-Color vs. Grayscale vs. Black and White - the engraving process only engraves in 2 bit black and white. For the cleanest and best looking engravings, we recommend using black and white images only. Black and white images have NO GRAY, SHADING, SHADOW, FADING, or other effects. If you are still unsure, the image below is an example of pure black and white. We can use grayscale images, but the detail you see on your computer screen generally doesn't fully translate to the engraving.
-Resolution - If your image is grainy and pixilated, your engraving will probably look worse. The more detail in your image, the better the image we prefer in order to get a good clean capture to transfer to our engraving machine. Also keep in mind the size of the dust cover, if we try to take a highly detailed image and shrink it down to 1/2" tall, we will lose a lot of the detail. A simple test if you are able is to take your image and shrink it down to 1/2" tall and print it out on your printer, if you can make it out, it will probably be ok.
-Pictures - Please do not send us pictures of items with graphics on them and ask us to use the graphic on the item. We will need the actual graphic and not a picture of the graphic on something else.
-We assume you have permission to use any graphic you send us, please make sure that you do.