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Rixstine
Recognition welcomes artwork provided by our customers.
Here are
a few guidelines to follow when providing your own "camera-ready" artwork
or computer generated art on floppy disk,
CD, ZIP disk or via email.
If you still have questions after
reading this, please email art@rixstinetrophy.com
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Camera-ready Art |
If you are providing artwork for us to scan,
please be sure that the art is made up of sharp, black images with clean
edges, such as art printed on a laser printer or similar high-resolution
output device.
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The following is NOT acceptable as camera-ready art |
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Fax Copies |
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Business Cards |
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Office Copier Documents |
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Artwork with folds, creases, staples or writing |
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clothing |
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If you provide artwork of this type, you may be charged additional art charges. |
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Computer Generated Art |
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When providing computer generated
artwork there are several guidelines to follow to be sure that the artwork
will be usable. First of all, Rixstine Trophy uses CorelDRAW 12
software on a PC based system, so always be sure that your disks are
formatted for PC instead of MAC. There are also several different
types and formats of artwork. Read the following to help you decide
what type and format will work best for the artwork you need.
*Note for Mac Users: When exporting graphics from a
MacIntosh system to a PC disk, be sure to give the file an extension.
Example: If the original artwork is a Mac-based TIFF file, change
the extension to .TIF, as windows uses only 3 characters for extensions
and without it, the file cannot be opened on a PC.
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Types and Formats |
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There are two main TYPES of artwork: Raster images (also called Bitmap images) and Vector images (images
created in graphics programs such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW). Vector images are preferred over raster images. There are also many
different FORMATS for each type. The format you use will depend on
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Vector & Raster Images
Rixstine Recognition prefers
Vector graphics over Raster graphics.
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Raster images are made up of individual dots called pixels that are arranged and colored
differently to form a pattern. Increasing the size of a rastor image
has the effect of increasing individual pixels, making lines and shapes
appear jagged. Reducing the size distorts the original image because
pixels are removed to reduce the overall image size. Because a
raster image is created as a collection of arranged pixels, its parts
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Vector graphics are made up of many individual objects. Each of these objects have
individual properties assigned to it, such as color, fill, and or outline.
Vector graphics are resolution independent and can be output to the
highest quality at any scale. Vector graphics tend to have much
smaller file sizes than raster based bitmaps. |
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Common Rastor formats include |
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.JPEG |
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.PNG |
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.PICT |
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.GIF |
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.TIFF |
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.TIF |
(PC) |
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.BMP |
(BITMAP) |
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Common vector formats include |
.AI |
Adobe Illustrator* |
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.CDR |
CorelDRAW |
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.CGM |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
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.DXF/ .DWG |
AutoCAD &
other CAD software |
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Use the following as a guide to
providing the best possible artwork: |
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• For artwork being reproduced
in color, you will need to provide vector type artwork to ensure accurate
color reproduction with a pms number.
• For artwork that will need to be re-sized, re-colored, or
have changes made in any way, you will need to provide vector type
artwork.
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For artwork that will be reproduced in black & white, or lasered, you can
provide either vector art OR a high-resolution raster image. |
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If you have any questions about the art files you have,
please give us a call at
402-476-3810, or email art@rixstinetrophy.com |
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