Posts made in December 7th, 2009

We have a lot of people ask us what’s the best art format for my job?  And it’s a good one, for each process that we perform here at CNY the art specifications can change and sometimes quite dramatically. For instance, for cut vinyl signs, all art needs to be in outline (hairline) form with no overlapping images or objects. The artwork also cannot contain scanned, bitmapped (jpg, pdf,gif, tig, png) images of any kind. File formats are usually either CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS with all fonts converted to outlines. If we are doing print or print-n-cut signs/decals then the artwork can contain any mix of lines, images, and objects. These types of artwork can contain complex fills, gradients, tiles and other special effects such as found in Adobe...