I think the key here is she is an old school graphic designer, before the days of automated registration marks. I've been a GD for 25 years, and remember the days of 4 files for everything and making sure those marks were matched up perfectly. Now the automation that is built into graphic design software is something most designers don't even think about. For the registration to be off in this day in age, it had to be intentional, and no way possible for it to be a mistake.
Yeah, same here. I remember when I had to make all my mechanicals in picas and cmyk. :) Past 10 years most places are asking for RGB files instead.
Most things are printed digitally now so the marks are more for initial alignment and cropping than anything (I assume) and maybe to check for color accuracy with the swatches, unless you're doing an offset print for larger runs or specific specialty project. I haven't actually done print work in some time. I think you still have to do color separation of digital files for silk screens since it's a multi-stage process.
I remember going to print shops years ago when they were making the glass plates for a project, smelling the ink in the air and seeing the ink rollers and containers and the dude with black hands in bummy clothes, looking like a mechanic. Good times.
My only point about the degree for graphic design is it doesn't add to credentials more often than not—you can suck at it and still get a degree. If it was more than 20 years ago, it probably has way more merit.
I think the key here is she is an old school graphic designer, before the days of automated registration marks. I've been a GD for 25 years, and remember the days of 4 files for everything and making sure those marks were matched up perfectly. Now the automation that is built into graphic design software is something most designers don't even think about. For the registration to be off in this day in age, it had to be intentional, and no way possible for it to be a mistake.
Yeah, same here. I remember when I had to make all my mechanicals in picas and cmyk. :) Past 10 years most places are asking for RGB files instead.
Most things are printed digitally now so the marks are more for initial alignment and cropping than anything (I assume) and maybe to check for color accuracy with the swatches, unless you're doing an offset print for larger runs or specific specialty project. I haven't actually done print work in some time. I think you still have to do color separation of digital files for silk screens since it's a multi-stage process.
I remember going to print shops years ago when they were making the glass plates for a project, smelling the ink in the air and seeing the ink rollers and containers and the dude with black hands in bummy clothes, looking like a mechanic. Good times.
My only point about the degree for graphic design is it doesn't add to credentials more often than not—you can suck at it and still get a degree. If it was more than 20 years ago, it probably has way more merit.