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What
areas do you service? |
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What
is the client's involvement in the design and development
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I'd
like to get some design work done - what should
I do? |
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Do
you offer printing services? |
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Do
you offer photography services? |
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Do
you offer copywriting services? |
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Can
I add other elements to my project such as letterheads,
stationery, brochures, a website, etc? |
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How
should I provide content and artwork to you? |
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What
is the turn-around time for my design project? |
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How
will I receive my design project once it is finished? |
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Can
I get my logo in different file formats? |
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How
can I save money on developing my project? |
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Can
you register a domain name for my website? |
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Can
you host my website? |
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What
development tools do you use? |
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What
types of payment do you accept? |
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What
projects have you completed recently?
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What
kind of services do you offer?
We offer graphic design for both print and web,
web development, illustration and multimedia development.
Please see our Services page
for a comprensive list of our services.
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What
do you charge for your services?
This varies greatly depending on the size and
complexity of the project and what is involved.
We strive to charge reasonable rates in order to
remain competitive. Contact
us for an estimate on your project.
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What
areas do you service?
We are based in Ballarat, Victoria, however
we have many clients outside this area. We are happy
to service clients in Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and other
areas of Victoria, provided most communication is
by phone, fax, email and post.
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What
is the client's involvement in the design and development
process?
The client is the most important part of the
design and development process - after all it is
your project. Our job is to work with you to see
your project materialise from an idea through to
fruition, and your feedback is the most valuable
tool to achieve an end result which meets all of
your objectives.
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I'd
like to get some design work done - what should
I do?
Give us a call,
send us an email or
drop into our studio. We will meet with you either in person or over the
phone and discuss your requirements in detail. We
will guide you through the process of developing
your project, and ask you for any information required
to complete the job. We will give you concepts to
select from, and continue developing the project
until it meets your needs, within the boundaries
of the quote.
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Do
you offer printing services?
Yes - we have a network of printers and we shop
around for each individual job to get the best price
for our client. We liaise with the printer and can
deliver your printed material on completion of the
project if you are in the Ballarat area, or post/courier
to you if you are outside the Ballarat area.
If you prefer, for a small fee we can liaise with
a printer of your choice.
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Do
you offer photography services?
Yes - we have a photographer we work with whom
you can contract out at an hourly rate if required.
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Do
you offer copywriting services?
Yes - we have an inhouse copywriter.
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Can
I add other elements to my project such as letterheads,
stationery, brochures, a website, etc?
Yes - at Newman Creative our aim is to give
your business a consistent look and feel for that
professional edge - please see our corporate
identity page for more information on this.
Projects with multiple facets but the same look
and feel are generally less expensive as the work
for each element overlaps - for example, if you
required a logo, letterhead and business card, this
would be less expensive to have done altogether
than as individual projects.
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How
should I provide content and artwork to you?
You can email your material to our design
team, or alternatively post it to our mailing
address. All material should be supplied in
digital format where possible.
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For printwork - artwork
should be a minimum of 300dpi or at the highest
quality possible. Generally the bigger the
filesize the better. Artwork can be provided
in any of the following file formats: tif,
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For web work - artwork should
be high quality, in any of the following file
formats: tif, eps, ai, psd, gif or jpeg. |
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What is the turn-around time for my design
project?
The answer to this question depends on many
factors, such as the nature of the project - is
it a website, print design, an illustration or
a multimedia project? How complex is the project?
What volume of material is involved? How ready
is the material to be published? We aim to deliver
projects as quickly as we can, however we need
to discuss your requirements in detail before
we can specify a timeframe.
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How
will I receive my design project once it is finished?
This depends on the type of project. For a print
or illustration project, you will be provided with
the final printed product. Logos can be provided
to you in the various formats as listed below,
by email or on CD. For a web project, the end product
will be uploaded to your website. Multimedia projects
will be supplied on CD - we can make duplicates
and/or design covers if required.
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Can
I get my logo in different file formats?
Yes - we can provide your logo in any of the
standard file formats at your request ie. tif, gif,
jpeg, psd, ai, eps or pdf format.
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How
can I save money on developing my project?
You can save money by supplying your material
digitally, in the formats specified above.
Supplying your text already typed and supplying
your images as high quality will save us time, therefore
save you money. Also see Can
I add other elements to my project such as letterheads,
stationery, brochures, a website, etc?.
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Can
you register a domain name for my website?
Yes - we can register any available domain name
at a small fee. Note that for .com.au domain names
there are particular government policies that must
be adhered to. For more information on this see
www.auda.org.au/policy/policy.
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Can
you host my website?
Yes - we have hosting packages available, generally
to clients whose websites we have designed and developed.
Prices vary depending on the size of the site and
estimated traffic.
As a reseller of webspace we are able to offer our clients competitive pricing with the assurance that the servers are maintained through a network of technical experts. All sites are currently hosted at the Powertel Data Centre in Brisbane which also hosts some of Australia's largest Telcos.
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What
development tools do you use?
For print design and illustration we use the
Adobe suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and
Acrobat. For web design we use Illustrator, PhotoShop
and Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash. For web development
we predominantly use PHP, HTML, JavaScript and mySQL
databases. For multimedia development we predominantly
use Flash.
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What types of payment do you accept?
We give a 14 day invoice for most of our work,
and accept payment by cheque, bank transfer or cash.
Some printwork may require COD, and for some larger
jobs we may ask for part payment upfront.
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What
projects have you completed recently?
We have worked on a broad range of projects
- please refer to our Portfolio
for details and samples of these.
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