artwork guidelines

FILE TYPES

TO GET YOUR ORDER MOVING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, WE RECOMMEND SENDING IN YOUR LOGO IN A VECTOR FILE FORMAT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VECTOR FILE FORMAT, PLEASE SEE OUR DESIGN SERVICES PAGE SO WE CAN CREATE ONE FOR YOU.

vECTOR FILE TYPES

  • .PDF (ADOBE ACROBAT) – EMBED ALL FONTS.
  • .AI OR .EPS (ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR) – CONVERT TEXT TO OUTLINES.
  • .CDR (COREL DRAW) – CONVERT TEXT TO CURVES

OTHER FILE TYPES

  • .JPG 
  • .PNG

VECTOR VS RASTER

RASTER FILES HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PIXELS AND WILL LOOSE QUALITY AS THE FILE IS SCALED. VECTOR GRAPHICS CAN BE SCALED TO ANY SIZE WITHOUT LOOSING QUALITY.  

VECTOR

RASTER

full color artwork

PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES BELOW FOR SUBMITTING FULL COLOR ARTWORK

resolution

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR FILE AT LEAST 300DPI OR VECTOR ART. YOUR PRINT WILL BE VERY BLURRY OR PIXELATED IF YOUR IMAGE IS BELOW 300DPI. FOR BEST RESULTS, PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR REP.

images

IMAGES THAT ARE TAKE FROM WEBSITES ARE TYPICALLY 72DPI. WE RECOMMEND USING A FILE THAT IS 300DPI OR GREATER. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND USING IMAGES OFF THE INTERNET THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PURCHASED FROM STOCK PHOTO WEBSITES.

BLEED

PLEASE EXTEND ALL BACKGROUND IMAGES PAST THE EDGE OF THE DOCUMENT AND BLEED TO PREVENT ANY BOARDERS FROM SHOWING. 

CONVERT TEXT TO OUTLINES

PLEASE CONVERT ALL TEXT TO OUTLINES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ARTWORK. SELECT ALL FONTS, THEN PRESS CTRL + SHIFT + O TO CONVERT ALL TEXT TO OUTLINES. SAVE AND SEND US THIS UPDATED FILE!

BEFORE

AFTER

IMPRINT TYPES

BELOW ARE SOME OF THE IMPRINT TYPES WE OFFER

SCREEN PRINT

DIRECT TO GARMENT

SUBLIMATION

FLAT EMBROIDERY

3D EMBROIDERY

Patches

RHINESTONE

hEAT TRANSFER Labels

FULL COLOR

PAD PRINT

FOIL STAMP

EMBOSS

DEBOSS

LASER ENGRAVED

SATIN ETCHED

DEEP ETCH

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