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Title: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Syphon on December 18, 2014, 09:20:23 PM
Every time the holidays come up, I think about this video.
Even though it's about a designer, I can relate to it as we have clients making changes again and again and...
And it's their own file I have to make changes!
A day in the life of a designer (http://youtu.be/RRahCj-5WPY)
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Joe on December 18, 2014, 10:08:27 PM
They forgot to add the part where he sends the printer each and every version as he is making them. :rotf:

Sometimes I just want to grab them by the throat and scream "DON'T SEND ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ARE DONE!".
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: StudioMonkey on December 19, 2014, 04:37:08 AM
Been there.  One customer we had was doing an A7 Prayer Card (4"x3") and it went to 39 proofs with just text amends.  He started from scratch twice.  We just went with it.  There were 6 more after that.  I think he was just lonely.
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Ear on December 19, 2014, 11:06:51 AM
Quote from: StudioMonkey on December 19, 2014, 04:37:08 AMBeen there.  One customer we had was doing an A7 Prayer Card (4"x3") and it went to 39 proofs with just text amends.  He started from scratch twice.  We just went with it.  There were 6 more after that.  I think he was just lonely.
:lmao:
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: born2print on December 19, 2014, 11:53:07 AM
Sounds fun.. until they ask to go "back" to v6 from v13  :death:
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Possum on December 22, 2014, 03:58:31 PM
It's fine as long as they have to pay for being "lonely." 
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Tracy on December 22, 2014, 04:26:09 PM
with changes like that, it is kinda comical, great attitude monkey!
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Farabomb on December 23, 2014, 08:03:02 AM
F him for setting text in photoshop. He deserves all the pain.
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Possum on December 23, 2014, 09:31:15 AM
Well, sure, Photoshop is all a designer needs. Didn't you know?  :sarcasm:
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: DigitalCrapShoveler on December 23, 2014, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: Possum on December 23, 2014, 09:31:15 AMWell, sure, Photoshop is all a designer needs. Didn't you know?  :sarcasm:

The only program to do "life changing design". Give me a break.

I'm down to 4 chambers. This X-Mas shit better be over soon, or I'll be Deerhunter'n it.
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Designia(o_O) on December 29, 2014, 02:14:23 PM
Quote from: StudioMonkey on December 19, 2014, 04:37:08 AMBeen there.  One customer we had was doing an A7 Prayer Card (4"x3") and it went to 39 proofs with just text amends.  He started from scratch twice.  We just went with it.  There were 6 more after that.  I think he was just lonely.
That's so weird, we had the same thing happen to us. Not that many proofs but enough. A prayer card and some lonely religious guy :)
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: delooch on December 30, 2014, 09:54:34 AM
many jobs ago, i was in a quick-copy shop near an old catholic church.  there was one old lady who came in almost every day for copies of passages and pictures from the bible, she would want us to crop/scale pictures out of the bible to enlarge, and boy, if you made a mistake she would go old-school "nun" on you..... funny thing is she bought every setup/test print we made trying to achieve what she wanted, she freaked the fuck out when we put pictures of jesus in the recycle bin..
Title: Re: A Day in a Life of a Designer/Prepress
Post by: Farabomb on December 30, 2014, 09:57:06 AM
She shouldn't worry, He's the lich king. He will rise again.