. The sizes sold follow your catalog.
The parent does not move your elements and does not change your background: the montage stays yours. What they choose is their photo and their words.
Sheets
Depending on your catalog, the parent composes their pose sheet: one photo repeated or one photo per cell, with a live preview. Rotation and manual cropping are offered according to your settings and the cell and photo orientation.
Backdrops
For cut-out photos and eligible prints, the parent picks a backdrop with a composed preview, when the feature is enabled for your studio and for the session.
Crop and retouching
In the cart, the parent can crop eligible package prints when your settings allow manual cropping; they can also request retouching with their notes, if the session offers it.
Where to find it: Store → Collages
5One team code to choose and personalize
For a team, the store changes shape: one code for everyone, a design first, then the photo, then the products.
In a team-code gallery, the sports store leads the parent in order: the design among your montages, the photo in the team’s gallery, the name when the design has open fields, then the render. The personalized montage is prepared before the products are chosen, and the parent then buys it in the compatible categories you offer: digital, prints, packages, gifts, frames. Trading cards have their own entry, with the 3D tool.
Within the gallery, that render is restricted to the visitor who created it: no other visitor sees it. Without a purchase, access is temporary: an initial 30 days, extended during use, never more than 90 days after its creation; cleanup may begin on day 80, then the files are deleted once eligible for purging. A purchased render is kept with the order.
The sports store is activated for your studio on request. Each session then uses the store type chosen for it, or the studio’s default.
1. The template · Among the montages you paired with the session.
2. The photo · In the team’s gallery, with the preview inside the template.
3. The name · The template’s editable fields, if any.
4. The result · The personalized montage, ready.
5. The products · The compatible categories you offer, and the trading cards.
Where to find it: Sessions → Store → Store type
6Three features together in a photographer’s store
As far as we know, as of October 11, 2026, KebecPhoto is the only school and sports photography platform offered in Canada that combines all three.
The three, precisely: native two-sided cards, whose two faces the parent sees in 3D while personalizing them; montages personalized by the parent, within the fields the studio opens; a sports store with a team code where the design comes first. The comparison is about the combination of the three in the photographer’s store, not about each one on its own: two-sided cards, montages or a 3D preview exist elsewhere, separately.
Check for yourself. The list below asks the questions with our answers; the right-hand column is for your current platform.
7Questions to ask your platform
Written answers, on the same features. Here are ours; the right-hand column is yours to fill in.
| The question | KebecPhoto | To be checked by your studio |
|---|---|---|
| Does a trading card have a front and a back designed separately? | Yes. The front and the back are two templates, paired together in the session. | |
| Does the parent see the card in 3D while personalizing it? | Yes, in the card tool: both faces update while they type, and they flip it with a button or a finger. | |
| Can the back carry a different photo from the front? | Yes, if the back template has a photo slot. The tool offers it to the parent. | |
| Who decides which fields the parent can type? | The studio, text by text: editable or not, required or not, maximum length. | |
| Can the parent change a text that was not opened? | No. The tool does not offer it for editing, and the order keeps no change to it. | |
| Are single-sided montages personalized the same way? | Yes: one photo, the open fields, a live preview, on their own or in a package. | |
| Can the parent compose a pose sheet? | Depending on your catalog: one photo repeated or one photo per cell, with a live preview; rotation and manual cropping according to your settings. | |
| Is there a store designed for teams? | Yes, on request for your studio: a team code, the template first, the photo, personalization if there are editable fields, then the render and the products. | |
| Is a parent’s personalized montage visible to others? | No. Within the gallery it is restricted to the visitor who created it; without a purchase, access is temporary and the files end up deleted; a purchased render is kept with the order. | |
| What does the lab receive for a two-sided card? | For a new order, a single file at the template’s resolution, front and back side by side, at a compatible partner lab. | |
| What happens if a text overflows the card at print time? | For a field with automatic fitting, production is blocked before it reaches the lab; you supply corrected files and production resumes. | |
| Are proofs protected during personalization? | Yes: the session’s watermark shows in the card tool, as long as you leave it on. | |
| Does the card show on a device without 3D? | Yes, in two dimensions, with the same photos and the same fields. | |
| Where are the application, the main database and the photos hosted? | The application, the primary database and the primary photo storage are at OVHcloud in Beauharnois, Québec; our hosting article explains the copies and transfers elsewhere. | |
| Current limits | No built-in fields for statistics or the season: those are custom fields you create. Two-sided printing does not go through every lab yet, nor through in-house production. No team list import separate from the student list. The sports store is not on by default: it is activated on request. | |
8Frequently asked questions
What if the parent’s browser does not show the 3D?
If the browser cannot use WebGL, the tool switches to the two-dimensional preview, with the same photos and the same fields. The print file is the same.
Can the parent put a different photo on the back?
Yes, when the back template has a photo slot. By default the back follows the front photo; the tool offers to change it.
Can the parent edit a text I did not open?
No. The tool does not offer it for editing; at checkout the server keeps only the fields you marked editable.
Where does the name the parent types in the sports store go?
Into their montage, restricted within the gallery to the visitor who created it. A purchase keeps the render and its personalization with the order; without a purchase, the personalization expires and the files are deleted once eligible for purging. The source photo and the template follow their own retention rules.
Which sizes for cards and montages?
For cards and montages, the editor offers presets such as 2.5 × 3.5, 4 × 6, 5 × 7, 8 × 10 and 11 × 14 in; the sizes sold depend on your catalog and on their compatibility with the template.
Is this only for sports?
Montages can be offered in every session type; trading cards are configured in a Sports session. The sports store applies to team-code galleries, on request.
Photographing teams this season?
Ask for a demonstration of the card tool and the activation of the sports store for your studio, or create your account and design your first card.