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Old 12-01-2011, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HollyS View Post
I always include a 200x200 size of the preview and rename it to folder.jpg so that when viewing folders in windows explorer, the preview is what you see. I also include the 600x600 size of the preview named according to the kit so that the customer can view a larger size of the preview if they want and they also have the name of the kit handy regardless of where it was unzipped to.
I like your method, Holly, in that you have two previews, a folder and kit preview.
The problem I ran in to when my hard drive crashed was with those designers who only had one preview, named it "folder.jpg." When restoring my files (which was an extreme makeover headache, I assure you, but that's a story for another day), my computer would look at all those files named only "folder.jpg" and decide that I already had a file with that name, this was obviously a duplicate, and not re-import it. I had to go through my files, trying to find which one went with which kit, rename it and then re-import it. Some (which I blame on Mozy, again another long story) I never got back, so I have a few kits without any previews.
Thankfully, I'm seeing this less often, as most designers do what you do and include a folder and a preview.
And, for that, I thank you!
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