Rich Black

Wow. I miss writing something here. Oh, by the way…

Happy New Year!

If I’m late naman for the bagong taon, well, I am advance naman for the Chinese New Year, di ba?

Anyway, I have missed a lot of good topics to bash here. Grabeh! I am so busy kasi bagong mag-end ang year 2007. There are some international persons that came in and I have to make asikaso because they are sooooo nice to me that they made asikaso din to me when I was in their country. Plus, family matters pa. My mom went to a cruise with her amigas. I let her join them and be merry even though I have to take care of the business she left here. Well, it’s just for a short time lang naman so walang problem. And sa work… well, sa work… Honestly, it isn’t much of a hassle nor a challenge to me na. I mean unlike before that I have 3 to 5 boxes with store display pa to make isip with all the diecuts and measurements. But now, all work is so sisiw na lang. I mean minimal alalay na lang dapat sa mga clients dahil they have been doing that na, but no... still the same old stupid questions or pagtatalo... oh gadh! My wrinkles are showing na... Well, the most memorable hirit of a client that soooo... ewan ko ba! Because she'd experience naman daw in the printing industry for YEARS prior to her being a boss or owner of the company. I had some debate kasi with one of her minions on choosing the right printing supplier who understands that we had to make tipid on the production cost of the packaging. So after my team make tipid on color usage but not suffering the "sosyal" look, we ended up with a design na black plus 1-color na lang. We let them choose their printing supplier but we suggest one that's not foreign to them but is really good in quality and is really mabilis and had word that if they made sabi na kaya in 1 week, they will deliver. But no! This boss made harang the project and told her minion na to make lipat to the other supplier... well, because it's her relative. She's making do it to all other brands. So it ended up on a little discussion in a meeting. Quoting her, she said:

"OK naman ah", holding the proof in digital format ha?

But the printing is to be done in offset. Then I made tanong but it's actually an imposition of the tipid we made for them.

"1-color plus black ito ha? Para tipid nga tayo, make bantay the green/red color. It's Pantone guided na."

Then she made hirit.

"Hinde CMYK ito. Para makuha yung rich black kasi I've been working on this industry for years. Full-color dapat."

My eyes made laki. Made bato my tingin on my teammates and immediately chatted my boss who's also a "best friend" of that girl client on her hirits. Wow. To achieve a rich black let's make it full-color. Make patong-patong the C (Cyan or blue in common tao), M (Magenta or red), Y (Yellow) and K (Black). Ummm... alam ko a color is a color. If it's already a color existing with mixture needed, it's good enough that it's puro. Mix all colors you want and end up well might be black to you but technically, it's mud... it's a color that is madumi.

Oh well, she's magaling eh. You won't will on those who are making parunong of everything. My brain is making sakit. Complaining. I have to shield it or I'll make hawa and absorb it...

Nooooooooohhhhh....

I need Slurpee or something malamig then biglang drink it. I'd rather have brainfreeze than this.

ARGH!

Probable lesson: Don't make argue na lang to clients. No one wins over them, even lawyers. (Oh really?)