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Originally posted by charly
You don't hand over your computer and Photoshop program do you?
When we shoot exclusive the client gets raw and edited images/film.
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What you're not considering is you are buying a website design. What if I used something other than Photoshop to do the layered design, that throws everyone's PSD theories right out the window.
Giving out PSDs is a courtesy not a requirement unless it was part of the original deal. The only exception here is something like a logo which requires a vector file.
As a rule I gladly give out the PSD IF they are requested AT THE BEGINNING of the project, if the client drops it on me at the end, and I have to go and flatten layers and do extra work to present the file to the client as something usable, this takes extra time in my schedule and as such will take extra $ from the client, it's only fair. Again the exception is the PSD was part of the original deal which gives the designer a chance to adjust their price.
If the client specifically requests that I don't flatten my layers so they can imitate and duplicate the styles that took me 7 years to develop, again they need to specify in advance so I can develop entirely new styles for the client and certainly will have an effect on the price.
Some people think it's fair they can get a $300 cash discount and then also get the source files for free? Like Sharky says, this almost never happens in mainstream.