Customer Service Center Help Desk FAQs The BrandedStirs.com design production team uses the Macintosh O/S platform. Files developed in this platform are preferred, but not essential, as long as the art specifications are adhered to.
SUBMIT ART FILES TO: art@brandedstirs.com along with your order confirmation number so we can match your art file up with your order for processing.
Submitted art files must conform to the following specifications:
Art File Format
Description
Vector graphics
Object-oriented graphics made up of points, lines, curves, and polygons (line-art)
Type fonts converted to outlines, paths or curves
The process where type is converted into line-art to avoid font issues
EPS files (Encapsulated PostScript)
The most versatile file format available, and can be generated by all drawing applications as well as most layout applications
PDF files (Portable Document Format)
PDF files are ONLY accepted if they are editable and do not contain embedded images
Art submitted in any of the following formats will incur an additional $45 per hour graphic charge fordesign conversion. (Average time incurred is generally one hour.)
Art File Format
Description
Raster graphics (such as JPG, GIF or TIF) must be 300 dpi or higher
Graphics made up of a collection of pixels, often referred to as a “bitmapped” image
DPI stands for dots per inch. If the art file is only 72 dpi (web quality), provide it in a large size/dimension so it can be reduced to “sharpen” the image detail.
