iwillfly525 Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Ok. I have some organization questions. I’m trying to get into digital scraping. So far I’ve only made 2 Los. I’m working on building up enough of a collection of things that I can work with now. I still need to buy “a few” more sets before I feel I’m ready to start. But I also think I need to get what I have organized first. So here is what I have done so far. I have all of my collections saved together on my 2nd hard drive. So that way if I want stuff that coordinates I can find it easily. I think I’m ok with that. Then I’m also saving all of collections and freebies together because I think some of the sets go well together, plus you can change the color of things. I have created folders for papers, embellishments, brushes, templates, and so on. I took the time to organize my papers based on the color wheel (I did this through my computer). And I really liked that, however when I go to open them in Photo Shop, they are all in alphabetical order. Any idea how I can change this? (When I open the file though my computer they are still in color order.) I don’t thing I want my embellishments by color, since that is easy to change. Any idea how I should organize them? I have just started to figure out brushes, so I only have a few. But soon I will need to organize them. I have yet to try to use templates, but I thought for them I would make sub-categories based on the number of pictures they fit. So I guess what I would like to know is if there is a different way that you think I should be organizing or how you organize all of your stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mingle Now Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Well i think if you rename your files/folder with prefix - 1.11yfilename 1.12xfilename 1.13tfilename 1.14rfilename 1.15bfilename ... ... .. .. .. . 1.99nfilename In this way you get get organized irrespective of the alphabetical order. I hope it works for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momentousangel Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 There's some wonderful information in re of organizing your files in the University, . Here's a link to that section for quick reference. [url="http://www.scrapgirls.com/managing_digital_scrapbooking_supplies.htm"]Your Survival Guide to Managing Your Scrapbooking Supplies[/url]. This method is very easy to understand and a great way to know whats where etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritstoner Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I use the method shown in the university link above and it works fairly well for me. You can alter the titles of the files to suit your existing collections. I agree that it is sometimes nice to keep the biggies together as they already compliment each other, and the above method doesn't really accommodate a collection with lots of different colours. Haven't quite got round this myself just yet, but after a recovered disaster on my external HD I haven't yet unzipped my restored backup files - I am contemplating keeping these just organised in their collections with a separate folder for all my freebies. At least having all these great products is teaching me how to manage files in windows XP - I dread to think how I would have coped back in windows 95 LOL BTW changing the view options to thumbnails gives you a preview of whats in your folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDecker Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I intitally save all downloads into a download file by site downloading from. When I unzip the file I put it into a file under the site by type, ie; paper, brush, embelishment by DESIGNER. SG uses a first and last name system for labeling, LCO is Lori Cook. When I need to find something that I am not sure where I put it I use Picassa2, a free download from Google. It allows you to search and find by key word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mingle Now Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 The Link seems to be useful to get Organized ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwillfly525 Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Thanks momentousangel. That link was very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needmath Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I set up folders and started to organize as mentioned in SGU but I had the same problem with seperating out the kits. So I added a folder for kits. When I start to feel comfortable with knowing everything I have then maybe I'll seperate the kits out. I've also thought to tag the items in the PSE browser and then seperate them all in the folders. I would then be able to pull up all of the kit items when I want to use them all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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