CLT's Graphics staff provides professional design services for faculty and administrative staff for teaching, research, scholarly publications, conferences, seminars, and meetings.
The Graphics offices are located on the first floor of the Gornto Center.
Graphics Services
Services include the creation of illustrations (engineering, medical, scientific), maps, graphs, and charts; large-format poster presentations for conference poster sessions (up to 4' wide by 6' long); 35mm slides from periodicals/books; 35mm slide duplication (only non-copyrighted slides); multimedia presentations.
24 hour film processing for Ektachrome film via Atlantis Photoprocessing courier service is provided. Film must be brought to the Graphics Office (129 Gornto Center) before 9:45 am and may be picked up after 11 a.m. the following day.
Graphic Design Consultation
Offers three complete design studios
Offers a large-format color printer which accommodates poster-making
Location: Gornto 129-131 Contact: Bob Jones - rjones@odu.edu or 757-683-5393
Graphics Poster Presentation Production Guidelines
Electronic Submission:
Digital materials may be submitted on portable media or by email:
Portable Media: Zip/Jaz/floppy/CD/DVD in either Mac or PC platform
Email: Robert Jones at rjones@odu.edu.
Text Requirements:All text should be in Microsoft Word. Please DO NOT use PowerPoint to set up your poster. The Graphics staff will provide design services such as proper font, size, color, etc. The text file should include the title of the poster, authors and their affiliations and should be typed in the order you wish each section to appear on the poster (i.e., "Abstract", "Methods", "Discussion", etc.). Any figure captions may be included at the end of the document. There is no need to make individual files for each category; one text file is all that is necessary. Do not embed any graphs or image files in your text document.Graph Requirements:All graphs done in any program other than Excel must be saved in one of the following formats: tiff, jpg, bmp, eps. If graphs are done in Excel, include the Excel files on the disk.Scanning 35 mm Slides, photos, or prints:Maximum size: 8.5"x11"Digital Images:Submit digital images in one of the following formats: tiff, jpg, or eps. Please note that "gif" files, as well as anything downloaded from the Internet, are usually very poor quality for enlargement purposes and should not be used. Unless you know that the dpi (dots per inch) of the image is 300 or higher, please do not use Internet images. If you have a preference for the background of your poster, please let us know. It is possible to place a digital image in the background, such as a photo of your study site, study animal/specimen, SEM or other microscopic photo.Poster Specifications:State the exact finished size for the poster. The maximum size is 4' by 6'.Proof:We will provide you with an Acrobat PDF file sent via e-mail or a printed proof copy for you to approve before the poster is printed.Turnaround:Please allow 7 to 10 days from start to finish, after all materials are submitted in proper formats.
Graphics Rate and Payment Options
Charges for our services are limited to the cost of the materials used. For pricing details, please contact Bob Jones at rjones@odu.edu.
Services may be paid for by University budget transfer (forms available in the Graphics Office) via budget code or grant number (budget unit director/principal investigator signature required) or by personal check made out to ODU.
