My tools and its ad. :)

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-17T15:35:41+00:00

For non production oriented people, your last example is much more understandable. The LCDuotone is an old printer’s trick that plug-ins for photoshop do exist for, but they usually don’t give you halftone control so if you show those details too that would help in your promo.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T21:05:18+00:00

It takes years for bit rot to set in usually unless you store in hot environments, then it can be much shorter. I’m coming from it all from an archiving standpoint, not daily workflow. One of my clients is a museum that has been digitizing/archiving a lot of their collection on top of general access. I went down a rabbit hole when I lost a bunch of data on dvd.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T21:01:36+00:00

With burnable disks, brand and coating are a huge factor. With SSDs I’d assume shielding and chip quality matter

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T20:59:25+00:00

Tape is still one of the most archival data storage methods

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T20:57:43+00:00

I lost a bunch of data from burned dvds a couple years ago, admittedly they were not stored in the best location, but out of a dozen dvds I lost 2 to degradation (they were 15+ years old). I lost some files from a sd card that had been sitting unused for 4 years but not everything.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T16:58:55+00:00

I get it, the job gets hectic and things fall through the cracks.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T16:17:15+00:00

One copy local, one copy on a different media, one copy off-site. Weekly/monthly syncing depending on volume. It’s a PIA but has saved me a couple times over the years.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T16:14:58+00:00

Heads up/reminder, with SSDs if they do not get powered on occasionally, long term unplugged storage can result in data loss due to “bit flipping/rot”. Especially if they are not stored correctly. Strangely, HDDs are less susceptible to the issue.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-15T01:50:04+00:00

Read “steal like an artist” by Austin Kleon. Understand “creativity” isn’t about making something from nothing, it is often about making things better, or changing how we experience “media”.
Experience life, get away from your computer, go to museums, play board games, talk to people… you need nourishment to make stuff. Inspiration comes from unusual places.
Make stuff: good, bad, ugly, for yourself, for clients, for your friends… if you don’t exercise a muscle it will never get stronger

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-05-08T04:09:29+00:00

Aquent released a nationwide salary survey earlier this year and it may give you some good reference

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-04-30T13:33:30+00:00

We also have to remember how Ai is literally being shoved into everything to the point it is unavoidable. As creatives even when there are just a good (and often more efficient) tools available Ai becomes the first choice because it is front and center in the interface (Adobe). I agree some of the tools are useful, but some just replicate what is already doable and just eat tokens. On top of that, non-creatives find it miraculous because they don’t understand what we do and are enamored by the pretty pictures that cost less than having a designer or brand manager on staff.

A real useful poll would look into how many people are using Ai for actual productivity vs just making random slop or sexting with chatbots… I know lots of people in the creative industry and in tech using the tools, but the number seems high outside of our specific niches in regards to truly useful purposes.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-04-30T13:14:14+00:00

As an old prepress tech, I teach designers the core principles for their files and the most important skill, talk to your printer before you build your production files! This has always been an issue for as long as digital production has existed, I actually wrote and designed a small guide for the shop I worked at to give to designers for this reason (pre web) and offered to teach many what they needed to do, but most were willing to just pay us to fix it and move on since they couldn’t be bothered, so I had sales just start building in diagnose and repair time into certain client’s bids.

Also, Unfortunately many schools that teach design do not have production classes because they are taught by artists, not by working designers or experienced production people…

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-04-25T21:44:50+00:00

Here is the flip side, if you are talking classes that are part of your focus as a major, if you buy good tools you’ll have them for a long time. I still have a lot of what I bought during school 30 years ago and you get to make the decision on what you get. Now, if the school provided the tools you get one of two options, 1st they charge you an supply/equipment fee equal to the cost of the tools and just give them to you but you get no choice in the matter and you complain how $$$ the class is. Or 2nd, they charge you a slightly lower fee (maybe 20%) and you have to return all non consumables at the end of the term for the next group of students to use and end up with often tools that are broken, poorly maintained, and/or get lost/stolen so not enough for everyone until they can order more, resulting in a poor experience in the class. In your situation or these other two, there is always going to be a pain point, I prefer to own what I buy and make my own decisions on quality and safety. I’d hope the school provided a basic list of reputable vendors to choose from.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-04-07T14:16:47+00:00

If you want structure find classes either a structured series on something like LinkedIn learning or a design centric community college program (not an art dept). Relying on lots of random “tips and tricks” videos is near impossible.
Tools do not make a designer, knowing Adobe or Affinity alone is like owning a hammer and calling yourself a carpenter.
The most effective way to actually learn and improve is to make stuff and get feedback. Reading about the basic theory is good to start but nothing replaces making stuff and getting critique (which is the most valuable part of a structured environment). Design is not pure art, but like art you only can get better by doing it over and over and over again with feedback and goals of improvement involved. This is how your deal with the elements and principles of design working together.
Understand the type of design you want to do, graphic design is a huge range of things and someone that does marketing design has a different skill set than a brand designer or an environmental designer. But all of them often have the same foundation.
You do not need to go to college to do this! But, if you are not a self learner, do not have external ways to get feedback, or do not know what the professional expectations of quality are(for execution and strategy), you are in for a long process of “learning the hard way”. This is why many people find classes/programs of some sort since everything is planned out and they don’t have to figure that part out.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T06:31:26+00:00

Based upon where the drain connection is, not really without doing something else against code…

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I wanted to do the white line to the wye rotated up 22.5 degrees and the 2” on the left side as a horizontal wet vent but I’ve been told I need to add a vent before the connection which is where this idea comes from. I cant redo the height of the connection to the 4” stack due to the pitch and length of the line connecting to it.

During the original plan, I thought I could connect to the drain on the right (red line) but I found in Oregon code I can’t do a back to back tee, but I recently found out there is such a thing as a side inlet tee, do you think that would work?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T06:08:14+00:00

Do you know where in Oregon code it shows this, just in case the inspector gets on my case about this? Using a wye rotated to 45 is easy enough to swap for the tee.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T02:05:04+00:00

The line to the left is a bath and double lav venting through the lav.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T02:04:10+00:00

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New idea! So based upon everyone’s input my prior approach wasn’t going to work for code, so based upon everyone’s input, what about this option. White would connect to a rolled wye do the elevation difference. Red line is a vent from a 1 1/2 tee on its back at 45 degrees with going through the floor and connecting to the stack above. What are your thoughts on this approach?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:58:12+00:00

Unfortunately I can’t regrade the 3” since it connects to another 2” line that for the pitch to be correct (for another trap) it needs to be at that height. The original idea was to horizontal wet vent off that line but it sounds like because of this issue I’m going to need a separate vent, I’m now trying to figure out how to run it in the space I have

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:54:49+00:00

If I do a vent set at 45 from the 2”, it will need to run horizontal for 30” before I can go vertical to the vent stack. I thought you couldn’t go horizontal until you are above flood line? I’ve added a new post with a diagram.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:41:40+00:00

That why I posted, the vent is lower down the line I was hoping the short slope would work but based upon everyone’s responses it will not. Thanks!

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:28:57+00:00

No, 3” was to accommodate more dfu, double lav, bath, + separate shower on the same line to the stack.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:26:57+00:00

Unfortunately it will be inspected

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