File Preparation

Whether you create your artwork digitally, have a file from a film scan, or have a physical artwork that requires digitisation – we’re here to help prepare your files for the best possible print outcome.

Simple File Setup

$10 per file

We’ll resize your image to your desired print size, straighten, crop and/or add borders depending on your visual preference.

Detailed File Setup and Retouching Services

$30 per 15 minutes / $120 per hour (min. charge: 15 minutes)

Including, but not limited to: output adjustments, file clean-up (tone/texture and dust & scratch removal); file enlargements; correction of digital capture flaws; digital compositing; conservation/restoration of old photographs and documents.

File Assessment/File Library Creation

$30 per 15 minutes / $120 per hour (min. charge: 15 minutes)

If you have a series of artworks you intend to print, we’ll assess each file and set up a complete print-ready library.

File Specifications

Supply Files Via – CD, DVD, USB, email, WeTransfer, Dropbox or any of your preferred online options.

Formats – Tiff or psd is our preferred format.However you can supply any format in general. Jpeg or tiff, 8 or 16 bit, flattened.

Colour Mode – Adobe RGB 1998 is preferred.
CMYK colour space is not used by any of our output devices. You can supply files in CMYK however we cannot guarantee accurate colour reproduction. We therefore advise that you supply RGB. If you happen to have CMYK files you want printed and are not sure how best to convert them to supply in RGB, then have the conversion to RGB from CMYK applied by Phreon.

Colour Management

About Colour Management
A colour management system is software and hardware based system that creates specialised colour profiles that ensure consistency and repeatablity across all devices in a production workflow. Using a correct colour management system will ensure the output is as accurate as possible in relation to the screen.

Firstly the screen (or monitor) is calibrated and a monitor profile is created. We use xrite Colour Management system for this, which combines a colorimeter device and profiling software to make a monitor profile. Then we use printer profiles (created using the xrite i1 Studio software) which are added to files prior to printing.

Printer profiles are files containing data which describes how an output device handles and manages colour. Profiles are used by colour management applications to correct and standardise colour through a device, in simple terms it makes the print match as close as possible to the image on our screens.

For more information about Colour Management, visit https://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling

What you need to do
Calibrate your monitor and set your files up as per our file specifications.
For monitor calibration we recommend xrite software and xrite i1Profiler which will create a monitor profile for your specific monitor.