Businesses that have closed or have been bought out.
Old Clients is for any client I know will never come back. There are two special folders in there as well called “Old Clients” and “Inactive Clients”. Inside my Jobs in Progress folder I have a separate folder for each client I have. The title is a bit misleading since not everything in the folder is “in progress” but that's the name I gave the folder over 10 years ago and I just never bothered changing it. I have one main folder that I call “Jobs In Progress”. On my computer, I have my client files organized like this. Otherwise, you could spend hours searching for things when an old client contacts you down the road. Client Filesįile management of client files is a must. There are other ideas for the Resources folder I talk about on the podcast. This makes it extremely easy for me to search through specific categories and quickly find what I'm looking for. If it could go into multiple categories I make aliases of the file (Shortcuts in Windows) and put them in each category they fit into. Every time I purchase a new stock image I make sure to put it in the right category. People is divided into Women, Men, Couples, Seniors, Families etc. I have this folder subdivided as well into Photos, Vectors, and Illustrations and each of these is also subdivided. For example, my Photos folder is divided into People, Landscapes, Vehicles, Interiors, etc. In it I have the original copy of ever single stock photo and image I've ever purchased. That's good file management.Īlso in my Resources folder is a Stock Images folder. If I'm ever working on a project and I think a nice wood background is needed I know exactly where to look for one. Metal, stone, leather, paper, wood are a few of those sub-categories. The folder is divided into sub-categories to make it easier to find what I want. In my Resources folder I have a Backgrounds folder that contains every image file I own that can be used as a background. For example we all know that sometimes a good background can complete a design project. My Resources folder contains many different folders for all of the above. Having a Resources folder makes it easy to find all those often used or seldom used pieces to help you in your designing. However, some of those pieces are worth saving for that “someday” you may need them. The thing with design bundles is they often come with way more than what you're actually interested in at the time. Design bundles are a great way of acquiring resources for your work. If you're like me you've probably purchased a few design bundles at some point (or many, don't judge). Anything that you can use in the design process. I'm talking, image libraries, application plugins, Photoshop actions and styles, website themes, WordPress plugins etc. Resources cover everything you may use that helps you be the wonderful graphic designer that you are. In order to try and make this week's podcast episode a little more interesting I decided to break it into seven different sections of file management So although file management isn't the most glamorous topic to cover in a graphic design podcast, it is what I choose to cover In this week's Resourceful Designer. A good file management system will make your life as a designer so much easier.
After all, the less time we have to spend searching for some file we haven't touched in several years the better. Boring, but necessary if we want to run an efficient and streamlined business. The fact is file management is probably one of the most boring tasks we do as graphic designers. A little to enthusiastic? Oh well, can't blame a guy for trying.
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