Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
I've got files from very good artist which are not in our field of work and have had to go thru some pain trying to tell them what I need without pissing them off because they think they know more
Quote from: 3Deep on January 28, 2015, 12:33:41 PMI've got files from very good artist which are not in our field of work and have had to go thru some pain trying to tell them what I need without pissing them off because they think they know more I've worked in graphic production all my adult life, going back to the pre-computer days of the 1980's. Artists hate it when anybody suggests a way they could improve upon what they're doing, no matter how discreet you are in explaining it, they're going to cop a 'tude. And the more they realize that they don't understand what you're talking to them about, the more pissed they get. It's actually kind of comical. LOL
About 2 years ago we implemented a $25 minimum ART fee for all orders. Specifically to just avoid these types of headaches. If the files we get are screwy in some way and we don't feel like messing with it,...off to Artwork Source or one of the couple vectoring services we deal with. If the files are usuable/good, it's an easy $25+. Out of the half a dozen "Professional Graphic Artists" (and I use the term VERY loosely) in our area, there's only 2 that have actually taken the time to come walk through the process and see what we do and why we need things the way we need them. One of them has even taken the time to have the local SignsNow and newspaper give her tours and show her what they need and why. For some reason, she is always slammed with work (and she ain't cheap) and the rest complain about how bad the economy is and how hard it is out there and how much they do for no pay.Had one of the newer ones, just opened last spring, land the artwork job for the city's 3on3 B-ball tourney. He called to find out what kind of file we needed for the shirts, I said Corel X7 (we had just updated) or lower or Photoshop CS5 or lower. He launched into the whole "Illustrator, Industry Standard, No professional uses Corel, Blah, Blah, Blah". Yep. OK Buddy. This shops been running since 1981. We've been using Corel since vers 3. Maybe you need to research your market a little better. We run corel, the other embroidery/DTG shop in town runs corel. All the local sign shops use corel. The local offset printer uses corel and quark. And the newspaper uses corel, quark and photoshop. Guess who uses Illy? You. So tell me again what the standard is? Send me whatever you got and I'll fix it.Finally got the Corel file sent from another designer out of Wenatchee.