Graphic Design

At Jack Watson Sports we offer three main methods of producing graphic design for your application. Repeat Artwork If you already have a design with us then there is no art charge to repeat it. Cost: $0 New Designs A new design falls into one of three options: Option 1 - Stock "Ready Art" Click here to choose your design or lettering styles.  Browse our design selections and find the one that works best for you.  We can output the artwork for screen printing or use the file for embroidery.  There is no additional cost for use of this artwork with your purchase. Cost: $0 Option 2 - Camera ready or output ready If your design is ready (with separations for multi-colour) in Black and White line art, we can scan it and output to film.  The prefered format is usually PDF (with text converted to curves). Cost: $0 - $30+ (depending on ease of output) Option 3 - Sketch or detailed description provided If wish to have our artist create somethng new, simply provide us with as rough sketch of what you want. Cost: $40 / hour (billed in 15min increments) Information about sending us graphics files: Paint Programs Files There are hundreds of different file types that can be used to contain graphical information.  Some of them are more versatile than others, and some can be downright problematic when it comes to generating camera-ready artwork for the screen printing or embroidery processes. Some of the most common file types we receive include GIFs, Jpegs, Bitmaps, and TIFs.  While these file formats are easily viewed, they are not as easily edited or scaled.  These file types often do not produce satisfactory camera-ready artwork, but can be quite useful to convey to us what it is you would like so that we can generate the finished design in-house. Drawing Program Files If your design was created in a vector-based drawing program, such as CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, etc. then it is preferable to keep the data in a vector format rather than converting it to a pixel format (such as the types mentioned in the preceding paragraph).  This means saving (or, in some case, exporting) your design as an AI (Illustrator), EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) or CDR (CorelDraw) file.  Our preference is the CDR file type, as our Graphics Department uses the CorelDraw 10 graphics package.  These vector-based file types are very versatile, fully scalable, and are typically of camera-ready caliber. One important point to note with vector files is that all text should be converted to curves/outlines in case we do not have any of the fonts used in the design loaded on our system. What We Use Our Graphics Department uses Pentium computers running on a Windows platform.  This means that any designs created on a Macintosh platform must be saved as PC files, and that BinHex decoding should be turned off in your Email software when sending us your design. Legal Issues Lastly, we at Jack Watson Sports do not reproduce any copyrighted or trademark logos without the consent of the owners of that logo. Additional Questions If you have any further questions please call us toll free in Canada at 1-800-586-5518