{"id":1778,"date":"2020-11-04T11:17:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2020-10-24T23:31:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T23:31:20","slug":"digital-organization-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/digital-organization-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Organization Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


I love education, so I take a lot of classes. One problem I have encountered is how to organize all the class materials.

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I\u2019ve stumbled around and messed up a lot, but I\u2019ve finally settled on a system that is easy and works for me.

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I have a Master folder that resides on a hard drive off my computer. On this hard drive, I have a folder named \u201cAssets\u201d

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Within \u201cAssets\u201d I have a folder for each class.

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I\u2019ve taken a lot of classes from Digital Art Academy over the years, so I\u2019m going to use this as my example layout, which should help you figure out a similar format.



So from \u201cAssets\u201d

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I would have a folder that says, \u201cDigital Art Academy.\u201d When you open up “Digital Art Academy, you will see the folders listed below.

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The folders are listed by the classes I have taken. I put a number in front, so I know what order I took those classes, and it guarantees I can scroll quickly and not get bogged down looking at letters. For some reason, a number seems easier to see.

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Open up PC 2018 PT 1 (which stands for Painter Club). You will see another selection of folders: \u201cAugust \u2013 Gradients,\u201d \u201cDecember \u2013 Winter Landscapes,\u201d etc. I always write down the class\u2019s title to help me figure out more details about the class.
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If you open up August \u2013 Gradients, you will find three more folders: Class Videos, Live Session, and Resources.




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You could stop here, and I do for many classes; however, when I am dealing with classes that reside around Corel Painter I take this a step farther.



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I keep a master list of all the resources I got from class, but I also make a copy of any brush category, pattern, image portfolio, or asset that I might use for Corel Painter. I place that copy in the appropriate \u201cQuick Install Folder.\u201d My “Quick Install Folder” resides in the Corel folder.

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The Quick Install folder is filled with everything I need to get up and going within a minute. I\u2019ve dealt with so many computer issues at the beginning of my journey. There was nothing more frustrating than having to spend an afternoon loading Corel Painter after having to reinstall everything I needed to paint. Now it doesn\u2019t matter. If Corel Painter fails, and I have to reinstall, I can be up and painting again within a few minutes.


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Above is a picture of some things within my \u201cQuick Install Brushes\u201d folder. You will notice that this section has KB then the name. This helps me remember I got that brush from Karen Bonaker. It does take a couple of seconds to rename the brushes, but it pays off when she references a brush.

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Space is not an issue for me. Hard drives are cheap, and it doesn\u2019t take up that much space to have these resources in two places! I would rather be organized than worry about space too!

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The only thing I would do differently now is I would not name the main folder \u201cAsset,\u201d but I would call it \u201cClasses.\u201d It was one of those mistakes I made at the beginning of the journey. Because I use Bridge to find my things, I\u2019ve learned it\u2019s best not to mess with the mainframe structure of renaming folders. It gets you into trouble.
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