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Tips & Tricks

Get the most out of diginate.com with these handy hints, tricks and ideas.


super glossy sticker

Need super-glossy stickers

Sometimes our standard gloss stickers just aren't enough! If you need super-glossy stickers use our spot gloss option and cover the whole image with a spot gloss layer on the file.

cmyk colour mode

CMYK or RGB?

Always prepare your artwork in CMYK colour mode rather than RGB. RGB is designed for screens so some of the brightest colours are beyond the printable gamut.

2mm bleed

Image bleed

If the print goes right to the edge of your sticker always extend your artwork with an extra 2mm bleed to allow for small variances in cutting. That way you won't have a slither of white down the edge of your sticker!

file formats

File Formats

Please supply your artwork in pdf, ai, eps, jpg, tiff, psd, png or gif format. We can't accept artwork in formats such as doc, ppt, wps and pub.

artwork size

Prepare Artwork at Actual Size

Your artwork should always be prepared at the size you'd like the print. You can set the document size in the 'Document Setup' dialogue box on Illustrator or the 'Canvas Size' feature on Photoshop.

Rasterize

Rasterize your images in Illustrator

If you have embedded bitmap images into your Illustrator artwork you need to rasterize them. To do this select object > Rasterize... and select CMYK , High Quality and White Background.

contour cut line

Adding a contour cut line

If you're ordering contour cut sticker you need to indicate your cut line on a seperate layer of your Photoshop or Illustrator artwork. If no line is specified we will add one at our discretion.

White gloss indicate

Specify white and gloss areas

On certain sticker types (e.g. clear spot gloss) you'll need to specify which parts of the sticker you'd like printed in white and which parts you'd like spot gloss varnish. To indicate this shade the areas you'd like on a seperate layer on Photoshop or Illustrator.






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