Art Contest

[Kit Kat P]

I'm helping to host a local art contest and need to know the best electronic format to request from the artists to go along w/ their pieces. Thank you.

[Msterbeau]

I'm helping to host a local art contest and need to know the best electronic format to request from the artists to go along w/ their pieces. Thank you.

Will the pieces be printed? What size? Those are the first questions that need answering.

Most likely you'll want it as a TIFF or PDF. What software do you have to open them with?

[Kit Kat P]

Will the pieces be printed? What size? Those are the first questions that need answering.

Most likely you'll want it as a TIFF or PDF. What software do you have to open them with?

they will be printed on brochures, flyers and possibly club cards

Um for software I have MS Office and adobe acrobat, is there something else that I would need?

[SuZQZ]

Acrobat will read the .pdf's and I believe .tiff's as well. Acrobat Pro will let you manipulate them slightly (size, etc). You should probably have some of the beefier Adobe products if you need to create layouts, etc. I leave that area to our local expert, the talented, sexy and handsome Marc!

[Msterbeau]

they will be printed on brochures, flyers and possibly club cards

Um for software I have MS Office and adobe acrobat, is there something else that I would need?

Adobe InDesign would be nice. Or Photoshop. You probably don't have the money so don't sweat it. Unless you need to edit things.

You'll want them saved at 300dpi at the largest physical size you need. So let's say you need to print each piece of art at 8x11, you'll want those dimensions at 300dpi. Have them saved as TIFFs in RGB mode. (Technically they should be in CMYK mode, which reduces the overall vibrancy a bit, because that's what can actually be printed, but I'd let the printer deal with that - unless they want them in CMYK. Ask first) I believe Word and Powerpoint work fine with that as a format. The images should NOT be compressed when saved. They SHOULD be sent in a zip archive so they take less time to get to you. (Assuming they're being emailed.)

[Msterbeau]

I leave that area to our local expert, the talented, sexy and handsome Marc!

LMAO!!! :blush:

[Kit Kat P]

Thank you so much.