Format Types
- There are basically two types of art file formats. Vector or Line art and Rastor or Pixel art. Vector art is also known as line art. The image is made from "wireframe" outlines that can be enlarged or made to a larger scale and will not loose any resolution as it is enlarged. Vertor art is commonly used for vinyl cut decals, signs and some banners, screen printed T shirts, and steel rule die stamping. The other is Rastor art, or art or a photo made up of small dots or "pixels" like the screen on your television or computer monitor. When enlarged resolution is lost as the dots enlarge. Raster art is commonly used in the printing industry for business cards, newsletters, brochures, magazines and other printed material.

Art or Drawing Programs
- There are many programs used in the making of art files. Vector files can be made using Adobe Illustrator (.ai), CorelDraw (.cdr), Macromedia Freehand and others. Raster files are images that can be made or altered in Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint and others. These files are jpegs (jpg) , Bitmaps (bmp), .and .gif

Sending us a File
- We are PC based so please convert all your files to a PC format before sending. You can send files of a 3.5 floppy, 100MB zip disc, CD rom, DVD, USB flash drive, memory card: SD MS/PRO MMC XD, or via email to (solargraphics@hotmail.com). If you are using email, use winzip or stuffit to compress the file before emailing. ( Some email programs can alter the coding of a file and it can become corrupted. Zipping before sending will eliminate any problems).