Image-customization of computer-based value-bearing items

A computer system for producing customized, information-based, value-bearing items wherein each customized, information-based, value-bearing item comprises a plurality of customizable features, said computer system comprising a memory and a processor, said memory comprising executable program instructions stored thereon that cause said processor to perform the processes to:

• upload an image according to a user instruction;
• receive a user input of formatting instructions through a digital display that is visually adjacent to a digital preview display of machine-readable, information-based, value-bearing-item indicia
• format said image according to said formatting instructions, wherein a first customized feature of said plurality of customizable features comprises said image formatted according to said formatting instructions with respect to said digital preview display;
• create a first partial representation of a customized information-based value-bearing item comprising said first customized feature;
• receive a user input of an indication of a postage amount;
• generate as a second partial representation of said customized information-based value-bearing item machine-readable, information-based, value-bearing-item indicia corresponding to said postage amount;
• assemble as a printable graphic image of said customized, computer-based, value-bearing item, said first and second partial representations of the customized, information-based, value-bearing item according to said user input of said formatting instructions.

A computer system for producing customized, information-based, value-bearing items wherein each customized, information-based, value-bearing item comprises a plurality of customizable features, said computer system comprising a memory and a processor, said memory comprising executable program instructions stored thereon that cause said processor to perform the processes to:

• upload an image according to a user instruction and format said image according to user formatting instructions, said user formatting instructions received from the user through an interactive digital display that is adjacent to a digital preview display of information-based, value-bearing item indicia data, wherein a first customized feature of said plurality of customizable features comprises said image formatted according to said user formatting instructions, and generate a first partial representation of a particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item, said first partial representation comprising said image formatted according to said user formatting instructions;
• receive a user input of an indication of a postage amount, wherein a second customized feature of said plurality of customizable features comprises said postage amount, and generate a second partial representation of the particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item, said second partial representation comprising a human-readable representation of said postage amount;
• generate information-based, value-bearing-item indicia data corresponding to said postage amount, wherein a third customized feature of said plurality of customizable features comprises a machine-readable representation of said information-based, value-bearing-item indicia data, and generate a third partial representation of the particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item, said third partial representation comprising the machine-readable representation of said information-based, value-bearing-item indicia data;
• assemble as a single representation of said particular customized, information-based value-bearing item, said first, second and third partial representations of the particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item;
• and
• create a printable graphic image from said single representation of said particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item, wherein said printable graphic image comprises said assembled single representation comprising said first, second and third partial representations of the particular customized, information-based, value-bearing item.