A comp card (also called composite card, zed card, often misspelled sed card and set card) is a marketing tool for actors and especially models. They serve as their portfolio and business card. The name goes back to Sebastian Sed who invented the comp card to have an easy way of selecting and booking models. Because Sed was spoken as "Zed" in the US, the term zed card is usual in Ameristan the US. For the magazine, see Marketing (magazine). ... A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills. ... Attorney business card 1895 Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. ...

Comp cards for model Kimberly Fisher

A comp card typically contains a minimum two pictures — cover page with full size portrait and second page with a selection of representative shots from the portfolio — and the model's basic stats — typically height, weight, three sizes (bust, waist, hips), shoe size, eye and hair color, nationality and contact information — printed on both sides of an 8.5" x 5.5" piece of card stock (12 pt stock) (US) or A5 (Europe, Asia). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Kimberly Fisher is an American model/actress born on February 10 in Roy, Utah. ... Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills. ... In human body measurement, the three sizes are the circumferences of bust, waist and hips; usually rendered as three sizes: xx-yy-zz in centimeters or inches. ... A shoe size is a numerical indication of the fitting size of a shoe for a person. ... Hair color is the result of pigmentation due to the presence of the chemicals of melanin and phaeomelanin. ...

Comp cards have been around for many years as the essential marketing tool for a model and are likely to retain this standing because they are an inexpensive way to effectively and professionally showcase a model's ability. Composite cards are used on three major levels—they are used by models, agents and the agent's clients.

Currently, models have many different options of creating comp cards. They can ask their photographer, create their own on their computer using today's selection of image editing or graphics software. In addition, with technology's increasingly strong influence in the digital market, many printing companies have looked to the internet to facilitate the ordering process. In computer graphics, graphics software or image editing software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer. ...