skee opened this issue on Apr 20, 2004 ยท 11 posts
hauksdottir posted Tue, 20 April 2004 at 11:06 PM
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This thread might help you. It is NEVER too late to get organized. The sooner you do it, the better, but it is never too late. You are probably downloading more stuff this very week and it will vanish into the morass. Get into the habit of relabeling each and every file you download. Whether it is storebought or freestuff, the file name will not have all the information you need. "jumpsuit-v2-joe" and "jumpsuittex-4joe-john" will be next to each other in your file lists. Keeping the textures with the clothing is even more important than keeping the clothing with the people. "eveningdress-s-mary" is going to fit a very different figure than "eveningdress-sp-sally" because stephanie and steph petite are only similar in name. "dress01" and "poserfreedress" aren't the least bit helpful as labels a year later! "Bertha" could be the name of a character, a skin texture, a dress, a hair model... or a very large gun. ;) "Bertha-cannon-smedly" would readily get filed under weapons and "bertha-hair-doright" goes pop into the hair folder... "bertha01" remains without a berth of any kind. Adding the maker's name at the end will allow you to sort by type of item: book, chair, carpet. Adding it at the beginning will allow you to sort by name if you want all of PhilC's stuff together or Traveler's or Anton's in a group no matter whether it is clothes or hair or magical props. In either case, adding the name will help if you wish to credit people in a gallery image or thank them once you realize that the outfit or prop is way cool. With Poser 5 and subfolders you can do a lot more indepth organizing, but I'd suggest starting with a corner and nibbling through your libraries. You don't want to get overwhelmed! Tackle a small area such as hair or animals or vehicles, complete it. As you move through each section, the mess in the middle will become less cluttered and far more manageable. Good luck! Carolly