Editorial Submissions

We always welcome editorial submissions, so if you have any news relevant to the upstream petroleum sector, technical papers or case studies, please send them to us via: editorial@pnronline.com.au

Please note, due to the volume of editorial submissions received we cannot guarantee that your submission will be published. The publisher reserves the right to change editorial submissions to adhere to our style guide.

Deadlines

The deadlines for editorial submissions are as follows:

2010 editions

October/November: September 1st
December '10/January '11: November 1st

Please note our instructions for submissions

Submissions should be submitted as a text document, and can include embedded images and/or diagrams in the document to reflect their desired placement. High resolution copies of the same images and/or diagrams should also be sent in with the document in their native file format such as: .TIFF or .JPEG for images, and .PDF or .EPS for diagrams. All images and diagrams should be in CMYK colour format, not RGB.
The word count of your submission should be discussed with our editorial team prior to anything being submitted for consideration.

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Technical Requirements for Supplied Images

The Importance of Using High Resolution (300 D.P.I.) Images for Commercial Printing

When designing digital files intended for commercial offset printing, it is essential that all of the photographs and images in your in files are high resolution. If you have ever seen printed material that contains blurry or blocky images which often provides a bad presentation, it was likely caused by incorporating low resolution images. Ensuring a high quality printed job is as simple as making sure all photos and images in your digital files are all high resolution. The information below explains the specific differences between the two and how to avoid problems.

Importing Images from a Digital Camera

Many graphic designers use images from a digital camera. There is really only one thing you need to know to ensure you are using a high resolution image. The only real difference between a high and low resolution image is the amount of pixels/dots (Dots Per Inch - DPI) that are used to create the image. Most cameras that can take photos above 3 mega pixels should be more than adequate to provide you with high resolution images - providing the camera is set to the highest resolution when capturing your images.

Resampling and Interpolation - Why Resizing isn't the answer

All artwork design programs allow you to resize an image you are working on, but it's important to understand why simply resizing a low resolution image will not produce a true high resolution image. When you resize and make a low resolution image larger to meet the commercial printing specifications of 300DPI, all you are really doing is stretching the image. The technical term is called either resampling or interpolation. Since high resolution images are based upon the number of pixels an image contains, resizing will not create new pixels, but make each pixel larger by stretching it. The only way to ensure picture perfect high quality printing of your photos and images is to start with a high resolution image obtainable by the methods mentioned above.

Image Pixels Specification Guidelines

To assist you supply high resolution images with any editorial contributions you make to our publication, please use the following pixels information as a minimum guideline:

1. Single column wide (approx 60 mm - 2.4 inches) 720 pixels wide
2. Two column wide (approx 120 mm - 5 inches) 1500 pixels wide
3. Three column wide (approx 185 mm - 7.5 inches) 2250 pixels wide

Please note: the width of an image is the most important aspect to us when sizing an image to our magazine layout, i.e. we generally place images either into a one, two, or three column width. The depth will be physically determined by the image proportions (unless cropping occurs). If the number of pixels is correct for the proposed width, it will also be correct for the depth.

If the number of pixels in your image when it was captured is correct, it doesn't matter what DPI your image is supplied to us in, or its physical dimensions - unless cropping is required!The guidelines offered above relate to the full picture provided. If an image requires cropping, this can reduce the size it can be used in our layout. This is also important to consider when capturing your image. If you supply us a two column image (120 mm - 5 inches) with 1500 pixels, but request we crop out half of the image, the resulting image will no longer be suitable in our two column layout, due to the reduced number of pixels. For this reason, always look to capture an image with a higher number of pixels than the above-mentioned minimums.