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  • Chris Aalid, over 7 years ago

    I adapted this from a Go Media blog about organizing your design files

    • Client Name
    • - _Assets (logos, reusable things on the client level, underscore to get it to the top of the list)
    • - Rsc (photos, inspiration, on the client level)
    • - Mgmnt (business docs, invoices, etc)
    • - Projects
    • - - Project Name (ex. 20160300transitshelter_advert) ending in 00 means it was started in March
    • - - - Ind (InDesign files)
    • - - - Ai (Illustrator files)
    • - - - Assets (logos, files, etc)
    • - - - Rsc (photos, etc
    • - - - Docs (specs, documentation, etc)
    • - - - Insp (inspiration)
    • - - - Prf (proofs for the client)
    • - - - Fnl (final version, also can contain an Fnl_Print subfolder for printer files)
    • - - - _Old (keeping old things, just in case)

    I basically try to keep everything, just in case. Naming is also important, I use:

    20160301client-abbreviationtransitshelteradvert76x32v1_rev1

    I like to track versions and revisions differently.

    The most important thing — find something that works for you and your setup, and stick with it!

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