So we need a simple, non-technical way to explain that print publications need more pixels than web graphics. It's driving me mad.
Are you ok with saying that pictures on the internet appear blurry when printed and leave it at that or are you being asked "why?"
We're being asked "why," often in a really belligerent way, and then they say the line that makes me want to reach through the computer and get slappy, "But it looks good on MY SCREEN!"
Also, maybe you could have an example PDF on hand to send to them -- Ask them to view the PDF on their computer, and then print it out, so they can see for themselves what you're talking about.
What happens is we use the shitty image they gave us, send them a PDF galley to review, and they print the PDF and then call to ask why the image is shitty.
They also have this cute trick of sending a story in a Word file or an e-mail with the images embedded and don't understand why I can't just use them as-is.
When they're embedded in Word, we have given up on trying to get the art files from the authors. ("What's an 'art file'?" being a common question.) (And all I want to do is scream "How the FUCK did you write your article?!? You know the pretty picture in it? Did it get in there BY MAGIC??? That's a fucking ART FILE.")
Instead we save that one page of Word as a PDF and then export the PDF as a 1200-dpi tiff and then tinker from there. It usually works, unless the art was shitty to begin with. If you take a 72-dpi image off a website and embed it in Word, our weird end-run to make it into a usable art file still won't make it look good. You can't add pixels, god damn it.
This is a cool gank of Pantone.
of course I read that as "Pantene."
This is a cool gank of Pantone.
Makes me consider a Christmas tree.
You can't add pixels, god damn it.
Well, you can but it doesn't end well.
Argh. I somehow accidentally brought my work computer on vacation (it was in the hidden compartment of my backpack, I'd thought I took it out) and forgot my camera!!! The one I bought when I broke the one I bought for new Orleans, because I knew I'd want one HERE!!! Grrrrr. and my roommate isnt home so can't overnight it.
You can't add pixels, god damn it.
Well, you can but it doesn't end well.
Fair point. It's like a comic strip pressed on Silly Putty, and then the Silly Putty is stretched.
And yes, we thought about using that comparison at work and decided it was unprofessional.
Crank. I knew this was a bad plan. We're throwing a show on Saturday. The pastor of the church where it will be held is in Minnesota until day of. We just managed to get the key today. I am now parked outside of the church waiting for the SO to finish his lessons and get here with the key. I have the lighting gels we need to hang. He is now 15 minutes late and called to say he was 5 minutes away. I have my group in 15 minutes. He doesn't know where the ladder is. Exactly how mugh lighting are we going to get done in ten minutes? I ask you.
Mega-meara:
smonster... dude, I am so sorry you are me in that. But, hey, at least we're self-aware now? Which doesn't always help, but often does, as I have seen in many of your posts... posts which I have found helpful to me, if that's at all useful for you to hear.
It does, thanks. Knowing is half the battle, right? Too bad it's the really freaking easy half.
He will show a Simpsons clip at the beginning of class and the kids have to identify the real-life physics issues portrayed in it.
My hs physics teacher, who I adored, had us work problems based on clips from movies like "The Money Pit" and whichever Superman where he flies around the world and turns back time or whatever. He also got pulled over for prolonged honking while speeding down the road in front of our school to demonstrate the Dopplar effect, and told the cop he'd pay the ticket but was going to keep doing it for his other classes.
Who eats 2tbs of hummus??
Someone who has already filled up on cheese.
I nearly choked on my pizza. Which had cheese (two kinds) but no hummus.
Star followed by rainbow.
Choking close call #2.
When we lived out in the country, we had a dozen or more animals show up in our yard that people just dumped. We ended up keeping a dog and two cats and finding homes for the rest.
My grandfather's road wasn't paved until the early 90s. That's how he got all of his dogs and cats. They just show up.
His first year, it was all we could do to keep him in the chair. This year, he is going to surpass his entire class.
Awww, good for him.
I'll going to have to watch some of the bi visibility videos. Maybe make one? IDK.
meara, sucks about your camera.
