Art Department Specifications
VISIONS AWARDS art department accepts electronic artwork:
Lasering or Sand-etching art requirements
- Send VECTOR
- artwork only (BITMAP files, METAFILES, or PAGE LAYOUT files will not reproduce with
quality)
- Properly made PDF files from VECTOR files are acceptable.
- Send artwork files with all elements in Black & White (without grayscales).
- Line thicknesses should be at least 1.5 points * Provide a hard copy printout of
layouts, a faxed version is acceptable.
Silkscreened and Photometal art requirements
Silkscreening Process:
- Supply artwork in vector format and in solid black and white.
- Supply artwork in vector format any art being screened in CMYK color.
- Supply in rasterized CMYK color format (TIFF, GIF or JPEG with a resolution of 300
d.p.i. or greater and at 100%), any photo art being screened in four-color process.
Photometal Process:
- Supply all photo images at approximately the size they are to be produced (grayscale
traster format such as TIFF, GIF or JPEG with a resolution of 300 d.p.i. or greater).
Software Applications include
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SOFTWARE
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MINIMUM
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WORKING VERSION
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SOFTWARE CATEGORY
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Adobe Illustrator
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5.5
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CS3
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Illustration-Vector
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Corel Draw Macromedia
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9
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Illustration-Vector
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Freehand
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3.1
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9
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Illustration-Vector
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MS Word
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Word Processing
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Excel
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Spreadsheet
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WinZip
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File Compression
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Guide for Type sizes in etching
- San Serif fonts (ex. Helvetica) = 12 pt or larger
- Script fonts (ex. Shelley) = 15 to 18 pt or larger
- Serif fonts (ex. Times) = 14 pt or larger.
- Please refrain from using Open Face fonts (ex. Caslon Open Face) the lines are not
thick enough and will not etch with quality.
- Note - Visions will not be responsible for the quality in etching for text pointsizes
smaller than specified above.
Paperproofs
- Paperproof will be provided with each order.
- We will provide a proof of the desired imprint on a template of the item ordered
so you can approve the size positioning and spelling.
- Written approval not returned via fax within 24 hours may delay your ship date.
- When multiple proofs are required due to customer revisions, an $18.75(G) fee will
be applied per proof.