Just a quick note that Versions does have the ability to lock & unlock files. So as long as Subversion locking works for your workflow, that would do the trick. I've only had fairly minimal use of Photoshop and Flash files in a Subversion repository. You might want to check out a product called Timeline which integrates more tightly with Photoshop - haven't used it myself but it looks like it could be a good solution: http://pixelnovel.com/
Good luck! Let us know if you find a good solution. I work with a lot of designers and would really like to help them get some kind of versioning system in place... -Gabriel On Dec 21, 8:58 am, Ignacio Cases <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > DSpacehttp://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.
