TECH SPECS

FILE TYPES
Powerpoint – Expect some colour shift.
Keynote – Files must be zipped for upload.
Pages – Files must be zipped for upload.
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign – Fonts and images embedded or provided, or fonts/text outlined, and Photoshop layers flattened. Preferred formats.
PDFs – Print-ready/high-resolution. Do not use if colour is critical.
Corel – Convert files to Illustrator or PDF with all fonts outlined.

Print-ready files are required for academic orders and are those in the above formats that need no page layout or further processing. There will be a setup fee for files that require some work.

SPECIFICATIONS
Size – at output dimensions and print ready.
Colour – Process/CMYK or RGB.
Images – raster-based images to be at least 180dpi at size (100%).
Margins – allow for a half-inch non-printable margin.
Gradients/transparencies – strictly no go, Jack.
Multiple pages – place on one page, 36” wide.
Upload – to FILE UPLOAD, or for Academic projects to the ACADEMIC UPLOAD found in the main left menu.

IMAGE FORMATS
JPEG – a commonly used format to display photographs and other continuous-tone images on screen. It retains all color information but compresses file size by selectively discarding data, therefore is a ‘lossy’ file format and not ideal. Always save at its maximum quality setting.

TIFF – a flexible format supported by virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Photoshop can save layers in a TIFF file, but please flatten these before providing the file to us.

EPS – is a popular file format for transferring vector artwork between applications. EPS format does not support transparency, something to generally avoid.

RESOLUTION
We generally print at 180dpi at 100%. Canvas and pictures that will be viewed at a greater distance can go to about 130/150dpi. Bring in your image and we can advice as to resolution and size.

COLOUR
Generally it is best to leave your image in its original colour space when providing a digital file. If you do want to choose a colour space to work in use Adobe RGB and US Web Coated (SWOP)v2. Read more on colour HERE.

HOW TO PROVIDE YOUR IMAGE
1. Upload your digital images to our site; or
2. Bring in images on a memory key, memory card, or disk.