Re: System for naming graphics files

[Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>]

Reading everyone's comments, I have a question, and here is how I have 
always organized photos:

Question: Why do you add a date to the name of the picture? In Windows 
Explorer (and I would guess any SW), the date of the picture can be 
displayed?

As for how I handle pictures, I have my Figures directory, and an 
originals subdirectory. Unprocessed or source files go in the originals 
directory; finals in the Figures. One Figures for each project.
Naming:

db_xxx.png    for dialog boxes
icon_xxx.png   for icons
msg_xxx.png   for message boxes

I try to be consistent, and never have spaces in any of my file names. I 
guess it is a bit simplistic, but I always found what I needed using 
this method....

As for versions, since each new manual version was a new set of Word 
documents, I just copied the old figures directory in, and then updated 
photos accordingly, with new photos as needed.

However, reading everyone else's comments, I must be missing something 
here.


Deborah
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