Why Does My Artwork Look So Small?
Two possibilities exist. Either or both may be the culprit.
- If your artwork looks too small, it is likely because your
resolution is too low. Our process requires an 600 dpi (or greater)
resolution. Please click on TRY AGAIN, increase the resolution of your
artwork, and re-upload the file.
- Alternatively, maybe you have too much white space
around your artwork. This also is a common issue. The white space
around your artwork will be automatically included in the required
space, thereby effectively reducing the visual size of your artwork
subject. Try cropping the image tighter and resaving, then re-upload
the file.
Ideal For Upload
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Reason |
Logos and/or images prepared to size at 800 dpi. (See Artwork Requirements.)
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Our system renders all images and text at 600 dpi for the best-quality end result.
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JPG (JPEG), or PNG files.
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These file
formats are ideal because the deliver the best image quality and best
compression ratios. The objective is to achieve a top-quality,
"non-lossy," 600 dpi image, but smaller than 4 megabytes in size. These
two files formats can easily accomplish this
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Photographic images produced by a professional-grade digital camera (6.0 megapixels or greater).
Alternatively, if your camera is capable of producing an image that is at least 3.0 megapixels
in size/resolution, and you have Software, e.g., Photoshop or similar,
that will allow you to upsample the resolution of the image as needed,
then that should work as well.
[Please note that upsampling more than 200% is not recommended for best image quality.]
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Consumer-grade digital cameras are
typically limited to resolutions of 5 megapixels or less.
Professional-grade digital cameras have higher-resolution options as
well as higher-quality optics.
This will give you the
best-possible image quality for your label, but you may do almost as
well will a lower-quality camera combined with some upsampling, manual
clean up, color correction, and sharpening. |
Photographic images scanned on a professional-quality scanner to size at 600 dpi (or 315 pixels or centimeter).
Alternatively, a decent-quality consumer model, e.g., Epson, HP, etc., will suffice in most cases with some clean up.
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While consumer-grade scanners will do
a fine job in many cases, and will support this resolution requirement
in most cases, we recommend professional-quality drum scanning because
the optics are so much better.
However, if you only have
access to a decent-quality, consumer-grade scanner, then that should
work fine as long as the resolution requirements are met. Some clean
up, color correction, and sharpening may be required if scanning on a
consumer-grade scanner.
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Do Not Upload These
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Reason |
Logos and/or images taken from a website
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These are too low in resolution. Web graphics are only 72 dpi. Our process requires 600 dpi to assure end quality.
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Logos and/or images that are intended for email use.
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Likewise, these files are too typically too low in resolution..
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Images from any consumer-grade digital camera with "medium," "low" or "email" setting.
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These are too low in resolution. Most
digital cameras have several different resolution of "quality"
settings. The highest of these, typically called "FINE" may work if
your camera is capable of producing an image that is at least 3.0 megapixels in size/resolution, and upsampled as needed.
[Please note that upsampling more than 200% is not recommended for best image quality.] |
GIF files
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While it's
possible for GIF files to be high in resolution, they typically are
not. The GIF file format was invented specifically for use on the
internet, so resolution is typically very low. Additionally, GIF files
do not keep their form well when resized, so our process doesn't work
well with this format.
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TIF files
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We support TIF file format, but the
TIF files are typically not compressed, so they could be larger in
megabytes than our system will accept. Our file size limitation for any
single upload is 4 megabytes.
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Please see Artwork Requirements for more information.
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