{"id":434,"date":"2024-06-09T01:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T01:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-design\/i-want-to-send-you-a-design-i-created-what-file-format-should-i-send\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:25:14","slug":"i-want-to-send-you-a-design-i-created-what-file-format-should-i-send","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-design\/i-want-to-send-you-a-design-i-created-what-file-format-should-i-send\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to send you a design I created.  What file format should I send?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can &#8216;handle&#8217; just about any graphic file format. But, please, no .doc or .pub files. Word and Publisher documents are highly dependent on outside files and are version sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>To at least make sure we are all on the &#8216;same page&#8217;, try sending as a .jpg , .gif , .bmp , .tif and we will be able to view the graphics. If unfamiliar with these formats, here&#8217;s a trick that may work: open the file in word, press &#8216;print scrn&#8217; on your keyboard. Open the &#8216;paint&#8217; program and edit paste then save as a .bmp. This is not the best way, but it will work fine to get us started.<\/p>\n<p>However, these graphic files are only for viewing. They are in raster formats (bunch of dots) and can not be &#8216;scaled&#8217;. So a hand redraw would be needed \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>The best file formats are .ai, .eps, .dxf. These can be saved to include vector graphics (compared to raster or dot graphics). If your artwork can be remade in a vector format, it will save MUCH money on a redraw.<\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t just open a raster file and re save as in a vector format. We wish it was that easy \ud83d\ude42 You would just have a raster file saved in a vector format \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>If you want to do the redraw yourself, there are several free &#8216;trace&#8217; programs out there. &#8216;Trace&#8217; programs convert from raster to vector. After the conversion, depending on the original quality, much &#8216;cleanup&#8217; or redrawing could be needed. Hope not. It&#8217;s best to start with the highest quality image.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions let us know.<\/p>\n<p>Have another question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/decals\/decals.html\">decals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/signs\/signs.html\">signs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/lettering\/lettering.html\">lettering<\/a>,<br \/>\nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/stripes\/fastnfurious\/fastnfurious.htm\">stripes<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company accepts most graphic file formats like JPG, GIF, BMP, or TIF for viewing, but these raster formats cannot be scaled and may require a costly hand redraw. For the best results and to avoid redraw fees, provide vector-based files such as AI, EPS, or DXF. Do not simply resave a raster file as a vector format, as it will not convert the image data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-434","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/1158"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}