Resend: dealing with designers

by "Ann Ezzell" <amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>

 Date:  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:32:57 -0700
 To:  "'HWG Techniques'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original

I didn't see this, so my apologies if this posted and I overlooked it.

> I'm looking for suggestions on how to convey to our graphic 
> designer - who does an absolutely awesome job of designing 
> print materials - that some of the things she wants to do 
> just don't translate well to HTML. She designs in PageMaker, 
> and comes up with these nifty layouts that involve things 
> overlapping other things, and justified text, and a great 
> deal of control. Then it's my job to implement the design as 
> an HTML e-mail.
> 
> A couple months back, I gave her a list of things that really 
> don't work well (like rounded corners, because that requires 
> a graphic, and overlapping objects), but I think she really 
> just doesn't get it.
> 
> I sent her a copy of Jeff Zeldman's "Taking Your Talent to 
> the Web" book. Not sure if she's made it through, but that 
> doesn't seem to be doing the job, either.
> 
> She's grossly overworked, so I can't expect her to learn 
> enough HTML to do the code herself.
> 
> Any suggestions? I've been wondering if I could set up some 
> templates in Photoshop that she could use, along with some guidelines.
> 
> How do you guys deal with this sort of thing?
> 

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