assumptions: part 1

...there's a saying somewhere...

anyway, yesterday was a bust insofar as getting much work done was concerned.

most of the day was actually spent waiting for a client (or representative thereof) to provide a graphic file of their logo for watermarking purposes on their video project. that watermark was necessary as the finalized versions were to be sent off somewhere to be dolby certified.

to that end, my requirements were fairly simple: high-resolution image file, with a transparent background (on the assumption that this was a simple to understand request). the transparency was necessary as having a rectangular surround on a half-faded logo over video would look unprofessional in my estimation...

first pass: 500x277 pixels, jpeg image file. um. no transparency possible there.

second pass: 627x378 pixels, tiff image file. ugh. it looked like a cropped version of the previous submission, scaled up. the aliasing on the angles and curves of the logo were incredibly obvious -- and somehow the transparency requirement was still not in evidence.

in response to the pm's email, i finally made specific my request: photoshop file, 3 layers (text, logo with shadow effect, white or no background at all).

let's see whether third time's the charm here...