EZ-Guide Ad Sizes & Camera-Ready Specifications

If you’re creating your EZ-Guide print ad it must be created as a .pdf file in CMYK at a minimum 300 dpi. No RGB files, please. If your files are over 10 MB in size please upload from this website here or email to us in a compressed folder like Dropbox or WeTransfer.

EZ-GUIDE AD SIZES (All ads full color)

Full-Page with bleed = 5 7/8" wide X 8 7/8" tall (trim size of guide is 5 3/8" X 8 3/8", so keep any text or images that you do not want to be trimmed well within this area)

Full-page no bleed = 4 5/8" wide X 7 5/8" tall (if you choose "no bleed" this means that your ad will have a 1/2" white margin around each side, from the edge of your ad to the edge of the guide)

1/2-page, vertical = 2 1/8" wide X 7 5/8" tall

1/2-page, horizontal = 4 5/8" wide X 3 5/8" tall

1/4-page = 2 1/8" wide X 3 5/8" tall

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Online Banner Ad Sizes & Web-Ready Specifications

If you’re creating your online banner ad it must be created as a static .png, .gif, or .jpg file. No .pdf files. Though a few animated banner ads are posted on this site (files in Adobe Flash or files with rotating frames) we do not recommend them. Static banners, we believe, are more likely to be clicked through. All files must be RGB, not CMYK. Create your banner ad using 458 PPI density. Four banner ad sizes are offered for purchase, and your GEM-AD membership includes a banner ad that will be posted under your vendor listing or show listing.