Portland Macintosh Users Group

Mouse Tracks can always use your help with the production of the journal. We can use any type of production skills you wish to offer - from proof-readers to image manipulaters. Any type of helping hands and eyes are always welcome. The production meeting is usually on the Sunday before the second Monday, from 10 am to 4 pm. Please check the current calendar to confirm the date. Call 503-228-1779 for more information and to discuss currrent production needs. You will enjoy volunteering your creativity to our award-winning journal.

Mouse Tracks always welcomes submissions of articles or artwork. Articles may be submitted in any text format and can be on any Mac related topic, such as books, games, software, hardware, websites, or events. Illustrations for articles should be at 266 dpi. Submissions should be sent to submissions@pmug.org for consideration.

If you'd like to submit artwork for the cover, please abide by the following submission requirements:

The main requirement is that the creation is done on a Mac. We are limited to a single color budget except for an occaisional four-color issue. If you have color art to submit, you may want to save a copy first and convert it to greyscale to see how it translates. The cover trims at 8 1/4 by 11. If we add the bleed on three sides, that adds up to 8 3/8 by 11 1/4. If your art takes up the full cover, you must take into consideration the Mouse Tracks masthead at the top. You don't want anything critical in your art being covered up. If the art would be a smaller center piece we can create a great background to complement it. Before we get to your high-res submission, we need lo-res examples of the submissions sent to submissions@pmug.org. The lo-resolution images should be 72 dpi saved as jpeg at high quality. The final film output is at 266 dpi so your hi-resolution art has to be at least that resolution. If you need more info, contact the editor at submissions@pmug.org The placing of the Mouse Tracks masthead over the finished cover is one of the last things that will be done prior to sending the file to the service bureau.