Trading cards, baseball cards, character cards — all of these are made the same way: an AI prompt that transforms your guest's photo, placed in a template you design.

There is no separate "trading card" setting to switch on.

### **What you need**

* **Tokens.** Every AI image spends them.

* **A prompt** that produces the look you want. Preset prompts work on any plan; writing your own

needs **Pro**.

* **A template** with your card design — borders, name, number, team.

### **How to build one**

1. Create your event and open the **Flow** tab.

2. Open **Choose Experience** and add a template.

3. Add a **Capture**, then apply an **AI Effect** or **AI Filter** with your chosen prompt.

4. Add text and images for the card frame, name and number.

5. Save the template and the event.

**Tip -** Put the guest's name on the card with a survey question and a **`{{token}}`** in the template text. Note that tokenised text makes the event **Premium**.

![The AI effect picker on the capture element.](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCT3I4d1FZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--cd9d98096c86a65881ea0ec0db1bbb4d58f9ede1/54-template-ai-effect-picker.png?cw_image_width=auto)

*The AI effect picker on the capture element.*

### **Token cost**

| **Output**             | **Tokens** |
| ---------------------- | ---------- |
| AI image, low quality  | 1          |
| AI image, high quality | 2          |

See **Billing & Licensing** for the full list.

### **How long it takes**

| **Stage**                   | **Time**                |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| AI processing               | 30–90 seconds           |
| Whole experience, per guest | 45 seconds to 3 minutes |

**One booth with one printer produces roughly 35–45 cards an hour.**

**Tip -** Use that figure when quoting. A three-hour event on one booth is around 120 cards — if the client expects 300, you need a second booth.

**Tip -** What slows a card event down is printing and guests admiring their card, not the AI. Plan for the queue, not the render.

### **Can't get the look you want?**

See **Requesting a custom prompt**.