> Russell, if you want to see an industry that has gotten this down, > look for online business card printers who have web-based layout tools.
That is where the idea for this project was devised. Our production manager had a long gripe session with the graphic artists about the workload for spec ads. He then had to get new business cards made up for a new hire and saw the interface. It snowballed from there. > > > They know exactly the font, color and size variations they have > available, and have spent a ton of money over the last 5 years > automating this part of their business. For which my accountant and > landlord are very thankful. Mine might be thankful soon, too. I think this just might be a project I can get into. > > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/09/05 02:04PM >>> > I'll be interested to hear if this actually works out. As a designer > who's had to reformat ads for different newspaper sizes and such, I > just can't see how automagically resizing ads is going to work well. > Unless you don't actually care if the ads look good. In the ones I > did, they always took a bit of finessing for each size since the > proportions and sometimes even orientation inevitably changed. Simple > stuff, sure but not polished ads. But I'm happy to be proven wrong. > [snip] Thanks. Russel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149900 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
