Best Practices – Digital Asset Guidelines – Rev 4 www.autocare.org | www.autocarevip.com | technology@autocare.org 12 4.3 Electronic Catalog Line Art Image Specifications Depending on the product line and trading partner, line art images may be required in addition to digital images. In general, digital images are required for all parts, and line art images are only required for specific product lines. Because the list of part names that require line art images differs considerably between trading partners, it is best to check with your trading partners for their specific requirements. All line art images that are being used in electronic catalogs and on trading partner’s websites should be formatted according to the following specifications: Electronic Line Art Image Specifications Notes Format TIFF, EPS, PDF, JPG (See note 1 below) Size 4,000 pixels @ 800 DPI on the longest side (height or width) Setting the maximum height or width to 4,000 pixels ensures that white space between the outer edge of the product and the outer edge of the image canvas is minimized. To illustrate this, a part that is long and thin could have an image canvas 4,000 pixels wide by 1,000 pixels high White Space On the longest side, white space should not exceed 5-15 pixels Does not apply to close-up images where only a section of the part is in the image. If the white space is removed and an image falls below the minimum size standard, the image is NOT compliant. Mode Vector Black / White, Vector Color, Bitmap, Grayscale, or CMYK Color Resolution 800 DPI Compression None or LZW Images with LZW compression can have a 35% smaller file size. (only applicable to TIFF) Image File Name Please refer to section 3.2 Digital Asset Naming Convention The image file is associated to the part number and other attributes via the