# Dumb things clients say . . .

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306>\
**Category:** Between Renders\
**Created:** [October 11, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306 "2023-10-11T14:23:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/1 "2023-10-11T14:23:09Z")

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I’ll start:  
Client asked for a hi-rez thumbnail.

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**Author:** ![Lightningad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/lightningad/32/2191_2.png) [@Lightningad](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Lightningad)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/2 "2023-10-11T14:32:35Z")

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can you squash this 10 minute hd video so i can email it?

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**Author:** ![Fabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/fabi/32/14709_2.png) [@Fabi](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Fabi)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/3 "2023-10-11T14:38:57Z")

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is it possible to create a ProRes with 1mb?

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**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/4 "2023-10-11T17:30:18Z")

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I see your technically incompetent clients and raise:

“We have a stock video of a cheetah chasing an antelope. Will the antelope chase the cheetah if we flip the image?”

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/5 "2023-10-11T17:52:36Z")

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Years ago, when we used the ADO, I had a client who didn’t understand why, when we rotated the picture on the Y axis, we didn’t see the back of the person.

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**Author:** ![hildebrandtbernd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/hildebrandtbernd/32/3038_2.png) [@hildebrandtbernd](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hildebrandtbernd)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/6 "2023-10-11T19:27:44Z")

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Can you do this for free this time and next time we will book you for the big projects to compensate the work?

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**Author:** ![MLandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@MLandon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/MLandon)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/7 "2023-10-11T23:25:12Z")

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Client: “Just make it SING!”  
Me ???

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**Author:** ![johnt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnt/32/14040_2.png) [@johnt](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnt)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/8 "2023-10-11T23:40:14Z")

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Just have fun with it.\*

\*This is a trap. What it means is, I can’t describe what I want because I don’t know. I will tell you what I don’t like out of the many versions I am attempting to get you to make.

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**Author:** ![john-geehreng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/john-geehreng/32/7195_2.png) [@john-geehreng](https://forum.logik.tv/u/john-geehreng)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/9 "2023-10-12T01:04:27Z")

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“I want every frame of this film to be a piece of art, like something you could print and hang on your wall.”

This was for a 60 second commercial.

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**Author:** ![BrittCiampa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@BrittCiampa](https://forum.logik.tv/u/BrittCiampa)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/10 "2023-10-12T01:38:09Z")

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![IMG_1363](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/0/0f7256033ee47011c8989c3801cec72d1e20e253.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![GPM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/gpm/32/4224_2.png) [@GPM](https://forum.logik.tv/u/GPM)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/11 "2023-10-12T01:38:13Z")

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> [@john-geehreng](#):
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> “I want every frame of this film to be a piece of art, like something you could print and hang on your wall.”
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> This was for a 60 second commercial.

Sounds like you have 1,440 free NFT’s then.

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**Author:** ![Viktor.S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c2a13f/32.png) [@Viktor.S](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Viktor.S)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/12 "2023-10-12T06:44:40Z")

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> [@MLandon](#):
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> Client: “Just make it SING!”  
> Me ???

Show me the MONEYYYYYYY!!!

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**Author:** ![Lightningad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/lightningad/32/2191_2.png) [@Lightningad](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Lightningad)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/13 "2023-10-12T07:27:09Z")

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> [@ytf](#):
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> Years ago, when we used the ADO, I had a client who didn’t understand why, when we rotated the picture on the Y axis, we didn’t see the back of the person.

i blame Blade Runner!

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**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/14 "2023-10-12T11:24:30Z")

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1500 if you’re in PAL land

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**Author:** ![johnt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnt/32/14040_2.png) [@johnt](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnt)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/15 "2023-10-16T07:47:28Z")

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This sums up the worst of it for me:

> **[Little Britain - Lou paints Andy room - Vídeo Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mt62)**
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> Veja Little Britain - Lou paints Andy room - Elisiotuga no Dailymotion

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**Author:** ![kily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kily](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kily)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/16 "2023-10-16T13:48:32Z")

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“Why colour is different compared to the last offline? We want see the car with original aspect”

Client, after deliver the post updated with color grading.

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**Author:** ![TheMotizzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheMotizzle](https://forum.logik.tv/u/TheMotizzle)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/17 "2023-10-17T19:28:58Z")

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Can you make sure it’s 300dpi?

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**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/18 "2023-10-17T20:14:55Z")

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- Sure, if you can tell me how many cm or inches you want it. And on which screen?

I have done this many many times.

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**Author:** ![bryanb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/bryanb/32/136_2.png) [@bryanb](https://forum.logik.tv/u/bryanb)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/19 "2023-10-17T20:43:13Z")

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On set with blue screen - Account Executive says…  
“Can we use a different color than Blue? That’s our competitor’s color.”

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**Author:** ![ean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ean/32/7169_2.png) [@ean](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ean)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/dumb-things-clients-say/9306/20 "2023-10-19T07:06:52Z")

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“Can we get more drama in the greens?”

“Can you make it more black?” (was already 0,0,0)

…or my favorite:

Client in Inferno suite, given a control surface to help run the session, but didn’t realize it was left intentionally disconnected.

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