I will soon start testing CS2 for deployment to the designers in a few months, was wondering if anyone has tips, tricks, advice, problems, pitfalls, etc. they...
I muddle, I fix, I find the clipart that looks familiar but is not provided. I've taken home, on average one project per week for the last five years. The...
And after all that effort, you might find that the PDF Workflow still doesn't solve your problem --- especially if you're working with would-be designers...
I was wondering if anyone knew of a particularly good article about starting salaries for designers. I have a family friend who is in college and is on her...
Amy: For what country or region? If it's for the U.S.A., here are a couple of sources: I love the Aquent site because it has almost no bearing on reality. ...
Thanks, Daniel. I've dug up tons of references via Google, but I really don't think a beginning designer in the midwest is going to make $75k a year, which is...
THAT is a great article. We're printing it out. Laminating it. Matting it. Framing it. (It reminds me of those local car commercials--you know where the...
Glad you liked the article. There's also a link in the article to an Adobe PDF guru that's worth reading. I hate to appear like a Luddite, but after working on...
Well, having designed professionally for 23 years, and only in the last half decade jumped to the other side of the counter and to accept and attempt to run...
Gary, This is something for everyone who deals with Transparency. You mentioned that you get files from people who put transparent white boxes over spot color...
That reminds me of the PageMaker job we got from a third party. They used a single spot burgundy and black ink for a corporate package of business cards,...
... From: "Dye Printing" <dyegang@...> ... <snip rest> Interesting reading! Isn't there a way when creating a PDF from Publisher to convert everything to...
In a message dated 9/2/2005 7:46:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... As the owner and sole designer in a small printing company....I TOTALLY do NOT want my...
In a message dated 9/2/2005 8:48:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... I have a standard disclaimer....the screen, the PDF file I sent you, this printout from my HP...
Both your comments go back to the concerns I was earlier declaring about my preference to submit native files --- and that's why I'm completely astounded by my...
Sometimes these clients are as difficult with designers as they are with printers. I guess a difficult client is going to be difficult with everyone. Depending...
... I'm in the newspaper business: as an editor/paginator, I create indesign files then hand them over to our production staff. For some reason, I've...
Vern, I'm sure it has to do with the philosophy of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, there are some issues that come up with other formats. We see...
That scenario is a carry-over from the old QuarkXpress days when .ps files could not be placed directly into a document. In fact, one needed an Xtension to...
I use tiff regularly. I do it for my own organizational purposes. If it's a tiff file, then it's a flattened file. If it's a PSD then the file has retained...
I think the ability to use .psd files directly in InDesign has been a major work saver for me. The simple reason is that it allows me to take advantage of the...
If you have a PSD with many layers, using many different compositing methods, layer masks, adjustment layers, etc. do you bring it directly in or do you...
No, I don't flatten the .psd files. I bring them in just as they are. That way I have complete freedom to edit them at any time. Some time ago, I did a ...
What happens if you bring in an image with layers with compositing methods other than Normal or Multiply, and all or part of the image lie over a spot color?...
In a message dated 9/3/2005 9:19:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... I wish all the "designers" I worked with were as intelligent as you! Kathy [Non-text portions...
... Aye, that's the prevailing sentiment in many newsrooms... ... I generally do, unless, say, I've got a 3/4" head shot. As far as psd files in Indesign. They...
... When I use 'em, I bring 'em directly in. Usually, I've got a close-crop when I'm bringing in a psd, and I'm using Indesign to give me a clipping-path...
A related question.... I too, generally use Photoshop or illustrator native files in InDesign. However, I needed to set up a logo as an eps that was going onto...
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