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Organize your files
From the course: Productivity Tips for Creative Pros
Organize your files
- For this tip, we're going to talk about file hygiene. And when I say file hygiene, I mean finding a appropriate folder structure within your computer so that you can easily find your files. As designers, our files are our biggest asset, and we need to be able to find them quickly and efficiently and also be able to save storage on our computers that we're using to design on. - So, for the first part of this tip, we want to talk more about cloud-based storage, why it's important to us, and how we use it. We use Dropbox, and one great thing about it is that within the files that we use, it saves version history. So, for example, this is our Ventana Art Print series, and I can click into these and look at the version history. And that's a great way that, especially if Dan and I are going back and forth on a project and I say, "You know what? I actually like the version that you made yesterday and not the changes from today," we can go back and grab that. Or, if you accidentally delete…
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Work smarter and more efficiently1m 32s
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Presenting to clients8m 42s
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Working with vendors8m 16s
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Pricing your work8m 7s
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Understanding your contract6m 46s
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Organize your files8m 34s
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Scheduling your time7m 5s
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Optimizing your space9m 25s
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Procrastinate...productively4m 23s
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Automate your replies8m 20s
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Share your process4m 57s
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Promote your work6m 20s
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