I have a specific method I apply to all sites.

I create an IMAGES directory (folder) in which are placed all images that
are actually used on the site. Under that directory, I create one called
MATERIAL. This MATERIAL directory can contain just about anything,
including text files that may be imported into an image, and may also be
subdivided into specific categories, for convience, such as ANIMATIONS.

I use the filename, itself, to iterate versions, and divide such iterations
into two quite subjective classifications -- small iterations and large
iterations. To each of the major iterations, I append a two digit number
(01, 02, 03 -- allowing up to 99 such iterations), and to each smaller
iteration, append to that two digit number, a letter (01a, 01b, 01c -- thus
allowing 26 minor iterations each). All these files, be they Photoshop
(PSDs), GIFs, JPGs, whatever, stay in the material directory. Only the most
current GIF or JPG is moved to the IMAGES directory, with all prior
versions moved back into the MATERIAL directory (or summarily deleted).

At times, iterations that are no longer being considered, I offload onto
floppies, ZIP drive, M/O, or JAZ drive, though, with the cost per megabyte
of hard drives these days, it's generally not necessary until completion of
the project.

Hope this helps.

At 02:39 AM 3/9/98 -0600, Brian W. Boyd wrote:
>Hi,
>
>35 year old motion picture assistant director looking for a new career.  I
>have only made one image that I am proud of.
>
>Enough of that...
>
>As I read that "Who are you folks" thread I became fascinated at the many
>different types of people on the list.  Thus I would be interested in how
>people work through a small problem I constantly find my self in.
>
>The question is, How do you guys organize yourselves, with respect to your
>files, or versions, or drafts, you go through to complete an image?
>
>I often find myself trying to arrive at a base image so I can move on to the
>next set of changes I want to make.  Maybe I will start off with some vector
>clipart, color it with something and export it to a bitmap.  A few hours
>later I might decide that those colors stink, so back to the drawing board.
>As I make changes, sometimes moving forward and sometimes moving back, I
>look at my hard drive and find a million files.  Heaven forbid I was pulled
>away from the effort for a day or so, when I return I have trouble making
>sense of the path I was taking with the image.
>
>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.
>
>What do you guys do?
>
>Brian Boyd
>kyron(at)zonesys.com
> 
Barn
(Byron Canfield)
http://www.byronc.com
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