In order to preserve the best possible print quality, please use the following software guidelines:

Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign to design the layout of your project Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign to design the layout of your project Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Freehand to edit photos and images only Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Freehand to edit photos and images only Adobe Acrobat if you are saving to a PDF (Portable Document Format) Adobe Acrobat if you are saving to a PDF (Portable Document Format)

Adobe offers free trials of their software from their website at www.adobe.com

Most other software applications will not produce the level of quality required for professional printing, and will not be accepted as artwork.

Our Art Department uses both Macintosh and PC systems, and can accept files from both platforms.

For a full list of requirements, please refer to the Prepress Form.

Software formats not accepted by our Art Department:

Quark and QuarkXpress Quark and QuarkXpress Microsoft Office Family products Microsoft Office Family products Microsoft Paint Microsoft Paint

For an explanation of why these formats are not accepted, see our Vector vs. Raster info.