Recent content by photoshopdude

Made more in the 90s as a prepress technician than what most of these companies are paying now, if you can even find a job.

Not even close!

Should have become anything else but a prepress tech, as the print industry isn't what it used to be. No job security, mergers and acquisitions everywhere you look, prepress jobs are far and few between and don't pay what they used to.

Just left a shop where I was hired to be a prepress tech only to learn that I was also expected to be the CSR and Designer also....It was a nightmare, had to answer emails and phone calls constantly from customers inquiring about their jobs, or sending proofs via email and making alts as the...

Besides using contact sheets in photoshop, you can also do the same in Indesign. I think Indesign gives you more control for this as you can add text under each image as well as more layout possibilities

As a career prepress technician for 35 years, now out of print, my advice to you is find another career. Prepress has been on the decline for the last 15 years or more. What jobs that are left pay less than what they used to and there is no job security. Once you get past 50 you can expect to be...

I know this post is old, but just wanted to add my two cents. I'm 57 and was in Prepress for 30 years. Was laid off in 2017, took nearly two years to find another job in prepress, the same company that laid me off two years ago hired me again, but just as covid hit they laid me off again, this...

My biggest weakness..... Enjoy micro-managing everybody, hot headed, frequent outbursts, unrealistic expectations, in a constant state of anger, leave early and on time everyday (Enjoy dumping nightmare projects on people and than running out the door to pick up my kid for soccer practice) no...

Not to mention the clients who send in 72dpi jpg art and wonder why it looks like crap after is enlarged @1000%

Hello all, I recently transitioned from 25 years in offset prepress to large format prepress and I found it very challenging . One of the big challenges was adapting to the variances in project sizes, which are so inconsistent and all over the place compared to offset where page sizes are pretty...

You are fortunate to be working for a company that values its employees enough to keep them employed even when it gets slow. The print business always was feast or famine, its normal to go through slow periods. I realize the current situation is not normal but as I mentioned many companies used...

The problem with getting fired in this country is not only do you lose income, you also lose health insurance. If this country could untether health insurance to employers things could be better. I wouldn't say most companies don't fire employees on the spot, it happens more times than you may...

Sounds like you work for a company that cares about its employees.

At least you got a warning which gives you some time to plan. Here in US most states are "employment at will", which means you can get fired without warning for any reason at any given moment, which is what happens all the time (happened to me). This is a horrible way to treat loyal employees...

Got laid off in April, over 55, not looking good at this point. Many companies used this crisis as an excuse to "go lean" or "restructure". I realize a lot of work has dried up but the government bailouts were supposed to prevent layoffs. Some companies took the bailout and laid off workers anyway.