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Digital Art Check Sheet


Please complete this form when submitting art. You may submit this form online below or submit a copy of this form by mail.

Click here to download a PDF of this form




You must have an FTP account in order to submit digital art via the web. To set up an account, please contact Ed Spicer at 814-865-1327 or

If mailing in submissions, please mail digital art and/or submission forms to:

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
820 North University Drive
University Support Building 1, Suite C
University Park, PA 16802-1003

Author/Editor name:
Title of Book:
 
Address: Address 2:
City: State:
Zip: Country:
Phone: Email:
Digital Scans
(Please consult pages 3-4 of the guidelines for further details regarding the requirements for continuous-tone and bi-tonal scanning.)
Total number of scans:
For Continuous-tone scans
  Number of scans from original art (glossy
photos, transparencies, or original drawings)
  Resolution: 300 600 1200 2400  
  File Format: TIFF EPS      
  Number of scans from previously printed material (illustrations and photos from books)
  Resolution: 300 600 1200 2400  
  File Format: TIFF EPS      
For Bi-tonal scans
  Number of scans from original art or previously printed material
  Resolution: 1200 2400      
  File Format: TIFF EPS      

Are laser printouts provided for each continuous-tone
and bi-tonal scan? 		Yes No


Computer-Based Drawings
(This includes digitally drawn charts, graphs, and maps. Please see pages 5-7 for further information regarding line art.)
Total number of files:
Application(s) used:
Adobe Illustrator
Macromedia Freehand
CorelDraw
Canvas
Other

Have fonts been used in files? (If so, they
must be included on disc)		 Yes No

Fonts used:

Have scans been used in files? (If so, they must be included on disc) Yes No

Scan names:
 
Has the digital line art been saved in eps format? Yes No
Are the original application files included in the art submission? Yes No
Are laser printouts provided for each digital line drawing? Yes No

Method of Transfer:
FTP Floppy Disc Zip Disc Jaz disc CD-ROM DVD


 

Notes:

File formats
Scans should be submitted aas EPS or TIFF files.
Files in the following formats will not be accepted: GIF, PSD, PNG, or BMP.

A Word on JPEGs
The JPEG format is commonly used for file transfer because of its high compression qualities (smaller file size makes it easier to transport). Unfortunately, JPEG compression is accomplished by discarding some of the data that makes up the image. Each time a JPEG is opened, edited, and resaved in the JPEG file format, image degradation results.

If you acquire an image from a library, museum, or stock photo agency, request the EPS or TIFF format. If JPEGs are the only file format available, do not open, edit, or save the image before submitting it.

Naming conventions for directories (folders) and files
The following examples indicate the appropriate form in which directories/files should be labeled. Note that underscores are always used in places of blank spacing within the names.



Fig. 1 - For directories (folders): author last name_chapter number (or other designator)_subcategory




Fig. 2 - For files: author last name_chapter number (using the abbreviation chp and the number)_image no. (with zeros preceding single digits)


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