Guide: Staying Organized
How I manage to offer over 300 tags with ease!
This will simply be a series of tips.
Why I do what I do, and how I do it.
Tag ID
All of my tags have ID's with this setup:
0611PittersCatMouse
What's it all mean?
06 is the year.
11 is the month.
PittersCatMouse is the name.
I have my tag template files in folders based on the year and month I added them to my site for sale.
Template Files
* Very few layers - merge whenever possible.
* Leave a layer with your name - for placement help w/new name.
* Add a blank layer for the new name - saves time down the road.
Extra tip - if the tag is animated, I rename the blank name layer with the frame speed(s).
When I've made a tag for someone and it's ready for Animation Shop,
I incorporate the frame speed(s) into the psp file name: Kris25-25-15.psp.
When I open it in AS, I have a fresh reminder of the speeds.
Fonts, Sizes, Colors, Oh My!
Presets are your friend.
You need PSP 8 and above to save Text Tool presets.
After you add your name to the original tag,
click on the Presets drop-down menu (for the Text Tool)
click the Save icon and give the preset a name.
* I put the prefix PayTag_ in front of mine to separate them from the others.
The preset saves the font, the size, the color...
and all other Text Tool settings.
