TradeShowMAX has a dedicated staff of graphics
professionals to ensure top quality visual impact from
your exhibit. Our multi-discipline team is prepared
to deliver high-quality design elements from production
to complete exhibit design. We know the industry and
we know our hardware!
Simply provide us with finished art files in Adobe
Photoshop or Illustrator and we will pre-flight your
graphics at no charge and send you a pdf for layout
approval at no charge. Like to see a color proof of
your art before we print? No problem. It takes two days
and the charge is only $35.00 plus shipping method you
choose and your schedule allows. If you would like us
to layout your exhibit graphics for you, we charge only
$75.00 per hour. Thanks to our experienced design team,
we can create award-winning display graphics for you
in just a few hours.
Ask your sales consultant for an estimate based upon
your specific needs; usually 4 to 5 hours for a 10-foot
mural display and only two to three hours for a banner
stand.
Call your Customer Representative at (800)
507-4493 and they will be able to estimate,
expedite and track your project.
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TO UPLOAD YOUR FILES:
Note:
Files over 100MB (please compress all files) will require
authorization. Please contact a Customer Service Representative.
1. Call (800) 507-4493
to let your TradeShowMAX.com Customer Representative
know to expect your files.
2. This section will take you to our
upload utility. After clicking the link at the end of
this paragraph, browse your computer for the appropriate
files. Hit the upload button. A status
e-mail will be sent automatically to the address your
provide in the form.
To
sign up for the Upload Utility, click here.
If
you have previously signed up for Uploading, click here.
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File Preparation
Tips
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Resolution
Rule of Thumb:
Graphics with largest dimension under 50"
should use 150 DPI for raster art.
If your graphic exceeds 50", you may reduce
resolution to 100 DPI to conserve size.
Exceeding 200 DPI slows down the RIP and does
not add quality.
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Compress files
with a ZIP or StuffIt utility. Do not compress
TIFFs with LZW.
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Remember that increasing the scale
of an image by interpolation can result in a severly
degraded image. Attempting to use web-ready graphics
at exhibit display sizes is likely to yield unsatisfactory
results.
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Bleed:
If longest dimension is under 50", provide
0.25" bleed all around. If longest dimension
is over 50", provide 0.50" bleed all
around.
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If preparing art for multi-panel
murals, DO NOT attempt to divide the panels into
separate files. Prepare a single file for the entire
image area with one bleed-around only.
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Build all files to exact proportion.
You may send a file at double resolution and half-scale
if your layout software does not accomodate display
dimensions.
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Vector gradients can cause banding,
sometimes severe.
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Send files in RGB format.
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Large mural art tip:
We have had very good experiences with final Photoshop
art saved as a flat JPEG at a #9 quality and 150DPI.
This assumes that the original art was of high quality
but it yields a very good file at a much reduced
file size. Please confirm your image quality before
sending any file in this format.
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Software programs that
we support:
Adobe Photoshop (Version 6 and earlier)
Adobe Illustrator (Version 10.0 and earlier)
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Please flatten
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