For as long as I have known, a majority of designers have been beyond enamoured with Helvetica. While I can see that it's a nice typeface, I really don't understand the hype.
Some research into the matter yields some arguments: Helvetica is neutral, well-glyphed (as in: it has lots of glyphs and...
The billing/invoicing/time-tracking software I use, iBiz, is no longer being supported by its manufacturer. I am a freelancer, so I need software which allows me to:
Track time on jobs
Track tasks on jobs
Automatically fill in a rate for a task (not all tasks are the same
hourly rate)
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@Yisela I think anything would need server unless its written in Java/C. If I were to make my own it would still need some sort of backend to save the information.
is there a name for a perspective that is "as if you were looking at something on top of a table from the side of the table"? Light slightly frontal and up...
It works though and seems rather nice. I think when I'm done I'll even undo a lot of the "partials" like the header and just put it back in the single template file. Then I can add to each page more variables for meta information. Only thing I'll still need to figure out is a good schema implementation
I'm working on a small company "brochure" website. I have a few pieces that repeat for example:
Menu
Submenu
Footer
Subheader
Say a page "comparison.php" needs to have all of the above and then content. I could do which is how I started:
<?php include '/partial/menu.php'; ?>
<p>This i...
@Scott Another thing I was looking at was hear some people use tablet as drawing surface with a stylus. Not sure how good that is or not, one article said there's a way to connect the tablet to your computer so you can draw in Illustrator/Photoshop whatever
www.adonit.net has some really good reviews but then I'd have to get iPad instead of droid
THere's a difference. Most tablets dont' reject palm touching. The Intuos completely ignores your palm. Try drawing while never resting your hand on the paper your drawing on. It's not that easy, at least for me.
I've tried about 30 various styluses for the iPad. The Adobe Stylus is by far the best.
If I couldn't get the Adobe Stylus, I'd use the Wacom Bamboo. But really there's not a great deal of comparison between them since the bamboo is just a stick.
Alright so if I went with Tablet you'd say to get the Adobe Stylus. But if my primary goal is drawing to get an actual Intuous or eventually get all 3 (Intuous, Tablet, and Adobe Stylus).
I just noticed Adobe is licensing Adonit's technology
If you are working on a desktop or laptop, get an Intuos. If you ware working on an iPad or other mobile tablet, get an Adobe Stylus. But if you've never used a mobile tablet, I'd encourage you to just get a $10 stylus at first. It may work for you. Many people like the sticks with soft tips. I just can't draw well with them, I need some sort of pressure reading. You may not need that and could save yourself a couple hundred dollars by starting small first :)
Man, trying to explain why spot colors don't look correct unless you use an Adobe product and turn overprint preview on can be an annoyance. "But I want to email this file to people" Well, then you don't want it to be spot color. "But I don't want to have 2 files to use" Well, then you need an RGB file. "But I need to get this printed 3 colors" Well then you can't email it "But I have to email it to people" Well then you need 2 files....... ugh.
that's awful, unless you've got a huge budget and plan on printing all sorts of materials there's just not much incentive to even worry about spot color
You'd have to have multiple objects of different materials in my opinion to make it worth it. Like to make sure the logo on a tradeshow backdrop was identical to the logo on your tshirts
Might be cheaper at times to print, but not to produce and deal with the logistics of it
Not sure I understand? I find spots much easier to deal with.
They only get complicated when illustrating (which this was)
Had to convert some CMYK AI illustrations to 3 spots. That's where the overprinting cam ein.. and thus the client (a designer) not understanding the limitations.
depends upon how they are used. Overall, they are pretty easy. Of course, once you enter Photoshop with spot colors, it gets complicated and frustrating. But if you aren't using Phtooshop with spots it's all pretty easy.
I've done a lot of 5 or 6 color jobs. It's pretty simple as long as raster iamges don't need the spot color directly.
I guess I haven't had as much control over my projects. The few times I've dealt with spot colors (and it is very few) the main thing was: convert it to CMYK.
This was also in a full size book with hundreds of logos. If even 5% of the logos used some sort of Pantone it would've added up very quickly. Not to mention it was being printed on newsprint
it was and if we (and by we I mean I) missed a single spot color it would need to be re-exported / distilled / sent again. Though usually we (I) would catch them at least in the distill process.
I could see it nice for something like business cards, letterhead, vinyl wraps, stuff like that. But guess I've been jaded for a lot of other things. Suppose you could make a 3 color brochure or even 5 color brochure since it's CMYK + Spot Color just for that one company
You'd still have the logistics / understanding though of trying to explain the RGB equivalent for web, and CMYK for when it's going into other publications and such though as you're currently dealing with
Yeah. Most companies that print 5 or 6 color always print 5 or 6 color or 2/3 color spot only. Many won't just use CMYK. It's either only sport or CMYK + spot.
Say Acme Co. prints in 5 color always. What do they do when they advertise in a magazine that's CMYK? Only really high end mags are going to offer advertisers spot colors
and that begrudgingly adjust part is what I mean by logistics and dealing with it. If you have a company and the organization to understand the adjustment and to keep track of it then that's great
But for a small mom and pop type of place you have your logo and expect it to work for everything from web to billboards without ever paying another dime
@Ryan That sounds like an idea..... Hmmm I think we can ask the SE staff to give the person with the most hats a trip to some warm place with lots of sand :D