8" x 10" transparencies are acceptable for color and grayscale scanning. while 35mm slides may become "grainy" when enlarged, tvs transparencies 2 1/4" size and up will reproduce extremely well in most cases. if possible, specify to your photographer to use 2 1/4" format or 35mm film intended for extreme enlargement. full color and grayscale scans: continuous-tone art is most commonly submitted in the form of transparencies, photographs, or negatives taken by a professional photographer. flat supplying preprinted artwork such as a magazine page or a printout from a color printer is highly discouraged. "rescreening" tvs this type of art will result in either a moire pattern and/or a blurry image. scans for recreating artwork: client supplied artwork is flat often submitted as black and white "slicks" or printed material such as stationary, decals, promotional pieces, etc. this art is scanned as a "template" with the intention of recreating it in adobe illustrator. the finished art can contain one or more colors and varying tones of those colors. while a scanning charge does not usually apply, an art charge to recreate the image may. the complexity of the image as well as the quality of the supplied original tvs will have a direct effect on art charges.

8" x 10" transparencies are acceptable for color and grayscale scanning. while 35mm slides may become "grainy" when enlarged, tvs transparencies 2 1/4" size and up will reproduce extremely well in most cases. if possible, specify to your photographer to use 2 1/4" format or 35mm film intended for extreme enlargement. full color and grayscale scans: continuous-tone art is most commonly submitted in the form of transparencies, photographs, or negatives taken by a professional photographer. flat supplying preprinted artwork such as a magazine page or a printout from a color printer is highly discouraged. "rescreening" tvs this type of art will result in either a moire pattern and/or a blurry image. scans for recreating artwork: client supplied artwork is flat often submitted as black and white "slicks" or printed material such as stationary, decals, promotional pieces, etc. this art is scanned as a "template" with the intention of recreating it in adobe illustrator. the finished art can contain one or more colors and varying tones of those colors. while a scanning charge does not usually apply, an art charge to recreate the image may. the complexity of the image as well as the quality of the supplied original tvs will have a direct effect on art charges.