DEFINITIONS:

Flat Art: Slides are created by photographing photographs, print-outs, books, magazines, x-rays, CT-Scans, virtually any piece of uncopyrighted art. A 2x3 ratio on the original is desirable for an image to fill the entire slide, however slides can be cropped.

Blue diazos: A color reversal process that converts flat-art (usually black and white) to a two-color slide. Ex.: black text becomes white and white becomes blue. Several colors are available.

Pixel Editing: Computer manipulation of an image. For example, we'll take your photo and make your brown eyes blue and remove your "ex-" from the picture (literally).

Sizes: A-Size 8.5 x 11 B-Size 11 x 17 C-Size 18 x 24 D-Size 24 x 36 E-Size 36 x 48 Banner 36 x 108

Turn-Around Time: The amount of time it takes from the minute we get your file or order until the minute we get the job done. A standard 24-hour turnaround (for output services) means that if you drop the job off at 2pm, you can have it back at 2pm the next day. If you want it back eartler, for example, 10am, you will probably be charged a rush charge.

Printing vs. printing: Presentation Graphics is happy to print your digital (computer) file to any of our high quality printers. However, this is not the same process performed by a press at a printing company and should not be expected to yield the same results in terms of color palette, bleeds, etc.

Plotting: We can print your file at a large scale (poster-sizes from 36-inches wide up to 20 feet long) on our electrostatic or near-photo-quality plotters

Rush Charges: What happens on your bill when you bring us a job that needs to be produced in less than our standard time period. Charges vary based on the our workload at the moment, the type of job and amount of time given to produce it.

POWERPOINT TIPS:

By following these simple "rules," you can avoid many output hassles including editing time and charges by the Presentation Graphics staff.

1. Set up your file size correctly. Slides have a two to three ratio. Your PowerPoint file when you first begin a new file is set up for screen shows which are a three to four ratio. To remedy this, before you begin entering data, go to the menu bar, click on File, click on Page Setup (or Slide Setup depending on what version you are using) and choose 35mm slides. This will set your page for 11.25" by 7.5" and your ratio will be set at two to three.

If you do not do this or your time does not allow you to do this and you bring your slides to us, we can either:

• shoot your slides as is which will produce black bars on either side of your image or
  
  
• reset your slides to the correct page setup. This involves editing each slide individually since resizing the page after you have already created the file can warp any images or clip art or move your text or bullets around. We typically charge $1 per slide for this type of editing.

If it gets to either of these two options, a member of the staff will call you to discuss how best to proceed.

2. Fonts can be a problem. Did you use any out of the ordinary fonts? If so, include the font file on the disk. We have thousands of fonts, but there are millions out there. If we don't have your fonts, it will hold up the imaging of your project and lost time on your part will be an increase in billing on ours. Best bet: use standard, easy to read fonts like Times New Roman, Arial or Helvetica.

3. Colors are not usually what they appear. Unless your monitor is running 16+ million colors and is color corrected (warning: most are not) and your software is color corrected for film output (warning: also not standard), what you see is NOT what you get. Film isn't Pantone registered like printed documents and can't be controlled precisely in terms of color.

So, unfortunately, we cannot guarantee colors unless we do the creation and output or edit your file to optimize your color choices. So, if you are upset that your yellow text has an orange tint and your turquoise looks much darker than what was displayed on your monitor; we're sorry, but that's the limitations of working on a non-graphics workstation (Hint: we've spent tens of thousands of dollars just to make our computers the best in graphics capabilities. Most computers, especially those designed for the home and business market, simply aren't designed for any level of graphics or color accuracy.) If you aren't particular about trying to match Pantone colors or the like and you've made good color combination choices, you should, however, be satisfied with the film output.
We don't mean to sound grumpy, we're just trying to protect you and ourselves, and, as an end result, we want you to be happy. These guidelines can go a long way toward that end. As always, if you have any additional questions, please feel free to call and ask!