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littlekiwi

littlekiwi

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How do you all organize/tag the products you get for CT work? Particularly thinking of how to know what you've scrapped with/what you still need to scrap with.
 
I basically store my (old) stuff in categories like kit, elements, alpha & so on. The new stuff I have sorted by stores. In my file for Oscraps (where I CT), I have everything sorted by designers. Then I have one file named CT Kits, where I download the new stuff I get. In that file I have a subfile named "Used once" where I move the kit when ... you guessed it ... I used it once. After I used something twice, I move it to the designer's file.

When I was on designer's CT, I had separate files for each designer, and always a special file for the kits I still needed to work with.
 
I leave it in my downloads Jennifer @littlekiwi and I scrap from there when I am scrapping product for that Wednesday, and/or that Friday release. Once I have scrapped with everything for that week then I will put the kits under the designer in the Lily Pad folder I have set up on my EHD.
 
Jennifer, I do like what Christa does. Leaving it in the download folder until I use it helps me know what I have not done.
 
same as Christa!!
but when I add to my designer folder, I edit the products name adding if it's BYOC, M3 MPM and what month/year, so I don't get lost for future pages, promoting SOSN, challenges..
 
I have a tag in ACDSee for CT kits for future reference.
I also only download CT kits as and when I use them.
 
For one designer I set up a folder under her main folder called CT Kits and put everything in there by kit name (remember I file stuff by kit since I am a kit scrapper).

For a couple other designers, when I set up the kit folder, I labeled it as "CT kit name" and filed under the designer's main folder. That was because I had purchased kits from them before becoming a CT member and wanted to differentiate between them.

To track when I scrapped the kit, I had a tab on my spreadsheet for each designer. I also named the layout with the kit name although I have now renamed a lot of them when doing my reorganizing.
 
Angela Toucan said:
I have a tag in ACDSee for CT kits for future reference.
I also only download CT kits as and when I use them.
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I was thinking along these lines already. I don’t want a huge set up as it’s only for a guest spot. I tag in a similar way for current BYOC products before I’ve done my challenge page.
 
All downloads are immediately copied to my two EHD - per store - per designer.
When a collection is downloaded I create a collection folder - followed by the release date.
The release date is also added to the kits.
For each map, the map icon is replaced by the kit/collection preview...
for CT work I only download what I will use immediately. I am an adobe cc user and use bridge.
In bridge I use 'sort by modified' - so the most recently added kits/collections are at the top.
For challenges I usually use multiple kits ... search I do with bridge ... if the elements are named that is useful ... if elements have no specific name it is impossible ... but I don't want to spend time assigning tags.
I have a third backup to Backblaze...
My scrap material is not on the hard drives where I store my personal photo material.
 
I have a folder that is labeled for the current month and I organize it by designer in subfolders. I also have a subfolder in that month for layouts and the date they are to be posted. Anything I download and create that month goes in those folders and then at the end of the month I move everything to my EHD in designer folders.
 
I have a folder called "Scrap CT". Once I've scrapped with it, then I move it into the designer's folder.
 
I have a folder for each of my cts and within that folder are sub folders-used, layouts to be posted, layouts posted. When I first download the kit it stays in that designers folder, once used I move the kit to the used folder. From the used folder I then copy the preview to my ‘organization’ folder ie. Holidays, Themes and move the kit to my EHD.
 
I have a folder for the designer and inside another folder that says TODO where I put everything I STILL need to work on. When I am done using the kit I then take the kit from the TODO folder and move it out into the designer folder.
 
I keep stuff in to do, with the date that it needs to be posted to the galleries and then once t's been uploaded and used to advertise, I move it to the designer, within the store folder.
 
I'm not on a team right now, but I had a folder on my desktop labeled New CT Kits. As I used them, I would file them from there to under their name and which store they sell from.
 
I keep it simple - my CT Files are labeled as such + the due date and after they've been posted, I move them to their own FOLDER that has finished LO's in it. They're easier to find if I need them again.
 
I had a folder within downloads for each designer I CT'ed for. New kits went into that folder until I scrapped with them, then they got moved into the regular downloads section until my next bout of organizing.
 
I ended up settling for a tag for CT products and a sub tag for products I still need to scrap with in ACDSee while popping the items in their designer folders in Windows Explorer. I did try for a few days of keeping the new products on my desktop and while it kind of worked, deep down I knew it would end up not being organised the way everything else is and would end up a huge mess and a big job to tidy later on.
 
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