SUPPLYING YOUR OWN FILE

If you are supplying your own file please email to: info@SkookumGraphics.com
OR
Mail a CD Rom, DVD, or USB memory sticks to:
Skookum Graphics Box 315, Alert Bay BC V0N 1A0

Please include a hard copy of your artwork.
Please include any useful instructions.

FONTS WILL NEED TO BE EMBEDED OR OUTLINED

CONVERTING FONTS TO OUTLINES

How to convert fonts to outlines in Adobe Illustrator
- Select the text you want converted
- Click on type then click on create outlines

EMBED ALL FONTS IN MICROSOFT OFFICE
CONVERTING FONTS TO CURVES

CMYK vs. RGB.

Please supply files in CMYK.
CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black) are the four colors used during the printing process.
RGB (Red, Green and Blue) are the colours used by screen displays.
JPEG files are usually in RGB.
Documents should be created in CMYK so that your screen colours and printed product closely match.

SAFE MARGINS

The safe margins are imaginary lines inside the document. This imaginary line represents either a cut or a fold. Safe margin can contain pictures but should not contain important information such as: names, addresses, numbers and logos. Please keep important informationwithin the safe margin (at least .137” from the edge)

* Please be sure to keep all text within the safe margin. (at least .137” from the edge)

ACCEPTED FILE FORMATS

Adobe Acrobat Document (*.pdf) (recommended)
Adobe Illustrator Artwork (*.ai) (recommended)
Adobe Photoshop Image (*.psd) (recommended)
Bitmap Image (*.bmp)
GIF Image (*.gif)
JPEG Image (*.jpg,*.jpeg)
PostScript File (*.ps)

Compression:

Use zip or stuffit to compress files to make them smaller and faster to send.