Material Library Organization

[3darchitect]

Hey all you viz people,

 

I was wondering if anyone has any tried and true methods for organizing your material library images. Do you just use folders with a certain naming convention for the files? Or do you use a software to navigate and organize the images? (like Lightroom maybe?)

 

Right now I have a number of main category folders and organize the materials via a numbered system within them. For example - carpet_001, carpet_002, carpet_002_bump, etc.

 

Also do you generally keep your images as jpeg's and only convert to png when you need transparency?

 

Right now my library is made up of free materials I've acquired through websites or searches. I realize that I need to invest in high res materials, I just don't have the finances to do so yet.

 

Any other tips for library organization would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Luke Holdmann

[David Turner]

Luke,

 

When it comes to accessing and organizing your assets, I recommend "Project Manager":

 

https://3d-kstudio.com/product/project-manager/

 

-DT

[3darchitect]

Hi David,

 

Thanks for responding! Project Manager looks great but unfortunately I don't use 3DS, I model exclusively in Sketchup. If I ever transition to another modeling software, I'd be looking into Rhino but that is very low on my to-do list.