01:: INTRODUCTION
To simplify things and encourage our clients be involved through the creative process, we have created a set of guidelines to help you, the client, understand what will be needed from you and how to provide it to us.

Please follow the quick-read guideline for content required from you, the client, for the various stages of the project development.  Please feel free to contact us for additional guidance and/or advice at (213) 909-4879, or simply e-mail us at info@courtgraphix.com.

02:: GUIDELINES
Certain design elements such as Text, Logos, and specific photo stock to be used as part of a project, should be provided by the client. – Unless otherwise negotiated and stated on the contract.

03:: TEXT/COPY
:: Submitting text content
All text content should be provided by the client in electronic format* (i.e. word, .doc, e-mail, etc.), NO FAXED OR PRINTED MATERIAL IS ACCEPTED as text content.
All text content must be spell-checked and proofed for grammatical errors before it is submitted to Court Graphix, for content production.
NOTE: Court Graphix, will not be held liable for grammatical errors and misspellings contained within the text content submitted for production.
:: Revising text content
All revisions to text content should be re-submitted by the client in electronic format*, either in part or in its entirety. If the revised text content is submitted in part, it should be accompanied by specific instructions for placing and location.
*Electronic format (text) is referred to Word documents delivered via Floppy Disk or E-mail (recommended), – i.e. .doc, .txt, .rtf, etc.

04:: PHOTOGRAPHS
Some projects require specific photographs which are provided by the client. If that is the case, it is important you know the following:
• Company and organization photographs are accepted in a variety of formats. However, some additional charges may apply depending on the format you provide.

::Formats accepted:
• Digital high quality photographs are preferred
• Regular paper stock photographs
• Printed material, high quality is preferred. – Licensing may be required.
• 35mm. slides and film
NOTE: Scanning and/or photo retouching charges may apply to paper stock photographs, printed material, 35mm. slides and film.

 TIP: You may scan the photographs yourself at 300 dpi., and submit them to us in a disk. – SEE 9 - FYI - DPI Resolution for more details.

:: Licensing
Third party stock photography vendors such as gettyimages.com and superstock.com may require you to purchase a licensing agreement for the usage of their photograph as part of a design. If so, we would gladly walk you through the process.

05:: LOGO SPECS
unless the logo was created by Court Graphix, all logos must be provided by the client in a legible format (electronic format is preferred). If the logo is provided in printed format, it may be scanned at an additional charge.
::The following are file formats accepted:

Vector Art:
Convert type to outlines
• .EPS
• .PDF
• .AI (Adobe Illustrator) v. 7-10
• .FH10 (FreeHand) v. 10-11
• .CDR (CorelDraw)
• .SWF (Flash. – Screen Graphics Only)

Bitmapped Art:
All art and photos must be at least 300 dpi for print and 72 dpi for Screen art (i.e. Web or TV graphics)
• .PSD (PhotoShop)
• .JPEG
• .TIFF
• .GIF

06:: DOMAIN & WEBHOSTING INFORMATION

Third party domain registration and website hosting.

Court Graphix is not responsible for Website Domain name registration, (i.e. www.yourname.com), website hosting (service to make your page viewable), or renewals needed to continue ongoing services online.  All such services run at client’s expense and responsibility.

Domain names, website hosting and search engine submission are all at client’s expense, unless otherwise negotiated and stated on the contract.

07:: PAYMENT INFORMATION
Court Graphix, strongly adheres to our 50/50 payment policy. Each project requires a 50% deposit of the total negotiated price before production begins, and the remaining 50% upon completion or delivery.

08:: CONTRACT
For your protection as a client, each project created by Court Graphix, is ruled by a contract between the Client/Court Graphix, which discloses detailed project information, deadlines, pricing, confidentiality agreement, etc.

09:: FYI – DPI RESOLUTION (Dots Per Inch)
:: Print art
Printing material require higher graphic resolution (a more dense concentration of pixels per inch or PPI) to produce a sharp High-Quality print. To achieve this, all the elements of the design should be at least 300 dpi (Dots per Inch), anything less than 300 dpi risks producing a jagged low quality print.
:: Screen art
Screen Viewable material such as Websites and Multimedia Presentations are referred to as Screen Graphics. The resolution for this type of graphics is not as demanding as Print Graphics; a design created at 72 dpi (Dots per Inch), would look just as good in your monitor as the one at higher resolution in print