Spent 5 years centering things by eye before a coworker pointed out my mistake

At a print shop in Austin, I was manually adjusting logos on business cards for years, always thinking I had a good eye for centering. Then a new designer named Jess walked over and showed me how alignment guides in Illustrator could do it perfectly in one click. I felt dumb but also relieved, because I had been wasting so much time. Has anyone else had a moment where a simple tool made you rethink your whole process?

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charles_henderson15d ago

That tool is a lifesaver. It's crazy how much time we waste doing things the hard way when the software already has a built in solution.

bailey.sandra14d ago

Wait, wait - you spent FIVE YEARS doing that by hand and nobody said anything until Jess? That's wild! I mean, I get that we all have our blind spots and habits we fall into, but I can't believe nobody else at the shop ever casually mentioned the alignment tools over all that time.