Re: Changing colour of a chair

I had this one too. Working on a spot for a big comms company abuot 10 years ago, they insisted on matching their pantone reference. I patiently explained that this was impossible, and an eye-match would be closest to their needs - but no, their Brand Nazis insisted.

They threatened to pull the job and go to a 'proper soho finishing house' (we had an online Avid at the time). I managed to 'find' a 'filter' that enabled me to do it. This involved me making a show of typing the pantone reference in to a meaningless dialogue box, whilst a colleague poked his head round the door just at the right time to ask how the new filter was working, thus distracting them. By the time they turned round, 'rendering' had finished and voila! a perfect match. They were happy. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Jason

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