Week 15 - IT'S HERE

My book has arrived earlier than expected and just as well, because I am not 100% happy with it. When producing my InDesign file, I personally checked again and again that every image was in the right format and went right up to the bleed line and so did Brent and yet down the edge of every page there is a thin white line that should not be there. I am assuming that it is a cutting error, it may be a printing error, but either way it is a fault of my printers and not myself.
In a panic I came up with a backup plan. Firstly I went to see my tutor straight away and he assured me not to stress about it as it is obviously not my fault, contact my printers (which I have done although they do not have a direct contact number and have yet to respond to my email, and I doubt I would get another copy sent to me in time for the deadline as they are an overseas company), I can submit it as it is but with a small note on it explaining that it is a fault of the printers and had been checked and checked again before going to print. You could argue that I should have researched into other printing companies or had a first draft sent to me before my final submission copy but myself and my photographer have used Blurb.com in the past and never had any problems with them and even if I had a draft copy made the draft could have come printed perfectly and this fault still could have happened with my final copy with no time to rectify it.



Because I was so disappointed with this fault I went to a local printers in Southampton where a lot of my course mates are getting their books and magazines printed. Unfortunately they do not print books of my size (12x12) and they said that the cover, paper type and printing quality were of such a high standard they were not even sure they could do anything to match what I already had. They suggested that I just trimmed the edges to get rid of the white lines. I ran this idea past my tutor as I was not sure about it and he agreed with me that trimming the edges would be too risky. So I will submit it as it is with a note explaining the problem for it to be taken into consideration when marking.

This week I have also completed 6 shoots for my portfolio and have a further 4 shoots doing makeup for 4 of the Fashion Design students who are shooting their final collections on Friday.