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[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 48 points 1 year ago

She would be disappointed in how untidy my files are.

"Why is the final version of this project called "test1_b_new_reworked_draft_2_prefinal_dif_font_b_temp_FINAL.png"?

She would then forgive me because her filing is worse than mine.

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

Use git.

Please.

I'm begging you.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For image files? I know you can save image files and git but I just don't know what it does with them.

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Don’t use git for images (or most other binary data)

[-] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

It's still way better than _final_fixed(2) version control.
What do you propose to use as a version control for images?

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Idk, but not anything that uses delta compression like git does.

Game developers use Perforce and Plastic scm which is (supposedly) optimized for images and other binary assets. I’ve never used them, but I’m sure a less-overkill and open source alternative exists somewhere.

[-] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

That's the thing, everything that I could find is a huge project made for storing huge projects, costs a lot of money and requires effort to install and even use. Yeah, naked git basically stores new version of an image for every commit, but nothing beats the fact that you need like two commands to use it and it just works, and storage is very cheap this days. And if you add LFS, it even does some kind of storage compression.

[-] LogarithmicCamel@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

It just keeps a copy.

[-] the_codeboy@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

There is always git LFS

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Git is version control

[-] usa_suxxx@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

from what I remember, Git is just a file system under the hood. So it would just end up saving a copy of each image under the hood.

[-] michaelfone@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I’d imagine you’d be hard pressed to find a non-programmer who knows what that is.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not a programmer and I agree. Only after getting into 3d art I started hearing about it and I don't think I've ever used it, let alone understand it, it's the sort of thing the technical artists know about. Nobody ever suggested me to use it for my images or 3d models.

As a visual artist I can confirm the "image_final_final2_b_final" trope is as real as it gets

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nobody ever suggested me to use it for my images or 3d models.

*nobody until now

Use git

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Git is used in other contexts besides programming

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not in many. And usually it happens whenever a programmer does non-programming stuff.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Much less even knows how or why to use it lol

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

Found the Flash developer.

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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