Accepted Design File Formats
To help as many people as possible, PostCard Bay accepts a range of different formats. These are:
- PDF (Portable Document Format)
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Recommended formats:
- For photography: high-resolution JPEGs (preferably un-compressed)
- For graphics or text: print-ready, vector-based PDFs
- For a mix of graphics and photography: print-ready PDFs
Design File Formats
Graphics and text designs (basically, any non-photographic content) are best submitted as vector-based PDFs. This ensures your lines and text are crisp. If you upload JPEGs or PNGs, there may be some fuzziness around your text.
Ensure there are no cut or crop lines, all transparencies are flattened, overprint is switched off, and any fonts used are embedded before saving. For best results, we recommend using the following preset to preflight your designs: Adobe PDF/X-1a:2001.
Photo File Formats
You can upload photos in the same format you import them from your digital camera (normally JPEG). We also accept: JPEG, PNG, and PDF.
Please note: we do not accept RAW files.