Archive for August, 2010

Wanted: Brochure Designers

We’re looking for great designers to help us create more brochure templates!

This is a great program for designers to sell unused client revisions or designs with a minimum of labor.

WHAT WE’RE OFFERING

  • $200 for a suite of all four layouts (plus a $.25 revenue share for paid usage)
  • $45/layout (plus a $.25 revenue share for paid usage).

If your designs meet the following requirements. We would love to hear from you!

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Must be in Adobe Illustrator, or In Design format

2. Emphasis is on reuse. Templates should consider end user ability to edit text and upload images (logos and photos)

3. Designs must fall in one of the following business categories

  • General Business
  • Child Care
  • Contractor
  • Fitness
  • Medical
  • Environmental
  • Restaurants
  • Real Estate
  • Salon & Spa
  • Travel
  • Technology
  • Wineries/Tasting Rooms

4. Layouts: Must match the following specifications:

3-Panel Brochure

  • Full color
  • Flat size 11″ x 8-1/2″
  • Roll folds to 3-5/8″ x 8-1/2″
  • Size to fit standard brochure holders as well as standard #10 envelope.

3-Panel Self-Mailer

  • Full color
  • Flat size 11″ x 8-1/2″
  • Roll folds to 3-5/8″ x 8-1/2″
  • Mailing panel to meet US postal requirements.

Product Sell Sheet or Flyer

  • Full color
  • Flat size 8-1/2″ x 11″
  • Sell sheet to fit into standard 9″ x 12″ envelope.

4-Page Brochure

  • Full color
  • Flat size 17″ x 11″
  • Folds to 8-1/2″ x 11″
  • Brochure to fit into standard 9″ x 12″ envelope.

If you are interested, please contact us at designs@mybrochuremaker.com. Links to watermarked work examples are helpful.

What? No GIFs allowed?

We have recently stopped allowing use of images in the .gif format for use in MyBrochureMaker projects. We have some very good reasons for this decision:

GIFs were developed in the mid-80′s by Compuserve (remember them?) as a light graphical format for display on computers. Only 256 colors are allowed in the GIF format and the maximum resolution is 96dpi. (Although most GIF images are 72 dpi).

This means that what looks good on your computer screen will look horrible on your printed brochure since high quality print resolutions are generally between 200-600 dpi.

Behold, the mighty PNG
The PNG format (pronounced “ping”) solves the GIF formats shortcomings by offering 16 million colors and a much better overall print quality.

How do I get a PNG?
Keep in mind that turning a low-resolution GIF into a PNG file will result in a low resolution PNG. The best bet is to use the PNG format primarily for non-photo images (like a logo). Start with your original logo art and convert the file using an image editor like photoshop.

Don’t have Photoshop?
We understand … photoshop is really expensive. Luckily, there are some programs available online which are free and do a heckofa job.

Checkout this great guide to online photo editors:
http://www.bestdesigntuts.com/55-awesome-online-photo-editors/