Magazine overall trim: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8
- Pro Pilot is perfect bound.
- Live area: on bleed ads keep essential matter 3/8’’ from trim edge. If producing a spread ad allow a total of a 1/2” space where text crosses the gutter. No gap required for photos or other artwork. Call for further details.
- A SWOP color proof is required for all ads. Without an accurate SWOP color proof, Pro Pilot will not be able to match the color of your ad exactly.
- Send ads by email to: art@propilotmag.com if less than 10 MB, or call 1-703-370-0606 for instructions to place ads on our FTP or dropbox.
Digital materials required:
PDF/X-1a files required for all ads.
- Fonts must be outlined or embedded.
- All colors should be converted to CMYK (*except black text)
- Crop marks and color bars should be outside printable area
- Document set up:
- Adobe InDesign or QuarkXpress should be used for ad layouts.
- Photoshop – 300 dpi CMYK or grayscale, 600 dpi minimum bitmap, flattened layers, .tif or .eps format, binary encoding (no jpeg and no extra channels)
- Illustrator – outline all fonts, flatten transparencies, embed all elements (no links).
All fonts must be embedded or converted to outlines; no missing fonts or system‑substituted fonts.
