What artwork guidelines should I follow for custom gobos?
Submit clean black & white line art or full-color files at 100% size (vector preferred, high contrast)
Metal Gobos
- Artwork preferences for metal gobos:
- Vectored or line art
- 1800 x 1800 file
- All fonts changed to outlines
- Mac files, do not compress
- Preferred file types: .ai (Adobe® Illustrator®), .eps, or .pdf (Adobe® Acrobat®)
- Accepted file types: .ai, .eps, .jpg, .pdf, .psd or .tif files
- Not Accepted: .bmp, .cdr, .doc, .dxf, .dwg, .gif or .png files
ColourScenic® or SuperResolution®
Glass Gobos
- Photos - artwork preferences for glass or plastic gobos:
- 600 DPI resolution or higher
- 1800 x 1800 file
- Mac files, do not compress
- Logos - artwork preferences for glass or plastic gobos:
- Vectored or line art
- 1800 x 1800 file
- Mac files, do not compress
- Photos - preferred file types: .psd (Adobe® Photoshop®), .jpg, .tif
- Logos/line art - preferred file types: .ai (Adobe® Illustrator®), .eps, or .pdf (Adobe® Acrobat®)
- Accepted file types: .ai, .eps, .jpg, .pdf, .psd or .tif files
- Not Accepted: .bmp, .cdr, .doc, .dwg, or .gif files
- Original/physical photograph or artwork – 100% of size