Sometimes it is painfully obvious that clients have no idea what it takes to create their designs. They have no concept of how much time some revisions can take “just so they can see that it would look like” and they also don’t want to pay for the time. Sometimes they want the impossible – too much text in too little space but it still has to be readable to the hear blind AND it has to be eye-catching? I must have missed buying the special computer sprinkled with pixie dust.

 

So I propose that computer and software developers unveil some new key commands to make our lives easier:

 

Command + J

This will be an instant command to “jazz up” any uninspired layout, boring copy, or terrible logo design. Just a click and all of the client’s wildest dreams come true.

 

Command + Shift + C

For cram it in. Got ten pounds of text to fit in a half page ad? No problem. I’ll just use my Cram It Command.

 

Shift + Option + Command + N

The no white space command. This will guarantee that the color profile 0/0/0/0 never appears in a single pixel of the design.

 

Command +L

For lock and load. Meaning the project is approved by the client and should simultaneously be uploaded to the printer with printed pieces delivered to the client yesterday. This magical button will instantly spell check, pre-flight, collect and deliver all files.

 

Shift + Command + M

The magic pixel button. Got low res pictures that need to be used for print? Do your pictures need impossible editing? Heck, got no image and you have to make the perfect one up? Use this command, it’s magic, and it can even read you client’s minds.

Post written by KRSmith at www.khrysser.com.

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