Stupid Web Designer
Hi - this is my first post on this forum and reflects my level of desperation!
I'm a Web Designer and a few weeks back a Client of mind asked if I could produce the artwork for their new brochure as I'd designed their website...I stupidly said yes. Having never designed for print before I made some (incorrect) assumptions that I could simply knock something up in AI and it would be a piece of cake - how wrong I was.
Now, having completed the artwork and submitted it to the Printer, they've returned it with a myriad of issues that I never anticipated, nor had any understanding of. I've managed to solve most of them through sheer perseverance and too many hours Googling however, there is one issue which is driving me mad and I'm hoping/praying somebody on this forum can help.
Basically the front cover of this brochure has a group of six images designed to look like a load of old Polaroid photos - this looks fine in AI and as a PDF yet whenever I add trim marks (as the Printer requires), a number of very fine lines appear around this group of images - you can see them on the image attached. They seem very random to me and when I click on the group in the PDF version, all sorts of random blocks in various shapes and sized appear. I've obviously mucked-up badly but quite how I have no idea.
If anyone reading this message has any inkling on how I can fix this, I would be eternally grateful for a solution. My Client is running out of patience and I'm already into the Red on this project so can't even outsource it.
Thanks in advance.
You info seems on th surface to be thorough but I am not certain that is the case for instance.
What seems to be an issue is how you created the collage of images and in what state the result is in?
That is; is it a embedded image or several embedded images, has an effect been applied to the images?
Regardless i think the art should be composed in photoshop and placed as a flattened image into Illustrator
and that a rectangle with no fill or stroke be placed behind the art in the position of the trimming and use that
no fill no stroke box to apply the trim marks. I would then expand the effect applied to the n fill no stroke rectangle
and not involve the art (image).
I would make certain the image is cmyk when saving from Photoshop at the proper size and resolution of the actual printed piece.
Do not scale images in AI that will not preflight well.
The reason you want it CMYK is otherwise Illustrator will do the conversion since you probably have a cmyk color mode selected for you document.
Also you must make certain that your color settings match the profiles you are using for the document in Photoshop and Illustrator and the image.
You must ask the pprinter for any profile they wish ,you to use load it in the proper directory and then load it onto Illustrator and Photoshop.
Or as they used to do in the old days hire a freelancer to do this all for you, watch them and (this is the hard part) learn and listen to them.
BTW I have mostly print experience but do some web work, I feel for you I often receive material from clients laid out in Word and my client want it to look like the printed page, it is hard for them to understand the difference. I stopped trying to get them to follow some basic rules and just find a way of making it work.
It must be just as difficult going the other way. I thought if I created a template that would be it and they would hire web designers to maintain the site
but each person does it differently and no one followed my directive.
I am just warning you once you get this piece working they will give it at some point to another graphic designer and then somewhere down the road they will return to you and it will be a mess. Even if they do not come back to you they will complain when the other designer screws it up.
What your future holds in store for you.
I however have been blessed another client has hired a web designer to do her site. And one that is savvy enough to use tiff originals to start with and not jpegs. Bless her.
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I appreciate your willingness to help.
Did a test. Copy and pasted a page of my graphics into a new indd file and into a new master. New file works fine for exporting jpeg as well as pdf.
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I noticed that when I was using Photoshop and looked for the 3D tools.
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ERROR: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
ERROR: Install MSI payload failed with error: 1603 - Fatal error during installation.
MSI Error message: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
----------- Payload: {47CE893F-A0FF-4094-AA16-5209AEA7C7E0} Firefox Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-FFPlugin\OEM(Seq 32)
----------- Payload: {208DE3D5-541C-41B0-8595-7A608A6E4306} IE Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-IEPlugin\OEM(Seq 26)
----------- Payload: {4A4F91EA-5951-4C5C-B911-027D802817EB} Office Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-OfficePlugin\OEM(Seq 34)
----------- Payload: {DD309051-FACF-4A5E-87F1-C57154BB3DE8} Adobe Contribute CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-mul\OEM(Seq 8283)
----------- Payload: {8DADF070-FE60-4899-8EF0-4242E7702F7D} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0All\OEM(Seq 1215)
----------- Payload: {1C9D6B02-8B92-4E40-8B22-37D8C95430F0} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1_AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack\OEM(Seq 74)
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
ERROR: DW050: - Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX: Install failed
Note: references to Drive E are reference to my CD/DVD Drive. I am installing to my C drive and also have a 2nd hard disk D, which shouldn't be involved in the installation.
Also, this is a student edition, but as I've verified myself with Adobe and received my licence key, that shouldn't cause problems as far as I can tell.
My computer is running Windows 7 64-bit. Not sure if there's any other information that is useful in solving this issue.
Thanks for your help!_Forge_ there a couple different technical documents relevant to the errors you are currently experiencing. I would recommend reviewing Error "1721 [or 1722]: There is a problem with this...package" when installing | CS4 | Windows - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1721-or-1722-problem.html and Error 1603 | Install | CS5 products - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1603-install-cs5-products.html.
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Best practice in dreamweaver based web design
Hi DW Gurus
I have been learning dreamweaver at work and at home for a while now and I am very interested in getting some details about best practices.
I am aware that my designs are still quite simple and don't expand dreamweaver anyway near its abilities, however as a novice I am sticking with DW CS4 and trying to developing foundation skills before trying to move on to greater adventures in web design. My dream is to eventually leave my employer and start my own freelance design business that I can manage while I am travelling in SE Asia (yeah I know - dream on .....). I am saving for my CS4 master suite license - my current one belongs to my employer.
In particular I have just started to do some free design a community organisation - I am trying to develop a portfolio of sites that I can show new clients (with money) what they could expect for their investments.
I am interested in getting some ideas about work flows - design standards - whether designers use the dreamweaver layouts - whether to code or to use the WYSIWYG.
Anyone care to share how they plan and go about their design work.
In my past life I was a SQL developer and a C#.net programmer - in those feilds there are standards for code and applications . Are there industry standards that would point to good or better designing?
Thanks for your time and interest in my topic,
Respect,
DougThe first thing you need to learn is html and css, without knowing the programming language will only make DW a hard tool to use. You need to learn coding to WC3 standards.
FREE HTML & CSS Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css
http://reference.sitepoint.com/html
Validation tools that you will need to bookmark.
HTML Validator - http://validator.w3.org
CSS Validator - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Hopefully you use Firefox, and if you do, the web developer toolbar is essential:
http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
Yes, you can rely somewhat on DW's layout mode (or what features are left of it), but this will only lead to problems when it comes time to troubleshoot any problem pages that do not render correctly across the various browsers.
A paying client will expect a well designed, fully functional website and you need to have the programming skills to accomplish this for them.
Not sure how far advanced you are but the Adobe site has quite a few CSS based tutorials - and I would strongly urge you to go through the series listed below - to get up to speed on the correct way to lay out a page.
Creating your first website (series)
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS42d4a1c0291fbe4e59147ede1232ff9686c-8 000.html
LIST OF CSS TUTORIALS ON ADOBE SITE:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/css.html
If you use Fireworks as a tool to create your layouts, then the following tutorial may be of benefit:
TAKING FIREWORKS COMP TO DREAMWEAVER:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_fw_css_pt1.html
Good luck in your future endeavours
Nadia
Adobe Community Expert : Dreamweaver
Unique CSS Templates | Tutorials | SEO Articles
http://www.DreamweaverResources.com
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http://www.perrelink.com.au
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Web Design to display on Safari, IE, Firefox
I don't know where's the best place to post this, so I'm starting here and I'm open to suggestions.
My web design company, which happens to be PC based, is giving me mixed messages about designing a website so that the layout display is consistent across the major browsers, eg. Safari, IE, and Firefox.
First, it's my understanding that a pro web designer knows how to design a website so that you can navigate it using Safari, IE, or Firefox, and have the layout appear the same (except for maybe a pixel or two difference).
After one of their staff told me it could be designed to look and work consistently in all 3 browsers, another one of their staff claims that the exception is Safari. A site that looks right on IE and Firefox won't simultaneously look the same or "right" on Safari because it's a problem with Safari.
He claims that he talked directly with the "Safari" people at Apple who confirmed this "problem" with Safari and said that Apple is working on this.
Other designers tell me that a pro designer can design a site to be consistent on all 3 browsers.
What's the truth about this? If this is not the right discussion forum, please tell me where I can get the answer.
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.8)The site looks good and functions with no problems when I check it on Safari and IE.
However, your site is much simpler than mine. My "under development" site has a more comlex layout with more info and pics etc., thus more places for possible error. I think my designer has made progress to make it similar on Safari, Firefox, and IE, but the design process seems to have stalled for some reason as yet unknown to me.
I hear different opinions from various staff members at the design company where I'm having a site designed (or attempting to make this happen). Recently, one of their staff people insisted that it's not to be expected that something should look right on Safari.
That did not sound right to me, so thanks for your input. This helps to confirm my belief that any pro designer should be able to create a site so that placement and layout are consistent among at least the major browsers, Safari, Firefox, and IE.
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.8) -
What's a good web design software to use with hype.
I didn't have luck with sandvox, rapid weaver, or highway. It seems that iWeb is gone and im trying to transition into a diffrent html5 compatible web software. I would like to learn web coding but for now i need a quick and efficiant transsition. I've came across Hype and its great but iWeb can use it. I would love to hear some suggestions on what everyone else is using (not including previously mentioned apps).
No, iWeb has not gone anywhere. It is correct that Apple no longer sells it or supports it, but iWeb is an application like any other on your mac and if you have it you can most definitely still continue to use it. It works with Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion and by all accounts, it will work with the new Mavericks too.
You can do a search of this site and there are literally hundreds of posts on the same topic of new web design software, but you can take a look at Flux 4, Freeway Pro/Express 6, WebAcappella 4 and Quck n Easy Website Builder. Other than that, you are then looking at Content Management Systems such as Joomla and WordPress.
You can also take a look at EasyWeb which is a new app being developed by Rage Software - it has not been released yet and is still in its beta testing stage, but this is closer to iWeb than most. -
I'm running Windows 8.1. I had to create a new account identity because of some corrupted files. Now I can't open Reader V9. Message comes up saying it's part of a Suite (CS4 Web Design) and I need to open other module first. I tried opening Dreamweaver, got error message 148.3 and program closes, says to contact customer support. My CS4 Seb design suite is old and I've since gotten PS Extended CS5 and PS Extended CS6, but not a whole Suite. Perhaps the license needs to be re-entered but the program closes before I can do anything. Please advise.
What is your operating system? Can you post a screenshot of that message: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933
I also think you should use a newer Reader version on Windows 8.x, i.e. 10.1.10 or 11.0.07. -
CS6 web design premium trial install error
after finally able to direct download and install the cs6 web design premium, i received the following warning:
Exit Code: 6
Please see specific errors and warnings below for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DW050 ... WARNING: DF029, DS013 ...
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 2 error(s), 5 warning(s)
WARNING: DS013: Payload {E3794450-8781-11E0-B632-B1904824019B} AdobeHelp 3.5.0.0 is already installed and the session payload {D38116C8-C472-4BB0-AD6F-0C1DD1320D1D} AdobeHelp 4.0.0.0 has no upgrade/conflict relationship with it.
WARNING: DS013: Checking payloads upgrade/conflict relationships : Failed with code 1
----------- Payload: {CFA46C39-C539-4BE9-9364-495003C714AD} Adobe SwitchBoard 2.0 2.0.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF029: ARKServiceControl::StartService: Service not started/stopped SwitchBoard. Current State: 0 Exit Code: 0 Service Specific Exit Code: 0(Seq 1)
----------- Payload: {AC76BA86-1033-F400-7760-000000000005} Acrobat Professional 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: Install MSI payload failed with error: 1618 - Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install.
MSI Error message:
----------- Payload: {CA7C485C-7A89-11E1-B2C8-CD54B377BC52} Adobe Fireworks CS6 12.0.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at C:\Users\wreckzc\Adobe CS6\payloads\AdobeFireworks12-mul\OEM(Seq 2141)
----------- Payload: {05E1E278-7A8D-11E1-A0B9-FC0245DB7244} Adobe Fireworks CS6_AdobeFireworks12en_USLanguagePack 12.0.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at C:\Users\wreckzc\Adobe CS6\payloads\AdobeFireworks12en_USLanguagePack\OEM(Seq 76)
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
ERROR: DW050: - Acrobat Professional: Install failed
please kindly advise of what steps to be done as i'm pooped with only 7 hours of sleep in 2 days trying to install (unsuccesfully/semi successfully) the trial version of the web design premium. its win 7 64 bit in a HP pavilion dv7 series.
thanks!Refer to this:
Errors "Exit Code: 6," "Exit Code: 7"
Mylenium -
Installation of CS6 Web & Design Premium in Windows Multipoint Server 2011
Hi all,
I am trying to install CS6 Web & Design Premium in Windows Multipoint Server 2011.
But I am always getting the PDApp.exe crash message and can't even get into the installation wizard.
Can anyone help me in resolving this problem?
Actually I have tried to install it in normal mode or maintenance mode with UAC switched off already.
In addition to this, can CS6 Web & Design Premium support Windows Multipoint Server 2011?
The information for PDApp.exe crash is listed as follow:
問題簽章:
問題事件名稱: APPCRASH
應用程式名稱: PDApp.exe
應用程式版本: 7.0.0.189
應用程式時間戳記: 50c9a261
錯誤模組名稱: KERNELBASE.dll
錯誤模組版本: 6.1.7601.18015
錯誤模組時間戳記: 50b83c8a
例外狀況代碼: 000006ba
例外狀況位移: 0000c41f
作業系統版本: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.16.56
地區設定識別碼: 3076
其他資訊 1: 95cf
其他資訊 2: 95cffe8a8dd0881229d8c1aa042bcd57
其他資訊 3: 6a3c
其他資訊 4: 6a3c6b3c38ebfac38d8be3e4a483fbe3
閱讀我們的線上隱私權聲明:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0c04
Please let me know if more information is needed and I am willing to provide any information you need.
Thanks very much for all your help. Really thanks!
JohnDesktop products are generally not supported on server operating systems. That's all you will ever hear about the matter. That being so, you shouldn't expect anyone to have any answers for you. It's simply an exotic scenario and very few people, if any at all, will even have bothered to try.
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