Images and Pictures
There's a huge variety of file types that can contain images and we'll accept most of them. Broadly speaking, image files fall into one of two categories: vector images and raster images. A vector image is made up of lines and shapes and is commonly used for corporate logos and text. The great thing about vector images is that they can be resized without looking "blocky" or pixelated. This means that our printing machines will do a really good job of reproducing smooth lines and curves in your atwork. If you have a file that ends in .AI, .SVG, .EPS or .PDF then its probably a vector file. The other type of images are raster. These are more commonly used for photographs from a digital camera. There's a limit to how much we can enlarge the image before it starts to lose quality, so if you want to upload a photo, we suggest that you upload the image directly from your digital camera without resizing it first. The better the image, the better the quality of the print. If you have a file that ends in .JPG, .JPEG, .BMP or .PNG then its a raster image.
Click on the "Add Picture" icon to select an image file to upload.
Adding Text
We've teamed up with Google to provide you with a great selection of professional fonts to choose from in your artwork. Just click on the "T" for text icon and start typing. Once you've entered your message, you can position your text by dragging it with your mouse. You can change the font, text colour and font style (bold/italic) using the toolbar.
Click on the "Add Text" icon and start typing your message.
Use the text toolbar to customise the appearance of your text.
Working with layers
Our simple layer adjustment tools will help you to decide which elements of your artwork appeat at the front and which appear at the back. Say you want some text to appear in front of a picture instead of disapearing behind it. Just click on the text element to select it. A dotted line will appear around the element with little boxes (handles) in the corner to resize it. Move your mouse down to the toolbar and click the "Move To Front Layer" icon. You could also select the image in the same way and click the "Move To Back Layer" icon. Having both icons is useful if you're working with three or more elements.
Move any element to the top layer.
Supplying Artwork to No-Minimum.co.uk
Full Colour, Photographic Prints |
File formats accepted: JPEG, PNG, TIFF |
| When supplying artwork for full colour, photographic prints it’s important to ensure that your artwork is supplied in a sufficiently high resolution to achieve the highest quality print. Our printing machines will produce an image of much higher resolution than most laptop or desktop computer screens so just because an image looks fine on your screen, doesn’t mean it will make a good print. We ask that your artwork be supplied in sufficient size for us to print it at 300 DPI (dots-per-inch). You can supply larger artwork (up to 600 DPI) but anything lower may result in a sub-standard quality of print. | |
Logos, text and vector files. |
File formats accepted: PDF, AI, SVG, EPS |
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For prints such as corporate logos and fine text such as URLs we strongly recommend supplying your artwork in vector format. Files created from a vector drawing package (such as Adobe Illustrator) tend to produce cleaner, sharper edges. This can dramatically improve the readability of text or the general appearance of logos. In order to exactly match the fonts in your artwork ALL FONTS MUST BE “OUTLINED”. Please ensure that layers within your Illustrator files are embedded instead of linked otherwise you will lose those layers. |
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Laser Engraving |
File formats accepted: AI, SVG, EPS |
| Due to the way in which a laser engraver operates, we require all artwork for engraving to contain a single colour (preferably black) and to be in vector format. Black is engraved, white is not. ALL FONTS MUST BE “OUTLINED”. Paths must be outlines and masks cannot be used. Please also ensure that sufficient space is left between details as fine details may be lost when engraved. | |
Artwork rejections
Occasionally, our printing experts may find that your artwork file is unsuitable (for example, if you forgot to outline the fonts). In this case we will contact you by email to notify you of the problem. If this happens with one of your orders, please try to respond with amended artwork files quickly so as to avoid increasing the lead time on your order.
Please note: The size of the artwork should be the size of the print area of the product. There should be no bleed or bleed indicators.
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