We Get It Done Yesterday!
With Halloween right up our alley, it’s crunch time to get the Halloween graphics printed up. To save you time we put together this collection of Halloween vector graphics that are available for commercial use. No need to spend hours looking for the right vector only to come to find out that you can’t use […]
The process of setting up a Spot UV business card is different from what you are used to. Since the Spot UV coating is not actually “printed”, the area that is printed and the area that is Spot UV will require separate files. Areas with UV (Spot) and Areas with No UV Let’s make it […]
This post is best suited for graphic designers who will be working on a die cutting project and/or those of you who simply like to know how to do stuff. Creating a die line for die cutting can be pretty simple or can be quite difficult, all depends on your design and some planning […]
In this post we will explore in detail how to beef up your printed marketing materials by adding your own custom video and making it easy for your customers to share the video as well. I am sure some of you reading this right now are imagining small screens, wires and batteries or mini-DVDs […]
Why Do We Need to Outline Our Type? Before sending a file to a printer, there are a few important steps that must be considered. One of those is making sure that the type in the document is turned into outlines. If the printer needs to make an adjustment to the file (fix color, adjust […]
Using the Offset Path Tool in Adobe Illustrator This tool is one of my favorites within Illustrator. It does exactly as the name suggests, it creates a duplicate of an object with the path set off by a specified distance. It can create replicas of different size with standard distances between the original and replica […]
Kerning and Leading are ways to manipulate the spacing between characters. Spatial manipulation in type can be a very important tool. Some fonts need to have individual characters adjusted to help create better readability and a more aesthetically pleasing layout. Changes to kerning and leading often go unnoticed, but in most situations that is what […]
Vector Logos of popular brands are sometimes hard to find for your designs… Customers in need of design services are usually not knowledgeable of technical properties of design… that’s why they hire us to design it for them. More often then not, customer supplied files are not print-ready; product images and manufacturer logos pulled off […]
When working with typography, it is necessary to implement the most appropriate typefaces in order to correctly convey an idea. The wrong typeface can create the wrong mood and mistake the purpose of the design. In the most extreme case, the wrong typeface can even ruin the design. That being said, there are quite a […]
What Your Marketing Mix Is Missing When promoting a new product, service, music album, a band, a company, a brand, creating a media kit is essential to a successful marketing and/or branding campaign. A media kit is an informative resource like no other since it can include so many different types of media, all packaged […]