Fucking PSD Designers
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- Mojo
1. Snap
2. Snap
3. Snap
4. Stop using multiply on everything
5. Find an actual trans-fucking-parent logo so I don't have to do part of your job for you (see 4.)
6. Don't use fonts that we can't get web licenses for
7. Think about asset re-use before making a million variations of your fucking left-arrow
8. Use. A. Fucking. Divisble. Grid. Size. 989 is not a good choice.- annoyed frontengineer
- georgesIII0
pppppppffft,
do your job,
slave!
- doesnotexist0
sounds like a print designer doing web for you
- ESKEMA0
But but, they used Photoshop... isn't that the correct way of doing things people say here all the time?
- vaxorcist0
fireworks is a hidden obscure wonder of the web designer....
- err0
At least your getting PSDs. I work at a place where some of the designers don't know Photoshop and keep giving me comps made in Indesign. (IN THE MOST RETARDED WAYS) Every page is a different size because the designer just hand drew a box on the screen.
- akrok0
lets make it 949px wide, not 950px. lol.
- ********0
LSD designers...yeah!
- lobstarr0
im so nice to my developers, along with psd's an asset (contact sheet) for all the ui/common elements found within the creative including all interaction states to make cutting easy breezy.
of course i put time under 'file prep' - booya!
- sothere0
you bastards have been so unhelpful for years and you never tell us how to actually create files. You seem to love the 'oh you cant do that' after you kept us in the dark throughout the design process. Hope you have to work late.! Man that felt good.
- don't worry, they call themselves designers toomonospaced
- CyBrainX0
web licenses? naah
- doesnotexist0
funny store. kind of.
i always use smart objects (because i don't like headaches) and layer comps.
our developer comes in to meet with us and tells us 1) not to use smart objects, raster everything that's sent to him (he doesn't like big files) and 2) don't use layer comps.
i'm still trying convince him that layer comps are superior. trying to convince a developer. why.
- monospaced0
I dunno about you guys, but I don't know a single developer that builds a site solely on the design file, PSD or other. They usually figure out the grid and build the rest with code n' shit, not by copying the fucking pixels. In this sense, they assure me a freakin' PDF from InDesign is good, as long as it gets the design across. I understand sending a rainman-esque immaculate PSD to a guy who has no time to bother building a site with his own brain, but is that even necessary if the developer's talented? Do you guys design sites that are built entirely from a PSD?
- toe_knee0
If you want pixel perfection you have to code off a psd imo.
We have to create style guides that spell out how much spacing is between each element and they still get it wrong.
- animatedgif0
Designing a website in Photoshop?
FUCKING LOL!
- !!Weyland
- Yeah, don't tell us, you use Indesign.********
- nah that's almost worse.
I use Fireworks.animatedgif
- Stugoo0
Send it back and ask for assets.
let the crayon jockey do the work! ;)
and then send them this http://photoshopetiquette.com/