Microsoft Publisher

[mk162]

Dennis, it is so much easier to just bootleg everything. 

Just kidding.

[Sbrem]

Publisher is awesome. All the real pros use it

You guys that I was being sarcastic, right?

Yes...

[tpitman]

Publisher is awesome. All the real pros use it

You guys that I was being sarcastic, right?

Yeah. Just started having flashbacks . . . where are my meds???

[inkman996]

I have an art explosion file sitting on my computer right now with zero clue how to open it. Seems it can only be opened by art explosion, emailed the customer a dozen times to resave as any file format available all he keeps sending me is the same art explosion file. Told him we need to recreate from scratch and about how much he freaked because he states he bought a professional art program why can we as professionals open it. You have got to be kidding me!

[tpitman]

Tell him "professional" art programs cost more than $19.95 (or whatever that cheap crap sells for). I understand folks' hesitation to drop several hundred on programs like Illustrator and Photoshop for personal use, but it's crap when they try and beat the system by buying cheap, then blame the printer for not being able to use their file.
Getting back to Microshaft Publisher, as often as not it took me much less time to pull any photos or art out of the file, copy the text and redo the whole job in Quark or InDesign. It was usually a 3-panel lettersize brochure someone had cobbled up.

[ebscreen]

If you're going to produce a half ass design program to foist upon the unknowing public
at the goddamned least don't make the filetypes proprietary.

[Sparkie]

I have an art explosion file sitting on my computer right now with zero clue how to open it.

Inkman, what's the file extension on that one?

[Frog]

.tnt lol!

[tpitman]

TNT? You mean like AC/DC? Then can we call the files "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap"?

[inkman996]

I have an art explosion file sitting on my computer right now with zero clue how to open it.

Inkman, what's the file extension on that one?

.npp

[Frog]

Isn't Art Explosion a clipart collection?

[mk162]

Yeah, but I think they offer a design program as well that says it converts to a pdf easily.  Have them do that.  Some people are just plain ignorant.  I am done accepting word files.  It constantly changes fonts and customers get pissed when their design is different on the PROOF.  It's like come on, you used a crappy program and when it spits out crappy art, your pissed?

[Fresh Baked Printing]

I would much rather deal with somebody's hand drawn sketch than work with their MS Paint created art.

[Frog]

And then there's these that we often see, but usually not quite as small and stretched.
I couldn't wait to see what I would get after this:
What do you have in the way of art?
We have a computer file.
What type of file is it?
I don't know, but I'll send it

[Fresh Baked Printing]

I get a lot of screen shots of mock-ups from from CustomInk that I'm expected to work from.