Client wants layout files
Client wants layout files
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There's no way to really win. You supply the files you keep the blood good but risk being replaced. You don't supply it and you've surely lost a client.
I've probably come up with something like "those files have been archived, I'd have to go through them, make sure all the links work, etc."
most of the time, I just say something like "there are dozens of links, plugins, software versions, etc. It's impossible to hand off something that would just open on your computer". Usually they'll just say "oh, ok, never mind".
If you want to be passive aggressive you can send them files and make sure they links don't work.
- You could also use this to ask what they want it for, acting like you want to help them archive things.formed
- As I said above, why do you need to "archive" working files? You need to archives print-ready files unless you plan on reusing them elsewhere.ETM
- Only the designer needs to archive working files.ETM
- Not necessarily. When I hire someone to do something, I get the files and archive them, never know where someone will be in 3 yearsformed