Re: How do you work on a graphic

Thanks for the responses everyone.

I am gratified to discover that my clumsy efforts are somewhat similar to
the other examples mentioned.  Its just I haven't settled on a single
methodology.

Just for the record,  I run CorelDraw7.  I tend to mostly make bitmap images
for the web.  I will after coming up with the overall scheme for the site in
question, I have one CPT file that I use as a holder for all the graphics on
a site.  The CPT file I usually make 1500x1000 in size and a full 24bit
image, the background color will be the same as my choice for the site.  All
final images are put here as objects, and when ready I make the compression
or GIF color reductions to make the final-final image.  I place this in a
images directory under a site's home directory.

Again all of this really helped me.  I mostly have trouble coming up with a
naming scheme.  The suggestion with a materials directory and the numbering
alphabetical scheme really appeals to me.  Thanks!

Brian
kyron(at)zonesys.com

-----Original Message-----

>>>>>So my question is directed at finding out how others save, and where
they
>save and what scheme people use throughout their development process.
>Right now I tend to make folders that loosely equate to the "generation" of
>an image.<<<<
>
>I have been doing POS (Point of Sale; wine list, table tent, menu) for
local
>service establishments for quite some time, generally through illustration
>with a few computerized effects. In the last two years I have turned my
>interests toward internet related advertising, and that has definitely
>involved learning and creating a whole new style and format of graphic.
>My files have expanded so far outside my hard drive that I just bought a
>second zip drive. I have a PC in my home office and a laptop as my mobile
>office. I have started storing all of my files on zip disks. I have enough
>room to keep about 6+ projects on each disk, along with lots and lots of
>random images, samples, fills, color schemes, relative text and what not th
at
>pertains to each of these projects.
>As far as the files go, I am not too different than you in the creation and
>storage of a file into a folder. I start with an idea or a subject, and as
I
>work on it I save it in stages, and in different formats, into a temp
folder
>under that project folder.  As I get closer to a finished product, I go
back
>and clean out images I know I will never use, and renaming and relocating
>files more appropriately.
>As far as locating or recognizing files or images I've created earlier, I
use
>PSP's thumbnails (browse folder) to refresh my memory. I can view
everything
>in the folder and pick out the things I need to work on (or delete).
>EAP
>shdowrks(at)aol.com
>www.shadoworks.com
>

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