ART SERVICES

Let Kurt's full service art department work with you to develope a design that is right for you. Art services are $45/hour.

WANT TO DO THE ART YOURSELF?

Maybe you are handy with the computer and want to do the design yourself, or you already have the design ready in electronic form. Follow these guidelines to make sure that your art will be usable by our art department. Deviations from these requirements may incur additional art charges or make electronic submission impossible.

EMAIL is an acceptable delivery method for art:
EMAIL TO: kurtskustom@earthlink.net

Acceptable Removable Media Formats
CD-ROM Mac, CD-ROM HYBRID, DVD data disc, Flash Drive, Zip Disk

PREFERRED FILE FORMAT: is Adobe Illustrator VECTOR ART FILE. All Type Converted to Paths-All Colors using PMS SOLID Colors (PMS SOLID COATED LIBRARY) or Spot Colors.

ACCEPTABLE FILE FORMATS:
All files should be to be set up to print as spot colors. CMYK or RGB separations must be converted to Spot or PMS Solid Colors. Photoshop colors can be set up as channels.
EPS: Vector Art, All text needs to be converted to outlines, Placed artwork should be embedded within the file, otherwise all placed art and fonts MUST be included with file.

All art must separate as Spot Colors.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Versions up to CS2. All text needs to be converted to outlines and placed artwork should be embedded within the file, otherwise all placed art and fonts MUST be included with file.

TIFF: Bitmap images must be 300 dpi or higher at 100% of Printing Size.
JPG: Images must be 300 dpi or higher at 100% of Printing Size. Color Images should separate to channels.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP: Versions up to CS2. All images should be 300 dpi or higher at 100% of Printing Size. Text should be converted to outlines or the fonts used must be included. Colors should be set up to separate into channels. Exceptions to this are Files That Are to be Printed Using 4 Color Process (see Below)

PDF: Art Should be Vector Images. Type Should be Outlined.

Perfered Operating System: Mac OS 10

Acceptable Compression Methods
BIN (Mac Binary), SIT, SITX, ZIP, HQX(BinHex)

Preferred Art Submission: Emailed, CD ROM / DVD / Zip 100MB or 250MB, EPS

4 Color Process Art & Files: We can handle with your 4 Color Process printing needs. Please inquire.

Questions? Please contact our art department