Production Quality
Artwork & Photo Guidelines
Final product quality depends heavily on the supplied photo, logo or artwork. Please review these guidelines before placing your order.
Photo guidelines
Good photos
- Sharp and in focus
- High resolution (ideally 1MB+ original file)
- Well-lit — subject clearly visible
- Face or main subject fills enough of the frame
- Original photo from camera or phone preferred
- Minimal compression or processing
Poor photos — avoid
- Blurry or out of focus
- Screenshot from social media (low resolution)
- Very dark or heavily shadowed
- Heavy Instagram or Snapchat filters applied
- Tiny faces in large group shots
- Photos cropped from a larger zoomed-out image
Logo & artwork guidance
- SVG or PDF vector files are ideal for logos
- PNG with transparent background preferred for print
- High contrast artwork engraves best
- Avoid very thin lines or tiny text — these may not engrave clearly
- Solid shapes with clear outlines produce the sharpest results
- Avoid complex colour gradients — engraving is typically single-tone
Preferred file formats
SVG (best for logos)PDFPNG (transparent)JPG (photos)TIFFAI (Illustrator)
Quality notice
Final product quality depends heavily on the supplied photo, logo or artwork. If your file does not meet minimum quality requirements, we will contact you before production begins. Personalised items may not be refundable unless faulty.