I drew several characters for a retail store. Some she used on post cards and invitations. I also did a business card for her and a Logo for her foundation. I supplied all artwork in a hires jpeg file and was paid. She now wants all files to be sent to her in working format in other words so she can manipulate the artwork and use it for other things other than what she paid me for. Does she own the rights to this art or do I? Should she pay additional to be able to us it in this manner? If she already has the images am I under obligation to supply them in another format?
I should add we will no longer be working with her because she did not honor the contract by paying on time and did not pay the penalty that is clearly written on the contract if payment is not received on time. We chased her down for over a month to get paid and she yelled at us like a child when she finally did pay us. So future jobs with her is not an issue. I just want to know if I’m legally obligated. Thanks.
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I drew several characters for use on buisness cards and postcards…who owns the rights to the artwork?
Amazing SciFi and Fantasy Images
Vitaly S. Alexius is a young freelance illustrator & photographer. He may be young but he does his artwork in a manner which shows great care a great deal of patience. When you see his amazing SciFi and Fantasy Graphic Images you will probably be astonished. View
Amazing SciFi and Fantasy Images by Vitaly S Alexius
Vitaly S. Alexius is a young freelance illustrator & photographer. He may be young but he does his artwork in a manner which shows great care a great deal of patience. When you see his amazing SciFi and Fantasy Graphic Images you will probably be astonished. View
What is a good online site to display your artwork with other artists?
Well im very ambitious about my artwork and I want to share them with other creative artists and I was wondering what is a good site to display my work with people around the world. I know that deviant art is really popular but the site seems amateurish(not the art or artists). In my school I usually display my art outside in the lobby but I don’t feel like displaying my work for those people who are clueless and can care less.
Prepare My Business Card Artwork For Pdf (Bleed And Crop Marks) For Perfect Printing – Coreldraw 12
Most people in today’s digital world already use some type of graphic software and have some idea of how to put together a business card, flyer, brochure or postcard with with no, or little, problem. The problem is their work is unfinished – unfinished meaning their artwork does not have any needed ‘Bleed’ values and/or ‘Crop Marks’ on the PDF. Both bleed values and crop marks are needed in printing so the printer knows exactly how to handle and cut your product. Have you ever wondered why the graphics are not centered or something important is cut off? The reason is because you, through your artwork have allowed the printers to have thousands of options and ways to print your product. So, basically, it is a gamble to send your artwork to the printers without any bleed values and/or crop marks.
Bleed Values:
Bleed values are needed in order for the printers to print ‘Beyond’ your product size – in result, the the edges of your products are printed with your graphics and colors and not some white line showing up on the face of your printing product. If there is no bleed in the file, the printing shop might or usually ‘Stretches’ the file to the bleed in order to print beyond the entire product. This may function for you, unless of course, the stretch process stretches your important text/graphics and then cuts it off or the artwork is not centered in your end product. Printers have very limited control of the out come without bleed values.
I will explain to you quick and easy ways to add bleed values to your artwork.
Crop Marks:
Crop marks are needed for printers to align and center your product and most importantly, where to cut your product. There can be thousands of ways to place your product on the printing plates and thousands of ways to cut your product without crop marks. Using crop marks on your PDF, there is only ONE way to place and cut your product. The odds of “one” are best.
CorelDRAW 12 – Instructions for Bleed and Crop Marks
Most people who read this will already have their artwork done, so let’s move on to make the project flawless with any printer shop. A standard business card is dimensioned at 2″ x 3.5″ – this will also be the ‘Paper Type/Size of your Corel project in both Method 1 and 2 below. Next is the bleed. At this point, it is important to know the bleed value of your printer shop – some are .25″ and really good printer shops are .125″.
In CorelDRAW 12, there are 2 ways to create bleed.
Method 1 – (Ex. Business Card – finished size: 2″ X 3.5″ with bleed of .125″: 2.125″ X 3.625″)
Add bleed to you output print settings. Go into File, Print Preview, Settings, Layout – Check mark the ‘Bleed Limit’. Keep in mind that you just can’t type in the bleed value into the field. You have to think: The Corel bleed value extends on all 4 sides if the project – If you enter in a bleed vaule of .125″, you will have .125″ on the top, .125″ on the bottom, .125″ on the left and .125″ on the right. So if you do the math: business card dimension 2″ x 3.5″. Height: 2″ + .125″ +.125″ = 2.25″ Wrong! Width – 3.5″ + .125″ + .125″ = Wrong again! You will have to take the bleed value that the printer shop gives you (ex. .125″) and then divide it by 2 (for two sides) = .0625 This is correct! So enter in .0625″ into the ‘Bleed Limit’ field and press ‘apply’ and ‘OK’.
Note: Add guidelines to your project that don’t get printed. This will give you a ‘Guideline’ as to where NOT to put your important text or graphics. With a bleed of .125 the guidelines need to offset the business card dimension by .0625″ which is .125″/2 since we have two sides. So, the guidelines dimension vertically would be for example: -.0625″, 0.0″, .0625″, 1.9375″, 2.0″, 2.0625″. Horizontally is: -.0625″, 0.0″, .0625″, 3.4375″, 3.5″, 3.5625″.
Crop Marks:
Go in File, Print Preview, Settings, Prepress. Check mark the ‘Crop/foldmarks’ and ‘Exterior only’. Press ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’. You now have crop marks on your PDF. Publish to PDF – Done.
Method 2 – make your image sizes to the bleed value. Example: 2.125″ x 3.625″. All we did here was add the bleed value .125 to the width and height of the images. Once you center your images, you now have bleed.
Note: Add guidelines to your project that don’t get printed. This will give you a ‘Guideline’ as to where NOT to put your important text or graphics. With a bleed of .125 the guidelines need to offset the business card dimension by .0625″ which is .125″/2 since we have two sides. So, the guidelines dimension vertically would be for example: -.0625″, 0.0″, .0625″, 1.9375″, 2.0″, 2.0625″. Horizontally is: -.0625″, 0.0″, .0625″, 3.4375″, 3.5″, 3.5625″.
Add your Crop Marks as explained above. Publish to PDF – Done.
Adobe Illustrator CS3 and CS4 – Instructions for Bleed and Crop Marks
Printer Bleed Value in this example is .125″.
1. Set the Artboard dimensions to 3.5″ X 2.0″. File, Document Setup.
2. Add guidelines to your project. I usually create a box, set the Transform dimension of the box to the bleed values of 3.625″ X 2.125″ and another box at the Safety Margin size of of 1.875″ X 3.375″. Align the Boxes to the Artboard centered in both diections. Then change the boxes to Guides. Keep the Guides locked.
3. Align all your images and artwork vectors to the Bleed Guide Box (3.625″ X 2.125″ ). This give your project Bleed. Keep all your important text and graphics in the Safety Margin Guide Box (1.875″ X 3.375″).
4. CS3: Save as PDF – Select Preset to “Press”. Marks and Bleeds Tab, check mark “Trim Marks”, select others depending on your printer needs. Set to Bleed to zero, because in CS3, no matter how much you play with the bleed, no effect seems to be the result.
The Crop Marks will come in at the Artboard dimensions to 3.5″ X 2.0″.
4.1. CS4: Set your bleed values in the ‘Document seting to .0625″. File, Document Setup, Bleed.
Save as PDF – Select Preset to “Press Quality”. Marks and Bleeds Tab, check mark “Trim Marks”, select others depending on your printer needs. Check Mark “Use Document Bleed Settings”.
The Crop Marks will come in at the Artboard dimensions to 3.5″ X 2.0″.
It is best not to gamble with something as important as your branding image. Add a few more minutes of the time you spent designing your printing product and add some Bleed and Crop Marks. You will get exact what you wanted every time.
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Online Business Card Printing with Printfac3: How to convert your artwork into PDF using Illustrator
Convert your final artwork into PDF format in a few simple steps. Check out the tutorial. More info at www.printfac3.com. an online printing company specialized in name card printing, flyer printing, brochure printing, business card printing, announcement card printing, postcard printing…
Nerdiest Album Art Ever?
Indie singer-songwriter Laura Imbruglia recently released her second album, the artwork of which pays homage to a certain magazine. I'll let you guess which one. View
Online Brochure Printing with Printfac3: How to convert your artwork into PDF using Photoshop
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Ekaterina Zagustina Illustrations
Link: http://creill.com/ekaterina-zagustina… Creative illustrations by Ekaterina Zagustina, talented female illustrator from Belgorod, Russia.
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Ekaterina Zagustina Illustrations
HELP HAITI / updates – BOOOOOOOM! – CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY …
help haiti art fundraiser. Take a look at all of the work here: HELP HAITI . And once again, if you’re not interested in purchasing any of the artwork but you’d like to make a donation to Haiti, Google has made it very easy! …
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