DESIGNER QUESTION!!!

[Nick470]

Hey just wondering when you design something for a client and you hand them the artwork..What format do you give the design in?? jpeg, psd??? Just wondering cuz i'm starting to get more clients and I wanna make sure I do it right..thanks..

 

[tosin]

depends on what it is and what the printer wants...some printers want diff things...

for the most part i give them a non compressed .jpg (saved at 12)

 

[Y-S]

yeah it depends, that's the word. Give them what they want. Or give them your recommendation if they don't know/not sure.

 

[dsnmgr]

When submitting an update for a client you submit a JPEG.
Dont ask them, let them know this is how you run your business.

If your submitting a JPEG waiting for the clients approval and you dont any previous relationship with them you can even put your logo across the image small at low opacity... but thats me.


JPEG Dog! 72 dpi

 

[Nick470]

aight guys thanks..yeah I save all my work at highest jpeg(12) so I just wanna make sure its all good..also when your screen printing a t shirt does it matter if the file is RGB OR CMYK???

 

[MCKadafi]

Well you talking about the final file or samples? Samples resized to 72dpi as JPGs. And final files in TIF with all layers flattend

 

[Nick470]

Well you talking about the final file or samples? Samples resized to 72dpi as JPGs. And final files in TIF with all layers flattend

aight thats good to know..thanks..

 

[noWetaG]

MCKADAFI already stated my usual procedure for general print files...
when screen printing a t-shirt it has to be CMYK....
but screen print means u have to have each color on a layer,
(usually done in ILLUSTRATOR)
then exported as HIGH quality GIFS (think 300-600 dpi)...
this is done because GIFS support transparency
and not all printers support TIF files w/transparency...........

 

[drewski.kalonji]

MCKADAFI already stated my usual procedure for general print files...
when screen printing a t-shirt it has to be CMYK....
but screen print means u have to have each color on a layer,
(usually done in ILLUSTRATOR)
then exported as HIGH quality GIFS (think 300-600 dpi)...
this is done because GIFS support transparency
and not all printers support TIF files w/transparency...........

GOOD TO KNOW

 

[EDJ]

gATEWON,
gIFS FOR PRINTIN'? I NEVA HEARD THAT. I THOUgHT gIFS WERE FOR ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE NET?

 

[noWetaG]

GIFs are great at producing solid, consistent color......
the quality degradation comes when trying to
reproduce photographic continuous-tone images.....
since 1 color needs to be on a sperate layer, theres no qual. loss.....
more and more printers these days support the TIFs w/transparency...
but not all by a longshot...anytime u are going to be printing
u should be talking to them about procedures (in which they print,
how they like their files, if their press/printer uses a special color profile ect)
for their company anyway; thats just how most
of my t-shirt printing has resulted......

 

[EDJ]

^YUP. YOU EVA SUBMITTED SOMETHIN' NEW FOR THE LOgO CONTEST?

 

[noWetaG]

nope.....got other fish 2 fry these days.....
but i seen the 1 u did, nice job...

 

[EDJ]

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