How to Make a High School Diploma

After making a note of all the resources you need. The list can get rather long and complicated but try to consider at least the following:

1. What type of card stock paper should I use? What should the paper weight be? What color or paper shade is best? What finish should the paper have?
2. When printing should I use wet inks or dry inks?
3. For the diploma seal, should it be raised or embossed or a sticker?

Obviously these are just some of the questions you must ask yourself but once you have a general list of materials put together, you should head up to your local arts and craft stock to make some purchases. When you get there you will find that items such as paper and seals, if available, are often not sold individually. You must buy lots of paper and variety of seals adding up the cost of making a high school diploma but if you’re willing to invest in this document, one can be made.

So you have all your materials and now you’re ready to get started. Next you will need some sort of computer program to design the diploma from scratch. A good program to use may be Adobe Photoshop. Although a professional diploma company would likely use a more advanced program, this software can help an amateur like you create a decent document.

Once the software is downloaded and installed, scan your actual high school diploma. If you don’t have access to a scanner, you may want to visit a local packaging and printing store that offers scanning services for a small fee. The final scan can then be emailed to you or saved on a secured thumb drive.

So you have your scan and your software and your materials. Great! Now it’s time to rock and roll! Next, import the scanned diploma copy into the design software. Using common Photoshop skills, you want to track the diploma capturing every word, the layout, the structure and more. Once finished, save it. You now have a template of your high school diploma!

The next process includes you editing that template. If you want to change any names or dates, this is where you would do that. Once the document is fully adjusted, you can save the new template copy.

So once the template is mocked up, place the correct type of paper in your print and hit print. Assuming you have chosen the best printer and are using the proper seals, the finished high school diploma should look acceptable. Although there may be some imperfections, you may want to try displaying the diploma in a frame before judging it so quickly. In the end, what you may find is that the diploma is far from perfect but it’s sufficient.

For many people, the process of making a high school diploma can be overwhelming. Even if you want to use it for legitimate reasons, buying papers and inks and learning software can be a nightmare for some.

Luckily there are a few professional printing companies online that sell fake diplomas. A fake diploma is a novelty document that looks and feels like an actual diploma. They can be made for many different types of schools including high schools and colleges and universities. Services are often provided as props for movies, personal replacements, esteem boosters and more. The diplomas are often 100% custom made by a professional diploma designer, packaged up and shipped to your front door in just a few days.