Okay, so I feel like I've had Caddyshack close to done but I have not procrastinated during the break. My initial plan was to have Caddyshack printed and built this weekend, but between me not being pleased with all of these low-res images and household duties abound, that kind of fell through.
Today, I take the day off from work to get Caddyshack done and off my plate....HAHAHAHA, yeah right. I slept in until 8:30 (that's sleeping in right?) and then by 9:00 I'm working on the Caddyshack pieces in hopes of printing one final time at the lab. Fast-forward to the UB lab...it's 1:00. I print. Images SUCK. I go onto Istock.com and after 2 hours of heming and hawing over which images best suit my layouts, and changing the font colors about 30 times, I print again. Images don't suck as bad, but still not to my liking. It's 3:30...I go home and tweak some things and go to Kinko's. It's 6:30...Printing again. I get home and realize some things are out of place. DAMMIT. I tweak further and go back to Kinko's (it's 8:30). Sitting at the Kinko's computer and realize I didn't save the right file to my flash drive. Back home. Back to Kinko's (9:10). Print again (Okay, I lost count). Still not overly pleased but at this point it's as good as it's gonna get. For my sanity and the safety of those around me, I'm done...save for printing one final thing tomorrow...this golf green still looks like stucco when printed and I'm giving it one final try.
Oh yeah...totally forgot my DVD label debacle over the last two days as well. I purchased the Avery DVD labels, downloaded the software, printed a label which wasn't exactly to my liking (the letters were too close to the edge). I got to print again and teh Avery program crashes. Now, every time I browse for the jpg and upload to the Avery program, the image is smooshed and un-adjustable. I installed the Avery software again and tried and retried to print this damn thing and it's not working. EXPLETIVE!!
One day I'll look back and laugh at this. All I know is, this bourbon sure tastes good.
Here is a little taste on my progress...
4 comments:
Not sure why you are printing at Kinko's, they aren't set up to print designed stuff, just PP presentations and stupid craft calendars–crap like that.
If you want professional short run prints, Alpha Graphics in Hampton is the way to go. Ask for Michelle and let her know I sent you. You can email a pdf.
ALPHA GRAPHICS, INC.
Mill Centre
3000 Chestnut Avenue, Suite 101
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
p 410-727-1400
f 410-837-9369
www.alpha-graphics.net
email: production@alphagrap.com
Looks good Chris,
Watch out for all those hyphens in the copy, they're a little distracting. And manually set your tabs on those bullets . . . they look a bit took space from the text.
If you want to give the DVD label a final try, scan in the avery DVD label, bring it into Photoshop, center the your graphic over the template and try printing again, from Photoshop, just make sure you have at least a .25" bleed, no scaling, and keep your text away from the margins. Good luck!
Great job, Chris!
I agree with Drew's comment on the dashes in the copy being a little distracting. I'd suggest replacing the second one ("Insanity? No--Caddyshack") with a comma, assuming you can still stand to look at it.
Hope you enjoyed that bourbon--you've earned it.
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