Friday, February 26, 2016

Business Cards Panama City Beach (850) 234-8284 Quality Printing Service...


Our Newest Video
This is our newest video.  We are happy to create all sorts of marketing materials that showcase your business.  We have always offer a variety of business cards, but now we have a video showcasing some of the more popular styles.  

As always, our goal is to be your one stop shop for all of your marketing needs.  We now offer animated videos and other digital marketing products.





 You can always visit us on the web at ThePrintShopPCB.com 
Or stop in to see us and see what we can do for you.

The Print Shop PCB
8111 Panama City Beach Pkwy
Panama City Beach, FL 32407

(850) 234-8284

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Tips on Finding a Great Graphic Designer

The Print Shop in Panama City Beach


Looking for a good and affordable graphic designer? This short article has a few tips that can help you finding a great graphic designer that can assist you with several projects.

1. Check the profile

First step in evaluating a graphics designer or studio is to request their portfolio and review specific projects that are similar to what you are looking for. The material he/she produces for you is likely to be in the very same design, so it is essential to are happy with it. If you are going to hire a design company, insist on reviewing portfolios of specific designers who might deal with the job.

2. Look for competence in website design

If your project consists of website design, ensure the graphic design services company has software developers acquainted with good web design concepts. Don't be impressed with trendy web designs that make use of a lot of multimedia, heavy graphics and advanced functions. Such designs typically raise a lot of challenges, crash often and are frustratingly slow.

3. Agree on the number of idea designs

A great graphic designer will produce a good number of samples for you to examine before finalizing the design and developing the final product.

4. Graphic designer must be an excellent listener

If you wish to offer input before the design procedure, make certain the graphic designer is willing to spend the time to listen and consider your ideas. She needs to strike a good balance between getting input from you and using her creativity and imagination to establish the ideas.

5. Inspect references

It is very important to check references before hiring someone for the project. Particularly ask if the graphic designer is good at comprehending the requirements, incorporating your feedback and offering modifications.

As with other project, it is important to define the scope of the task and certain milestones with anticipated deliverables. Likewise settle on the number of expected revisions.

In what shape and type are you going to receive the graphic design? Clarify file types, sizes and liked color pattern if any. It is usually a smart idea to take ownership of the soft copies of the design. They will come in useful if you wish to make small tweaks later on or reuse the design. To avoid any future dispute, also take copyright ownership of all product developed for you.

Great designers can be costly, if you are on a budget, it does not hurt to try to find up and coming graphic designers who aspire to get established and might provide significant discount rates.

Some graphics designers may also charge by the hour. If you must work with a designer that charges by the hours, you could ask if he/she would provide a bid for the project.

Finally, payment for the job should be tied to the milestones. Be wary of graphic designers who request for a large and non-refundable in advance payment.