Hi Cliff, I have been working in design environments for quite a few years, and encountered this same problem. The main issue is that almost all versioning software has been designed to work with text files, and while binary –i.e., non-textual in this context– can be managed, it is not the most adequate solution. Versions is a nice piece of software built on top of Subversion, and therefore it has roughly the same benefits and limitations.
Hoping not to be off topic I will briefly mention that, to my knowledge, the most widespread and available, enterprise ready solution is Version Cue from Adobe, but in any case is a expensive choice tight to Adobe products. Fortunately in last years are appearing digital image management systems ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system), such as DSpace http://www.dspace.org/ that are specifically designed to serve as a digital repository. If for some reason you are still interested in using Subversion in this area, you should consider the use of additional tools like Maven to manage the versioning of binary files. Hope it helps, -Ignacio On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Cliff <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm only just exploring Versions and SVN for my company. We are a > design studio producing some web work, but mostly self-contained > multimedia. We rely heavily on Flash and Photoshop. I've looked at the > articles on SVN for designers and they seem to indicate that in a > studio like our where files get passed around a lot Subversion could > be a good way to go. > > Here's my problem. I have no idea what our workflow would look like. I > get the impression that Version doesn't have the ability to lock/ > unlock files. Is that true? It would seem simplest to just lock the > file while you work on it and unlock it when you put it back. Is > anybody using Version or other version control in a design > environment? > > Thanks, > > Cliff VanMeter > Butler Graphics, Inc. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Versions" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<versions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
