US Wine Labels - TTB Online / COLAS
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- d_rek
Does anyone have any experience submitting images electronically through the god-awful TTB COLAS website?
I'm trying to upload JPG's for a client so they can get approved by the TTB but the images keep coming out with either really wonky colors or these weird archived lines? I've saved out in just about every JPG format including web-optimized, low and high dpi, different raster settings.... and still the same weird shit!
The flat artwork MUST be accurately represented for TTB to give approval.
Thoughts/Suggestions? I'm pulling out my hair here!
- monospaced0
TTB COLAS?
- d_rek0
Trade and Tax Bureau .... and I couldn't possibly tell you what COLAS stands for, just another impossible government acronym.
- monospaced0
I've designed plenty of wine labels and never had to deal with them.
- d_rek0
mono,
According to my client you must get TTB approval for any wine label that's being distributed in the US. Easiest said way is to upload your labels electronically. It's mostly for legalese of the labels, making sure the gov't warning is the right type size and whatnot. I tend to believe him as he's been making wine for over 15 years in the US....
The TTB site ONLY accepts jpgs or tif's. I finally was able to upload a JPG that didn't come out all distorted (tiffs kept coming out distorted too). Was a frustrating trial+error process.
- kimbe20
d_rek,
i'm currently having the exact same problem with TTB COLAs. God-awful is right.
i've created the Jpegs for submission exactly according to the specs on the site--under 450 KB, 100-200 dpi, RGB, medium-low compression ratio-- and i'm still getting them kicked back with a complaint about the color space used.
what was it that eventually worked for you?
- dbloc0
PITTB COLAS?
- fresnobob0
If you are doing it for the government a shitty jpg is probably gonna be fine... What, are they gonna come after your client and stop production of his wine because the colors are slightly off? No way! They just wanna make sure all the info is there, thats all. Don't stress it...
- kimbe20
@ fresnobob, the trouble is that they won't even accept a shitty jpg--it's not a matter of image quality, it's a matter of the TTB application not being able to read the file. it'll just bounce right back with an "incorrect format, please re-submit". unless it's submitted just so, the tax & trade bureau won't approve the label.
- kimbe20
this is the TTB COLAs website for anyone who's interested: https://www.ttbonline.gov/colaso…
@ monospaced, it's usually the bottler and not the designer that submits the label to COLAS, which might be why you aren't familiar with them.
- d_rek0
kmibe2,
wow... have to reach in the memory banks and get back to you!
- d_rek0
kimbe2,
If you can wait until tomorrow I can fetch the files that finally worked for me... otherwise I *think* this is what I had to do:
1. Created labels in adobe indesign; exported to press-quality PDF
2. opened in photoshop as actual size artwork; cmyk color space
3. exported as a JPEG using SAVE AS (although I admit, it might have been a TIFF)
4. hoped to god it didn't come out fucked up
5. trial and error until i got it to workSorry i can't be of more help right now =\