Lazy ass designers
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- autoflavour0
I do name my layers..
layer 1
layer 2
layer 3
- instrmntl0
i like when there's no layer comps, then designers say oh you missed something, its in a folder somewhere.
GETFUCKED!
- lvl_130
i understand your frustration, and i feel your pain. but there are certain exceptions to this rule:
client: we need 2-3 concepts for each of these 4 situations for a friday presentation (it's currently wednesday).
me: sure.
-scrammble-drag/drop-scrammble-s... layer-scrammble--scrammble-drag... 235- etc. etc.file>send
well, actually i would probably make sure that i cleaned my shit up and sent a clean copy, but for my own working files in a time crunch, different story until i get the time to fix em. now where the hell is that star shape layer 236? no! not you, you fucking square no fill layer at the top that merely creates the border! fuckkkk!
- Apple + N, then type some shit. Layer naming problem solved? seems pretty easy and quick to me.instrmntl
- at times, yes. but usually i am working with a bunch of psd/ai files and dragging/dropping from all into one.lvl_13
- quickly. so to spend the extra time for concepts can result in a lot of wasted time up front. key words are "up front"lvl_13
- that is when the concepts just need to get out the door for presentation. you take the "awaiting feedback" stage as a cleanup session.lvl_13
- a cleanup session before the files get handed of.lvl_13
- i hear yainstrmntl
- making excuses for just being incompetent. bet you work fucking slow in realityPIZZA
- oooh, we got an internet bully on our hands!lvl_13
- of course not in a crunch, but afterwards if there's time and bits and pieces as you go, at the very least (you know "navigation", "footer", etc.?)Geith
- dMullins0
I'm with stewdio. I typically have 500+ layers (easily) in any given web project. I don't give a fuck who touches my files next. I keep my shit organized for my own sake.
- totally, and putting that time in early makes the process faster in the endmonospaced
- <Continuity
- JSK0
wait wait wait you mean to presentation files go directly to production once approved? Thats just impossible. i mean I make 50 concepts in a single day and they pick one but I require 1 month to clean up that file. Thats just how things are. And clients are always understandable. They rush for concepts but they wait until I say its done. Just like programmers who does exactly how it should look or work.
- again, it depends on the situation and dev platform. (assuming we are talking about online content). sometimes they need a day, while other times they need weeks to push.lvl_13
- weeks to push content. ah, the joy of instant gratification. up one second, down the next.lvl_13
- I am // btw.JSK
- Is that the right term to use? // I forget.JSK
- shit...sorry. yeah, the //=sarcasm. i'm slow :/lvl_13
- akrokdesign0
at least use folders.
- must_dash0
Lazy arse designers just deliver psd files full stop...is it the 90's?
- tOki0
- pascii0
word!
- necromation0
I am an old lazy ass designer... I like to leave my work files as messy as possible, so other fuckwits can feel my pain!
I should have been a dancer...
- set0
As long as its layered, who gives a fuck. stfu and gtfo ffs!
- Projectile0
try working with a man who uses photoshop as illustrator. as in switches auto select and show bounding box on and literally just clicks things to move/edit.
the mofo has about 500 elements floating around one document in completely random order. no smart objects, no groups, no masks, no names no fukkall. It works fine for him but I suffer badass!!
you'd love it, mate.
- stewdio0
My Illustrator files are pristine. And the code I hand off is just as clean. I like to think it's because I respect other people who may need to handle my files in the future. The reality is that I must do this so when I look at the files tomorrow morning I have at least a partial clue where I am and what my name is. I'm not so keen on mornings. It's like watching Memento.
- <Amicus
- thisAmicus
- Fucking seriously! I also revisit files, sometimes years later, and it's refreshing to know they're how they should be.monospaced
- twokids0
you know what I hate? Anal prissy ass designers who make everything so damn neat and organized that it looks like a machine made it. I used to have these designers working for me like that and their FIRST ideas always came in so polished it was like they thought they would just be accepted as is....DONE!!!...perfect!!!!
I would ask for variations, or a new idea and they would give back the exact same file, but in a DIFFERENT COLOR!
I was like, mess it up boys! play! try something different! and there was always this dead silence. but man, their files were really really neat.
- LOL... Preachnecromation
- Apples and oranges. Or is that pears and bananas? But organized? NEVER!Geith
- set0
- springbok0
I use this PSD file to try and keep my files as organised as possible
- LInk here http://www.design-ma…springbok
- useful. thankstoe_knee
- Wait, you use ONE FUCKING PSD file for your work and it's for a site? Fucking pathetic.monospaced
- seconded, fucking retarded this is why you should use Fireworks IT HAS MULTIPLE PAGESPIZZA
- Fruity delicious!Geith
- dijitaq0
worst of all are illustrator files.
i used to work with a creative director who makes compositions with illustrator, whether for web or print. she would create all the pages with one file, in one layer. she would pick colors from different palettes and never delete the ones she doesn't use. she would also have the folders for the linked files in different place in her computer. either that, she would embed all the files and ending up with a huge file that would take forever to open and save. making final comps from her files, half the day is spent sorting out which elements goes to which composition and finding all the linked files.
from this experience, i've learned to make my files, my codes and my filing system as clean and clear as possible. even if they're only for me.
- See, your CD thinks like a CD. You think like a minion?boobs