my laptop battery Oct 11, 07, 9:29 p.m.

apparently needs to go on a diet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/742…

>:(
fucker

my new puppy Sep 13, 07, 4:35 p.m.

:D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/742…

Quark help please Jul 10, 07, 8:28 p.m.

A client just sent me a Quark file they want me to make changes to but it's too new of a version for me to open in InDesign. Can anyone please save it down to Quark 4 for me?

Please and thank you!

BonSeff!!!!! Mar 5, 07, 2:01 p.m.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I'm sure it's lovely, but I can't get it out of the tube yet! HAhahaha

cosmo Feb 22, 07, 7:47 p.m.

dude. WHATEVER!

missing plug-in Feb 22, 07, 8:56 a.m.

Hi. I'm trying to listen to a radio station's online thingy but it keeps telling me I'm missing a plug-in but it can't identify which one. It says I need Windows Media Player, which I have. I'm on a Mac. Any ideas? There's a marathon of the morning show i listen to to benefit the UC Davis Childresn's hospital. They will be on air for 29 hours straight.

Favor for friend Feb 7, 07, 7:21 p.m.

My friend has 3 pdfs with some fonts on there that need to be outlined in Illy. I think they are mainly some Franklin Gothics and Helveticas that neither of us have. Does anyone know of a way in Acrobat Pro or something that will outline the typefaces in a pdf?

Photoshop not responding Jan 4, 07, 10:45 a.m.

Hi all, I went to go start Photoshop and it opens, but when I go to open a file, I get the spinning color ball. I've restarted and cleared pram and all that. But I end up having to force quit. Any ideas or suggestions? Please and Thank you.

File help please! Dec 15, 06, 2:30 p.m.

So I have these Illy CS2 files with tiff links that my client can open just fiine. He wanted to have Kinkos print out a proof but they couldn't. So he sent them to a small print shop and they can't even open the files. I sent versions in CS2 ai, Illy 8 eps and a pdf. The print shop was trying to open from the disk, but couldn't. Kinkos can open them but not print. The client and I can open and print all we want. Any ideas on what I can try?

please and thank you

Congrats tara!!!! Dec 13, 06, 9:50 p.m.

On your brand new gee-spot!

woohoo!!!

Cross-platform calendars Nov 2, 06, 9:41 a.m.

Hi everyone *waves*

Does anyone know of a good and easy-to-work with cross-platform calendar? Preferrably one where if you add something to a date, it updates on everyone's calendar? Has anyone tried Mozilla's Sunbird?

drawing a blank Oct 25, 06, 8:47 p.m.

what do you call the cards you can get at like art exhibits that tell you about the artist and has work samples on them? They are about postcard size. For some reason, I can only think of "leave-behind cards" but I know that's not the phrase.

Please and thank you,

crit please Sep 28, 06, 2:26 p.m.

This is my first site. Are any of these worth showing the client or do I scrap these ideas and start over?

http://www.themayocynic.com/NT/H…

Copyright opinion Sep 27, 06, 7:28 p.m.

Apologies for a long post:

I've got a client who is putting out a monthly publication, mainly of ads geared toward a specific demographic. If companies want to advertise but don't have an ad ready, they can pay a flat fee for me to do one.

I just read this article to clarify the whole work-for-hire deal
http://www.fineartregistry.com/a…

According to this attorney, the ad would be my "property" when all is said and done. My concern is if the company wants their ad, how do you feel I should handle this? They are not my "client" but I don't want to put my client in an uncomfortable position. I'm thinking of putting a statement on the sign-off proof that says if they would like to "own" the ad, they pay a flat fee (mainly because the flat fee they originally paid is pretty cheap). Do you think the "statement" i put on the sign-off sheet will scare away or cause bad feelings for my client? should i just let it go, bend over and give them the ad (but not the stock photos used)?

Bittersweet Sep 26, 06, 9:24 p.m.

So my best friend started classes for graphic design, transfered over to somewhere in Portland and then moved back. He only took like maybe 6 design classes mixed in with his general reqs. He works at a chain restaurant (the kind that would sing Happy Birthday to you) and, since moving back, stopped taking classes for about 3 years. Well his regional manager called him at work today and said,"So I heard you're really artistic and that you're taking graphic design classes. I'm doing a presentation for [other chain restaurants and a few fine dining restaurants], would you be interested in designing the presentation for me? I totally plan on paying you for this."

So of course my best friend says yes. Calls me to tell me the news, then asks,"So which program should I do this in?"

Oh I'm so happy for him, but it also hurts just a little. :P

wtf (what the file)?!?!? Sep 21, 06, 8:59 p.m.

Has anyone who's on a macbook pro had any problems with files not being readable on a pc? I'm using CS2 and saved eps, jpg and tif files for a client and they're not placing in Word. There's like a flash of a dialogue box that appears (too quick to see what it says) and then it shows that there's a bounding box on the page but nothing in it.

AAaaaannnybody have any ideas?

Please and thank you.

InDesign size wtf?wtf?wtf? Aug 28, 06, 12:04 a.m.

I got a new laptop and installed my ID CS2. For some reason, whenever it shows size (for document or spacing or whatever), any number after a decimal gets repeated. For example my page width shows 8.500500500500. It's even like that in my preferences. How do I make this badness go away?

Please and thank you.thank you.thank you.

Having Contractions Aug 24, 06, 2:56 p.m.

You know how, in PS, you can contract something by however many pixels you choose? Is there something similar in Illy?

maraming salamat!

Gonna do it! Jul 18, 06, 12:15 p.m.

Gonna give my notice after lunch. I'm as nervous as a poo. 8\

Office Decor Jun 23, 06, 1:15 p.m.

Okay, some of you might have seen me post that my office is moving into a new building. The bosses found something they really like. It's not bad, but I think it definitely needs a new paint job. They did the inside to something similar to this

Two bosses (the PM and bookkeeper) want to keep the faux paint finish and stencils. The AD (also a boss) wants to just paint over the stencils in the meeting room but keep the foyer in it's current style. He thinks that our paint colors will go well with the caramel-colored faux finish. I think that it will most likely look like crap unless we just repaint the whole thing. The Big G (big boss) is out of the office for a bit, recovering from surgery, so i'm hoping that he will agree with us artists/designers that we need to brand the building. The bosses just think we are being picky. what do you think?

i know i'm not a boss and paying for it, but just the thought of having any of the existing paint makes me embarrassed.