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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Consumer software like Canva and Corel Draw are wonderful tools to easily create digital assets; however, they are not designed to create print assets and don’t always translate their designs well to the commercial printers.
For best overall design and functionality, use a professional creative software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign and Quark.
Files should be scaled down as much as possible and compressed so that they can be easily uploaded.
Printers work with a combination of toner colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK). While most modern printers are able to translate from RGB to CMYK, you will want to use Pantone colors instead for the most accurate color match.
Font selection is subjective and many fonts are chosen based on their legibility and the emotions that they invoke. When selecting a font for a large format graphic, most designers will choose a san serif font so that it can be more easily read from a distance.
Absolutely! The quality of the printed design will depend highly on the quality of the image.
We recommend you read the section above on Image Resolution.
Files will be uploaded directly to the printer using an FTP transfer. Each Color Reflections location has their own FTP server. To learn more about how to upload files to your specific printer location, visit colorreflections.com/upload-large-files.
The printer will review the file sent, scale it to the correct size and then send a proof to
the client to approve prior to printing.
Making a design more inclusive for those with visual impairment include increasing the font size and color contrast between the background and the font so that it can be read more easily. Use sans serif font that is a medium to heavy weight. Learn more from our Inclusive Design for Your Building blog.
No. Different materials have a different sheen to them, so you’ll want to adapt your design for the material saturation and sheen, but this does not change the design.