ARTWORK READINESS INDEX

Source Production Ready Artwork Readiness Index
The following index will help you estimate the art production time required to recreate or clean up a logo to submit.

• Type One – Production Ready Vector Artwork
  A vector artwork logo that may be directly output to a production process without any modification.  The quality facts for image size, text size contrast, edge definition, gradients and halftones have been met.
  Estimated Clean Up Time:  None

Production Ready Vector Artwork - Note proper text size, edge definition and contrast

• Type Two – Production Ready Bitmap Artwork or Hard Copy
  The logo may be directly output to a production process without any modification. In the case of a production process requiring vector artwork, the logo can be converted to vector artwork using a tracing program without redrawing in an illustration program. The quality factors for image size, text size, contrast, edge definition for gradients/halftones have been met.
  Estimated Clean Up Time:  Less than 30 minutes

Production Ready Bitmap Artwork - Note proper text size, edge definition and contrast

• Type Three – Vector Artwork Partial Redraw
  The vector artwork logo can not be directly output to a production process without significant modification. In the case of vector artwork, the image must be partially redrawn or type set using a vector illustration program. One, or more, of the quality factors for image size, text size, contrast, edge definition, gradients/halftones have not been met.
  Estimated Clean Up Time: 30 minutes to one hour

Vector Artwork Partial Redraw - Note Distortion on “g” and graphic elements

• Type Four – Complete Redraw
  The logo can not be directly output to a production process without being redrawn in a vector illustration program. More than one of the quality factors for image size, text size, contrast, edge definition, gradients/halftones have not been met.
  Estimated Clean Up Time: One hour, or more

Complete Redraw - Note poor edge definition and fuzziness