Sizing and preparation - ATS Journals



DIGITAL ART SUBMISSION GUIDELINESThere are three basic types of images–line art, combination halftones (combos), and halftones:Line Art(monochrome)Combination Halftones(grayscale or color imageswith text or line art)Halftones(grayscale or color imageswith no text or line-art outside the photographic image)1,000 ppi at publication size600 ppi at publication size300 ppi at publication size● Line art (graphs, bar charts): AI (Illustrator), EPS, Word, Excel, PPT (PowerPoint), and PDF files are acceptable. If a TIFF file is submitted, it must have a minimum resolution of 1,000 ppi (pixels per inch) [400 pixels/cm]. JPEGs are not acceptable for line art. If line art has been created in Word or PowerPoint do NOT convert–submit the figure in its original Microsoft Office format.● Halftones (color or grayscale figures with no text or line art; chromatography gels, CT and MRI scans, photomicrographs, etc.) TIFF files are preferred. JPEGs are only acceptable if they have initially been saved with minimum compression (for example, Level 12, maximum quality, in PhotoShop). If a JPEG was previously saved at a lower quality (higher compression), then resaving at a higher quality will not improve the image. To save an image off a PACS (picture archiving and communication system): 1. Remove annotations–select “Annotation,” and click “None”; 2. Right click on the image–select “Export; select “TIFF files” under “Save as type.”● Combination halftones [combos] (color or grayscale figures containing halftone and line art elements) If you are using PowerPoint or Word to combine line art and halftones together, or to add labels, before saving the file you must choose File>Options>Advanced and check the box labeled “Do not compress images in file” (see image below). Do NOT convert the combo image to a TIFF or PDF; submit the Microsoft Office file in its original format. Do NOT enlarge a halftone image in PowerPoint/Word by “stretching” it—this will potentially distort the image.328295-190500When using Photoshop to combine images and graphics, then use Photoshop text boxes, if possible, to add labels, arrows, and graphics. Send the final image to us as a Photoshop file, do not flatten layers, and do not convert to a different file type. The best, most professional results are achieved when graphics and halftones are combined in Illustrator (or similar program that can handle both vector and raster images); files should be export as EPS files, with all fonts embedded or converted to outlines.449643577089000Color Mode: All color image files must be submitted in their original RGB color. To ensure accurate color in publication when you work with raster images, it is best to use an application that supports ICC profiles, such as Adobe Photoshop. Whatever application you use, be sure to always embed the originating ICC profile when saving the file. This is usually the default behavior - for example, this screen shot is from the “Save As...” dialog box in Photoshop. The box to embed the ICC profile is checked by default, just be sure to leave the box checked. If you are using a different application, please check the documentation to be sure you are properly embedding the ICC profiles.Sizing and preparation: Submit figures at their final publication size; do not scale figures. Prepare figures at the intended publication size. (See the table to the right.) The height of all figures must be less than or equal to 8.375” / 21.3cm / 50p3 picas.Labeling and Font Usage: Provide labels for all multipanel figures (i.e. A, B, C, D) using uppercase 11 point Helvetica Bold or Arial Bold. For text within the figures, please use the same font for all figures in your manuscript, and use a standard font such as Arial, Helvetica, Times, Symbol, Mathematical Pi, and European Pi. Do not use varying letter type sizes within a single figure; use the same size or similar sizes throughout. The preferred font size is 10 points; the minimum font size is 6 points.Do Not Take Graphics off of the WebGraphics on the web are optimized for speed of download, and are of low resolution (72 dpi). As the minimum resolution for a figure is 300 dpi, graphics originating from websites tend to reproduce very poorly. Please note that increasing the resolution of a low resolution image WILL NOT improve the quality of the image, and is unacceptable.Authors who do not comply with these guidelines will be asked to resubmit their figuresin a publication-quality format, which may delay publication. (When a manuscript is initially submitted, a low resolution PDF may be uploaded; however, upon revision, all the ATS digital guidelines MUST be followed or there?may be a delay in publication.) ................
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