Artwork

This web site and the creative team you will work with offers many ways to help you have the success you’re after. Explore our site and get to know us.

Our creative design and strategy development is one of our main core competencies that brings us new clients and keeps clients coming back to us.
We encourage you to let us be creative on your behalf.

When you are submitting art files, logos or photographs to us, read the below guidelines.

Upload Your Artwork PMS Color Chart

Note our art file up-loader link above.
Note our PMS color chart link in same area that is handy when considering color choices.

Guidelines for Submitting Your Art

We accept the following file types:

Adobe Illustrator - Output: Illustrator AI, PDF, EPS (all type to outlines)
Adobe InDesign - Output: INDD, Acrobat PDF (all type to outlines)
CorelDraw- Output: CorelDraw EPS, (all type to curves)
Adobe Photoshop - Output: Photoshop TIF, Photoshop PSD, and PDF (In PDF Option - Encoding - Select JPEG @ Maximum Quality Output (12).
Other - JPG, GIF, BMP in some cases. Contact Graphics Dept. at 800-875-1725 x108 or [email protected]

Quick Guide

Product	Required	Acceptable Files	Information
Logos/Art additions for Customized Posters and Banners		AI, EPS, PSD, PDF, JPG, TIF, PNG,GIF, BMP	300 or Higher DPI - Supply Fonts or Convert Text to Outlines
Decals- 1, 2 and 3 colors	VECTOR ART	AI, EPS, PDF	Must be Vector Artwork - Convert Text to Outlines
Decals- 4-color process		AI, EPS, PSD, PDF, JPG, TIF, PNG,GIF, BMP	300 or Higher DPI - Supply Fonts or Convert Text to Outlines
Promotional Products-Handouts (not 4-color process)	VECTOR ART	AI, EPS, PDF	Must be Vector Artwork - Convert Text to Outlines
T-Shirts, Coloring Books, Info Wheels	VECTOR ART	AI, EPS, PDF	Must be Vector Artwork - Convert Text to Outlines

NOTE: Re-saving JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG and BMP files as AI, PDF orEPS files does not change the art file and make it vector or usable.

What is Vector Art?

(Illustrator, Freehand, Flash, Corel Draw)

Vectors are any scaleable objects that keeps their proportions and quality when sized up or down.
They're defined as solid objects, and can be moved around in full, or grouped together with other objects.
Vector art consists of creating paths and points.
Vector art is anything created in Illustrator, Freehand, Corel Draw, Flash or other "vector" illustration programs.

What is Raster Art? (PSD, TIF, JPG, GIF, BMP)

Raster art is created in programs like Photoshop and includes photos and scans.
Raster art consists of pixel information, where every pixel is assigned a RGB or CMYK value. This can create smoother and more detailed
images for photos and paintings, but if the image is scaled, the program has to create new information, resulting in a distorted look.

The Most Common Art Problems

(which lead to delays and/or additional charges)

Fonts
Though we maintain a large library of fonts, there are so many fonts no one can have them all. If our library does not include a specific font you need to use,
we will need the font sent to us either by email or on disc.

Web Art
We cannot use any logos or other art taken from websites. They are simply too small, have low resolution and cannot be used. If that is all that's available to you,
we can recreate the art in the necessary format for an additional charge.

Files resaved in different a format.
When vector art is needed, an Illustrator PDF, EPS or AI VECTOR file is what we will need.