beckaroonaz Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I did a search on the forum...but did not turn up with much. I am hoping that someone can offer some suggestions...I have 550 contact sheets/kit content sheets saved in a folder. I am trying to figure our the best way to use them. I currently hunt through my contact sheets via Picasa so I can see what goes together etc. I thought about printing them out and saving them in a binder...then I saw how may I had....Uffda! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell11 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If you want to print them for a binder don't print them full size do smaller versions that you can still look at ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckaroonaz Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Good point...do you print your sheets out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraC1977 Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I had printed mine out, along with example prints, on postcard-size prints, and put them in a three-high photo album. I like that a lot. However... Now that I have a smart phone, and especially one with a big screen, my 4" screen Samsung Captivate, I copy them to a folder there, too. I can peruse the "gallery" when I'm waiting for an appointment, etc. You can do another option on your computer. I have all my preview images in a folder "My SG Materials." That automatically sorts alphabetically by designer, which is often useful. I've made another copy, and sorted it into seven subfolders: Pastel_Clear, Pastel_Muted, Color_Clear, Color_Tones, Brights, Saturated_Tones, Neutrals. Try not to agonize on where a preview goes--when you open a folder it will either "fit in" or stick out like a sore thumb. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9Buckles Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I have added an equals sign to the beginning of the name of each sheet of embellishments. Now when I'm searching for embellishments I'll go to Picassa and do a search for = ....then all of my embellishment sheets load! It's really quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraC1977 Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Janine, that's a great idea! You could do a different symbol for other types of files, too. Since I have Bulk Rename Utility, that'll be very quick and easy to implement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFiasco Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Great ideas, Janine and Barbara. I'll have to try that someday when I'm bored and have some serious time on my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisha Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I use Picasa too, and love it!! And since all the designers here use a standardized file naming system, it makes for an easy search in Picasa. I sometimes rename my files, but rarely. A search using "sheet" will bring up all the contact sheets, and I can see them all at once. And I can add a designer to that too - say I know that Brandy's designed just the starfish I want to use, but I cant remember which collection it's in. I'll search BMU and sheet. Then I can browse all of Brandy's embellishments in my stash. (ah, there it is - it's in Peaceful Collection Biggie!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Arell Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 That's a great idea, Elisha - At one time before i had so many collections, I had a separate folder for each designer - and i loved keeping my collections that way; however, now that i have so many, it would take me forever to go back and do it that way again - now, i usually have a pretty good idea of what collection I think I want to start my layout with and know who designed it but still find myself occasionally jumping through hoops when I am just not sure what i want to do - it can be confusing and had I known I would wind up with so many collections I would have done it much differently and kept better track of my "designer folders" That was so easy and I let it get away from me. I use Picassa now for the most part but still maintain mu download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9Buckles Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 The other reason I add an equals sign to the beginning of the name of a contact sheet is to keep it the first file in a folder. I keep my collections together but if there are 3 folders of embellishments, as in a "collection biggie", I move the individual files & contact sheets into one folder. The contact sheets sometimes, because things are filed alphabetically, get lost amidst the rest of the images. An = sign at the beginning keeps all of the contact sheets at the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisha Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Oh, I see, Janine. Gotcha. I do the same thing with files and folders that I want to stay on top whan I sort. I just use an underscore ( _ ) at the beginning of the file name. The equals sign is a great idea and would be easier, as I wouldn't have to use the shift key! But I guess it's what I'm used to now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9Buckles Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Oh, I see, Janine. Gotcha. I do the same thing with files and folders that I want to stay on top whan I sort. I just use an underscore ( _ ) at the beginning of the file name. The equals sign is a great idea and would be easier, as I wouldn't have to use the shift key! But I guess it's what I'm used to now... LOL It also makes my search for the sheets easier....if I used an underscore everything would be included in the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell11 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Good point...do you print your sheets out? I will be honest, I used to print them, but now I have so many collections it is a bit to overwhelming! I keep the sheets as a preview in my collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinaS Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I have all of mine in a subfolder in my embellishments folder and sometimes I look through them to see if anything catches my eye that I want to use. If I know I am looking for a heart or a button, however, I just look in my subfolder that is called Hearts or Buttons. I don't print them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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