Due to our advanced digital process, there is no minimum quantity
required to order. You can order anywhere from one to one thousand.
No setup fee is required. There are no hidden charges. You pay for
however many you want, plus whatever shipping option you desire. That's
all.
YES! In fact, black and white images can give your product a “timeless”
feel that will give it meaning to you well after the year is over.
Feel free to use black
and white images, sepia (“old-fashioned”) images, or even just designs
your kids have drawn using Paint or some other computer-graphics
program.
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There are 5 basic file types you can use in your product: .jpg, .bmp, .tif,
.png, and .gif.
JPEG (can be .jpg or .jpeg)- JPEG's support over 16
million colors, but can "distort" the image to compress the file size.
The amount distortion is directly related to the 'quality' setting the
image is saved with. We also recommend that you use the least amount of
jpeg compression possible. (This is a setting on cameras that is
sometimes called "quality" or "compression".) While high resolution and
low compression will increase transfer times, they will produce the best
results.
BMP (MS Windows Bitmap Format) - BMP is the native
bitmap file format of the Microsoft Windows environment. For example, if
you create a document using Paint, chances are it will save as a .bmp.
BMP files are usually not compressed, and so are large for their image
quality.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format, can be .tif or .tiff) - A
bitmap graphics file format that was developed by Aldus and Microsoft
for storing scanned images. It can be used with black and white, gray
scale, 8-bit color, and 24-bit color images, and transfers well between
different platforms. TIFF images can be compressed, although loss does
occur.
PNG - Portable Network Graphics format that supports a
completely loss-less compression.
GIF – Graphic Interchange Format files work best with
simple line art, logos and icons.
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Here's how to make sure you have an image that is at least our
recommended size:
If you already have an image:
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Open My Computer.
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Find the image you
want to use.
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Set your mouse
pointer on the image, click the RIGHT mouse button once, and release.
A small menu will appear.
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Set your mouse
pointer at the bottom of the menu on “Properties” (It will highlight),
click the LEFT mouse button once, and release. A new screen will pop
up.
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You should see
several tabs across the top of the page. One of them will say
“Summary.” Click it.
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You should see a list
of image properties. “Width” is the image width in pixels, and
“Height” is the image height in pixels.
If you are planning on taking a picture with a digital camera:
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Make sure you have a
camera that takes 2 megapixel images or larger.
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Make sure your camera
is set to the highest setting before taking a picture.
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Refer to your
camera's manual for more details.
If you are scanning a 4x6 (regular photo size) image:
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Set the scanner
resolution to 200 dpi or higher.
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If your scanner does
not have a dpi setting, use the highest available setting.
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Refer to your
scanner's manual for more details.
If you decide you want to change something after you've added it to your
shopping cart, but before you check out, there is no problem. Simply
click to edit product in your cart, and you'll be able to make any
changes you want.
Once you've completed
your order, our automated manufacturing process immediately sets your
product for printing. Because we strive to deliver all our customers
their finished quality product as quickly as possible, we are unable to
accept changes to an order after an order has been placed.
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