In some cases the announcement you like the best contains a picture of your newborn. Here are some tips regarding the photo you need to send to us.


Digital Photos

• When taking the photo, try to take it so the subject fills out as much of the picture as possible. If you want a close up of the baby’s face, make sure you take a picture with only head and shoulder. Allow a little room for cropping. There will be a loss of sharpness if we try to enlarge only the face of a picture taken of a full-body.

• Email as an attachment to announcements@parallaxviscom.com. Take the photograph with a camera of at least 3 megapixels at the highest resolution and finest quality setting. Save and send in jpeg format. The file size should be 600K or more.

• When emailing your photos, be sure to include your name, address and phone number in the email.

Printed Photographs
• Send us your favorite photograph of your newborn.

• When taking the photo, try to take it so the subject fills out as much of the picture as possible. If you want a close up of the baby’s face, make sure you take a picture with only head and shoulder. Allow a little room for cropping. There will be a loss of sharpness if we try to enlarge only the face of a picture taken of a full-body.

• We will scan any color or black and white photo measuring up to 8.5 X 11 inches. We do not accept negatives or slides. Please note that the quality of the scanned photo is dependent upon your original.

• Mail photos to Parallax Visual Communication, 4878 Del Monte Ave, San Diego, California 92107

Scans
• Please scan the photo at a minimum of 300 dpi or higher and save as jpg or tiff. Email as an attachment. Include name, address and phone number.

Other
• If you like you may send more than one photograph. In this case we will choose the photo which fits the best and/or has the best quality.

• All photographs will be returned to you by mail after the project is finished.

• If you have a picture taken by a professional photographer, you must send a letter of permission from the photographer permitting us to reproduce the photo. Many professionally taken photographs are generally covered under standard copyright guideline, but most photographers will allow reproduction if it is for a product that they do not offer.

• We do not accept Polaroid photos.

• If you like you can send a color photo. We will translate this color photo into black and white to match the intended design of the card.

If you have any additional questions, please call 619-501-0273 PST or email us at announcements@parallaxviscom.com

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