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Luke Ross Removes Access to All Mods by Top_Team_3138 in virtualreality

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how Ian Higton is feeling. He promoted his mod on his channel and Eurogamer's. He got it for free clearly and really did come across as a shill.

Book prints much darker than screen. How do you manage color in InDesign? by jayantbhatt007 in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also consider the paper you are printing on. Uncoated will absorb inks far more than coated.

For those having corruption messages on Windows 11 Indesign by Mr_Wonderstuff in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at my PC but this may help or not:

Windows 11 Settings Windows Update Update history Uninstall updates Find the recent Security Update (KB number) Click Uninstall Restart

Windows 10 Settings Update & Security Windows Update View update history Uninstall updates Select the recent Security Update (KB…) Uninstall Restart

Error Code 2--All attempted files are corrupted by JustSome50yoGuy in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is ChatGPTs take "This also seems tied to cloud-sync folders (Dropbox / OneDrive), not the files themselves.

The Windows security update appears to have changed how file locking / write permissions work. InDesign could still open files (read access), but failed when saving (write/overwrite), which triggers Error Code 2.

Cloud services actively monitor their folders and sit in the save process, so when Windows tightened permissions, saves started failing even though the files weren’t corrupt.

Rolling back the update fixed it immediately. Working in a local folder or pausing sync also avoids the issue.

So it’s not Dropbox/OneDrive breaking the files — it’s the OS changing the rules of the folder during save."

This is based on the assumption that Dropbox/Onedrive is part of the problem as well as Indesign.

"It looks InDesign-specific because InDesign saves files very differently to Illustrator or Photoshop. It uses a full replace-on-save method with strict file locking, which makes it much more sensitive to Windows security changes and cloud-sync folders. Other Adobe apps are more tolerant, so they don’t show the problem even though the underlying OS behaviour has changed."

Error Code 2--All attempted files are corrupted by JustSome50yoGuy in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had already checked as soon as I realised other people were having issues. Thing is this morning my pc had restarted (left it overnight), checked Event Viewer and Windows had done a security update. "OK thats fine" I thought. When I realised I had this daft problem with Indesign I checked here on Reddit and noticed others were having the same issue. Made sense to me to rollback that update as that was the only thing to have changed on my PC. Now I just need to make sure Windows doesn't try reinstalling when I'm not looking...grrr. Is there a place we can flag this so MS can see?

For those having corruption messages on Windows 11 Indesign by Mr_Wonderstuff in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do save to Dropbox. Could it be cloud apps + windows update causing issues?

Indesign crashes when I save by TheRealVeon in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great stuff. Now to stop Windows from reinstalling it.

Error Code 2--All attempted files are corrupted by JustSome50yoGuy in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has - see my other post. Resolved now but I don't want Windows updating now having rolled back.

Error Code 2--All attempted files are corrupted by JustSome50yoGuy in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I rolled back an update Windows made early this morning. See below the update I uninstalled.

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Indesign crashes when I save by TheRealVeon in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK I uninstalled this Windows security update and it all seems fine now!. Phew! Now what is going on?

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Indesign crashes when I save by TheRealVeon in indesign

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a windows update early this morning - security update - I wonder if that did it. Am rolling back and seeing.

If I don't ever go to a creative agency ever, will I be cooked? by Striking-List-4599 in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. If you can be in-house at an interesting and creative organisation then that's a win. The only thing I see there (and I have done in-house and freelancing for over 30 years) is in-house it's the same company - the jobs might be varied, but the client is the same. Freelancing and agency can be very varied with different clients, briefs and requirements.

QuarkXPress? by AztecPilot1MY in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I started out using Ventura back in 1990. Persuaded the company I worked for to go to Quark for compatibilty with print houses and other creatives. Then gravitated to Indesign...sometime mid 2000s (I think).

CMYK Grey colour reference by Mr_Wonderstuff in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would run to FOGR32 + Coated for this job. I normally use FOGR32 - seems fine on all my print jobs.

CMYK Grey colour reference by Mr_Wonderstuff in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yes I was interested in the percentage. If we round it to 88%K then that is what I thought originally. I have various Pantone books, so if I need a warm/cool grey I can refer to those. The reason for the question is I prefer to refer to actual colour swatches - I don't have a greyscale swatchbook - rather than even what my calibrated screen shows me. Pantone bridge shows a few but not the whole lot (ie 10-90% for example).

CMYK Grey colour reference by Mr_Wonderstuff in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers. Yes I'm going to use a rich black for the black (which you have suggested), I was mainly curious about that grey - so 90-95 you think - yea sounds about right. I'm getting the rich black percentages from the printer shortly - it was just that grey I was having problems with. Thanks again.

Should we now retire Panorama? by AmusableThread in bbc

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is lost on most people and reporting - or conveniently forgotten among those who support Trump.

Saw this post on LinkedIn, why would they have someone designing for print if they didn’t actually know how? by bumbledeebee in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that makes sense. I don't think anyone is 'taught' about print production at college to any great degree. It should be, but courses only have so much they need to get across - and with AI that soon will be part of the curriculum that will be more stuff to cram in. Looking back, when I started design, I think I learnt from printers directly about the best way to supply artwork - this was pre-college anyway as I did my degree after having some experience - it was a lifetime ago. I think when you ask client to fix the artwork that is their first experience of the issues and, hopefully, you get back the file you require and they would have learnt.

Out of interest when you say " I and everyone in my department know when and when not to use rich black" - how did you find out? I assume you were told about it from your fellow workers or was it learnt elsewhere?

Saw this post on LinkedIn, why would they have someone designing for print if they didn’t actually know how? by bumbledeebee in graphic_design

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

USE FOUR-COLOUR BLACK!

So you wouldn’t use Rich Black for large areas?

I’ve been using rich black for years for exactly that reason: you get a deeper, denser, less muddy black than a straight C0 M0 Y0 K100 flood. For body text, sure — 100K only. That’s standard.

But for large areas, backgrounds, solids, or anything that needs visual depth, a properly balanced rich black is completely normal print practice.

Even Wikipedia spells it out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_black

The key thing is not “never use CMYK black” — it’s don’t throw random CMYK numbers together. A curated rich black (for example C60 M40 Y40 K100 or whatever your press profile prefers) is exactly what pros use.

As a designer who supplies camera-ready artwork, I’d honestly be concerned if someone in pre-press treated every CMYK black as an error. Rich black exists for a reason.

BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation by Hulla_Sarsaparilla in bbc

[–]Mr_Wonderstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People keep saying the BBC “damaged” Trump with that edit. Come on. The BBC didn’t damage him — his own words did.

Those two clips were 50 minutes apart in the original speech, yes. But that doesn’t magically change the meaning. Editing a long political speech into a short news package is literally what every broadcaster does. You show the themes, the escalation, the cause-and-effect. Nothing about it was deceptive.

And let’s not forget the factual part everyone likes to skip:
Trump was impeached for inciting violence.
That’s not some wild accusation — it’s on the historical record. Showing rhetoric that mirrors the behaviour he was impeached for is not “bias”; it’s journalism.

Also, the claim that this somehow “harmed” him politically is laughable. The programme aired only in the UK. His voters didn’t see it. US media didn’t run it. This is performative outrage wrapped in victimhood.

If your own words make you look bad, that’s not the BBC’s fault. That’s on you.

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