The Perfect Way to Save your
Ad for The NeighborGood Magazine
Below you will find all the information needed to accurately create and export your ads for The NeighborGood Magazines.
Ad Sizing
Full Page Ads
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CMYK Color Mode
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Resolution MUST Be 300 DPI or Higher
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Make sure all important information (text, logos, etc.) are inside safe area
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Background colors/images must bleed to the edge of the document
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Ad art must be submitted as a PDF.
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DO NOT include crop marks. Crop marks ARE NOT necessary for our files.
Full Page
Total Ad Size Area:
8.5” x 11.125” (bleeds included)
Total Safe Size Area:
7.75” x 10.375”
Magazine trims to:
8.375” x 10.875”
2 Page Spread
Total Ad Size Area:
17” x 11.125” (bleeds included)
Total Safe Size Area:
7.625” x 10.375” (each page)
Magazine trims to:
16.875” x 10.875”
Ad Sizing
Fractional Ads
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CMYK Color Mode
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Resolution MUST Be 300 DPI or Higher
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Make sure all important information (text, logos, etc.) are inside safe area
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Background colors/images must bleed to the edge of the document
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Ad art must be submitted as a PDF.
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DO NOT include crop marks. Crop marks ARE NOT necessary for our files.
2/3 Page Vertical
Total Ad Size Area:
4.667” x 9.875”
1/2 Page Horizontal
Total Ad Size Area:
7.083” x 4.75”
1/2 Page
Vertical
Total Ad Size Area:
3.458” x 9.875”
1/3 Page Horizontal
Total Ad Size Area:
7.083” x 3.15”
1/4 Page Vertical
Total Ad Size Area:
3.458” x 4.75”
Template Downloads
Illustrator
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Photoshop
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Resolution
Resolution is the degree of detail visible in an image. Images are composed of pixels - or, dots of color. High resolution means there are many dots per inch. Low resolution means fewer dots per inch, and poorer quality. All images in ads should be 300 dpi.
Resolution and image size are inversely proportional to each other. Enlarge an image, the resolution decreases. Enlarging an image makes its pixels more obvious since the pixels are stretched to cover more area. This lowers the quality of the image. For example: a 2 x 2″ image at 300 dpi (acceptable) enlarged to 4 x 4″ has a new resolution of 150 dpi (unacceptable).
The minimum resolution for printing is 300 dpi. Computer monitors generally have a display setting of 72 dpi or 96 dpi. If we indicate that some of your images have low resolution, they may not look bad on your monitor but will likely print blurry or jagged.
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Things to avoid:
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Web images are predominantly low resolution (72-96 dpi) GIF or JPEG files. This resolution is good for quick transmission over the internet, but is not acceptable for use in printing.
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Upsampling is when a low resolution image is saved to a higher resolution with no changes in dimensions. Upsampling adds more pixels/dots per inch (dpi), but creates blurry images, ugly blocks of color, and high contrast in images. The only way resolution can be improved is by decreasing the image size, or by recapturing the image at a higher quality setting.
Crop Marks? Not Needed.
Please do not include crop marks in your final files. We cannot accept files that include crop marks or printer's marks. Our Preset is built so that no crop marks or printers marks are included.