Art Specifications

PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR ARTWORK TO: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We have a creative art department ready to help you. Send us your art or let us know your idea, and we'll do the rest.

Formatting your artwork according to our specifications improves turn-around time. If your artwork does not meet specifications, our art staff will make the corrections or you can make the changes and resubmit your art file. Turn-around time begins when approved artwork is received.

Artwork is accepted in vector and raster format.

Vector artwork is made up of geographical shapes such as point, lines curves, and polygons. Programs that produce vector artwork include Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator.

Raster artwork is made up of tiny dots of color commonly referred to as pixels or points. Adobe Photoshop is used to create raster artwork.

All files should be prepared for use on the PC platform.

Vector Artwork

Size: Artwork should be supplied at the final size desired.

File format: Adobe Illustrator CS2 or previous editions or Corel Draw X3 or previous editions are accepted.

Fonts: All fonts must be converted to curves (Corel Draw) or outlines (Illustrator).

Raster Artwork

Size: Size your art. Artwork should be supplied at the final size desired.

File format: Photoshop (.psd) files are accepted.

Resolution: We can turn your photographic art files into printable art. Resolution should be 300 ppi (points per inch) or dpi (dots per inch) or higher if possible.

Fonts: All fonts must be converted to curves (Corel Draw) or Outlines (Illustrator) or rasterized (Photoshop).

ARTWORK MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PDF OR JPEG PROOF.

Distressed Look

We can add a vintage distressed look to your art. Just request it.

Gradients

When using tints/gradients as part of the artwork, we recommend staying between 20 to 80% range to avoid lost or closed halftones.

Art Colors

Fills are preferred as SPOT COLORS in all art files except a photographic file unless specified. You can select from our spot ink color chart [link] for specific color, or if you prefer PMS color(s).

Emailing Art

Pyramid Imprints supports all popular image file formats. The file size limit for each image emailed is 10MB.

.ai - Adobe Illustrator document

.ps, .eps - PostScript file

.jpg - JPEG image

.tiff - TIFF image

.psd - Adobe Photoshop image

.bmp - Bitmap image

.cdr, .clk - CorelDRAW image

.gif - GIF image

.png - PNG image

.wmf - Windows metafile

Adobe Acrobat Documents (.pdf) and Microsoft Office files (.ppt, .doc, .xls) are also acceptable.

Again, please e-mail your artwork to us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You can also submit any comments or questions about your project in your email.