Also, it must be in CMYK, not RGB: ========================= The ad specs are: Size: A4, Height: 297 mm/Width: 210 mm, plus 3mm additional bleed each side File format: hi-res PDF, 4-colour, CMYK Transfer: send in by email (up to ~15 MB) or provide web link for download =========================
So long story short, in its current form the ad is simply unusable for the magazine :( It's now 4:30 AM in your timezone, so let's just hope you wake up early and can get away with getting at work late :) Gr, Koen On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:39:56PM -0300, Vinicius Depizzol wrote: > Hey Koen, > > You might have received two messages from me about the Linux Magazine Ad. > > Please consider the second link when getting the file. > > Thank you. > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 23:38, Vinicius Depizzol <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > I made a pretty quick an A4 ad. I hope there's still time to use it. > > > > The file is a PNG with 300 dpi -- excellent for printing [1]. > > I didn't find a way to export it to PDF without get a 77mb file (!) in > > Inkscape. The original SVG got quite big as well. If you need the > > sources, send me an email ;). > > > > I also used less text than the original suggestion. I think this way > > the ad fits better in the A4 size. > > > > [1] the file got 3.2mb. Since it didn't work to send as an attachment, > > this is the link: > > > > http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1365/linuxmagazine.png > > > > Thank you. > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 19:49, Koen Martens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Willem-Jan has been so kind to donate his evening to meet a deadline of > >> friday > >> may 14th, to create an A4 ad to appear in various linux magazines across > >> Europe. > >> > >> It's a bit short notice, but just to be sure we didn't completely mess up > >> here > >> are the files for your review: > >> > >> http://fe2.nl/gnome/a4-add.svg > >> http://fe2.nl/gnome/a4-add.png > >> > >> There is no time for an extensive feedback round unfortunately, as the > >> deadline > >> is really tight. We can make small changes perhaps in the first few ours of > >> the morning (CET) of friday, but if there's something that radically has to > >> be changed we better cancel this one and go for a later edition (which > >> would > >> give us less exposure). > >> > >> Ok, happy to hear from you! We're off to get some sleep :) > >> > >> Gr, > >> > >> Koen > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Guadec-design-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-design-list > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Vinicius Depizzol <[email protected]> > > http://vinicius.depizzol.com.br > > > > > > -- > Vinicius Depizzol <[email protected]> > http://vinicius.depizzol.com.br > > _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
