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Art Work Guidelines

Artwork Submission Guidelines

You will need to place your order before sending us your artwork files. Please download one of our templates to prepare your artwork.

Download Artwork Template

Artwork Submissions:
design@wordoutmedia.com

There is a $15 service fee for files that must be reformatted.

FILE PREPARATION – We support the following file formats:

Adobe Photoshop (.psd) – DO NOT FLATTEN
Adobe Illustrator (.ai or .eps) – Fonts converted to outlines/curves
Adobe InDesign (.indd) Exported as a PDF
Adobe PageMaker (.pmd) Exported as a PDF

Other formats: .eps .pdf .tif .jpeg

Photoshop™ Files
Photoshop or pixel image artwork must be:
1” x 1”
300 dpi resolution
Have a .5” bleed (.25” on all sides)
CMYK or Greyscale color mode
Saved as a .psd or .tif and NOT FLATTENED

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Illustrator™ Files
Illustrator or vector artwork must be:
Saved with all fonts converted to outlines
Have a .5” bleed (.25” on all sides)
CMYK color mode
Saved as a version CS compatible .pdf, .eps, or .ai

Download Templates

Setting Up Your Files In Other Applications:
Export files in the following formats:
1. As a postscript file. (EPS or PDF)
2. As a vector image. (EPS or AI)
3. As a 300 DPI @ a 1:1 size ratio bitmapped image. (TIFF or JPEG)

We DO NOT support native Freehand or CorelDRAW files.

RESOLUTION – Files need to be at least 300 dpi to print clearly, otherwise images may appear distorted or pixellated. Most images found on the web are 72 dpi and are not suitable for professional printing. WE DO NOT ACCEPT any images from the Internet or files saved in RGB color mode.

COLOR – Files must be CMYK for colors to print accurately. File conversion from CMYK to RGB will cause some changes to your colors.

BLEED – Bleed is used to extend an image or background to the edges of your design. the proper amount of bleed will allow your art to fill the image area completely.

For example, if you want your button background to be red you must bleed the red past the edge of the final size of your button.

Please included .25” bleed on all sides of your artwork.

FONTS – Please embed or outline all the fonts used in your document before sending us the final artwork.

ARTWORK SIZE – Please refer to the above Photoshop file dimension requirements when designing your artwork or download one of our templates. The resolution should be set at 300 DPI minimum. You MUST allow a .25 inch border containing no live area (important text and graphics) for cutting purposes.

PERIMETER TEXT – Goes around the outside edge of a button. This is a perfect place to add your website or other important text up to 75 characters.

Word Out Media does this at no additional charge in black or white text. Once we have your design just e-mail us your perimeter text message.

Please do not try to included this in the design yourself.