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Vox Populi: Best Practices for File Naming - If it wasn’t apparent from my pathetic cry for help the other day, even I — one of your more theoretically productive persons in North America — struggle with what to call things.
File Naming / Organization Methods? - Got any tips or methodology for naming your files and folders? I'm fishing for ideas (especially from graphic designers / web developers in quick turnaround environments) to tackle the age-old problem of asset organization.
Naming Files and Directories - In general, Macintosh users will have to be more restrictive than usual in naming files and directories. DOS and Windows (pre 95) can be less restrictive.
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Tips for Naming Your Word Files - If you’re like most users, you probably don’t spend too much time thinking about what to name your documents when you save them. Unfortunately, this can make it difficult to find the file you want without a bit of searching – you may even have to open several different files to find the one you want.
File Naming Strategy for Photos - I have experimented with a large number of strategies for file naming, and have finally decided upon one that has been working incredibly well with my collection. In particular, I needed to find some strategy that would accommodate a mixture of digital camera photos, scans of prints & slides, and non-photo files.
File Naming - At the time you capture your very first image, you need to be able to determine how and what to name the file. In fact, file naming is an issue that should be considered from the very outset of a digitisation project, and the file naming system you establish should be outlined within the project's technical specifications.
Lightroom and Unique File Names - I think it’s important to give pictures unique file names at the beginning of the workflow to avoid possible confusion up the road.
Digital File Managment in the Classroom - A great guide to the best practices in naming and organizing digital files.
Seth Resnick's File Naming Convention - Regardless if you're using Lightroom or just managing files on your own, a good file naming convention that you can apply to your pictures on import will help you stay organized. In his Imaging USA session, "Organizing: Asset Management in Lightroom," Seth Resnick provided this tip.
Vox Populi: Best Practices for File Naming - If it wasn’t apparent from my pathetic cry for help the other day, even I — one of your more theoretically productive persons in North America — struggle with what to call things.
Are There any Recognized “Best” Practices for File Naming Conventions? - There are also available tools that automate to a great degree creating a consistent folder and file naming structure as well as providing the ability to search files if you’re unsure of a name or file number.
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