| Deep Etch Art Specifications At Crystal D, digital artwork provided for crystal awards is not necessarily considered production-ready. Use the art specifications found here as a guide. Futher modifications may be necessary to make artwork production-ready. If this is the case, the art department will notify you of any art charges. The first 30 minutes of art time are at no charge. View Art Specs PDF |
Art
Specs PDF .5 MB 
|
|
| Layout and Personalizations When planning artwork for crystal awards, use as few files as possible. The time required for the art department to open and manage various files is added to the art charge. The link to the right, and below, illustrates the preferred file structure for production-ready art. Art charges may decrease if artwork is provided in this format. View Layout and Personalization PDF |
Layout
and Personalizations PDF 332 KB
|
|
| Re-draws and Touch-ups We use the term 'touch-up' to describe necessary alterations we must make to ensure etchability. The term 're-draw' describes the conversion of raster art to etchable vector art. The PDF file to the right, and below, illustrates each process. Use these examples to help you select the best artwork for your awards order. View Re-draw and Touch-up PDF. |
Re-draws
and Touch-ups PDF 2 MB
|
|
| Etching Type Etching Type refers to the text that will be etched on your crystal awards. We cannot guarantee a clear, legible, uniform etch using a font that doesn't meet our specifications. Type that is too small can result in an inferior etch that is inconsistent with our high-quality standards. View Etching Type PDF. |
Etching
Type PDF 3.1 MB
|
|
| Etchability To avoid loss of detail or poor quality artwork must meet very specific specifications. Any artwork that does not meet these specifications may incur an art charge. An estimate of these charges will be provided prior to production. The PDF to the right, or below, illustrates examples of poor quality art and its acceptable counterpart. View Etchability PDF. |
Etchability
PDF 6.5MB
|
|
| Crystal 3D Subsurface Imaging Crystal D accepts .DXF, .DWG, .CAD file formats for 3D imaging. Photos, logos, and art may be subsurfaced. 2D images require black and white art only. Crystal D accepts JPEG, TIFF, BMP or GIF file formats for 2D imaging. Minimum resolution is 300 dpi. Most fonts can be used for text images. Font type and style must be supplied. |
| Sublimation, Illumachrome, Hand-Painting High-quality color photos and digital images must be submitted. Exact color matches can not be gauranteed.  |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||
