Comments on: Go with the (GridIron) Flow! http://www.layersmagazine.com/go-with-the-gridiron-flow.html The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe. Quick tips and tutorials for the entire Adobe Creative Suite. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Gilbertson http://www.layersmagazine.com/go-with-the-gridiron-flow.html/comment-page-1#comment-43811 Alan Gilbertson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:14:47 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=9007#comment-43811 There are plenty of reasons to love Flow, especially in an InDesign or AfterEffects workflow. Automatic versioning (and the ability to instantly revert to an earlier one without having to go to a backup drive, etc.) is phenomenal, but there's lots more. I'm a fan of Flow's watchdog feature that will warn you if a file you're about to delete is part of some other project, and it doesn't hurt to be able to create a detailed time sheet for any project you're working on, with all the work time on individual files neatly laid out. The search function is amazing. It's close to instant, and it allows you to refine and drill down in your search results to find exactly what you're looking for in a few seconds. Spotlight and Windows Search should be half so good! There are plenty of reasons to love Flow, especially in an InDesign or AfterEffects workflow. Automatic versioning (and the ability to instantly revert to an earlier one without having to go to a backup drive, etc.) is phenomenal, but there’s lots more.

I’m a fan of Flow’s watchdog feature that will warn you if a file you’re about to delete is part of some other project, and it doesn’t hurt to be able to create a detailed time sheet for any project you’re working on, with all the work time on individual files neatly laid out.

The search function is amazing. It’s close to instant, and it allows you to refine and drill down in your search results to find exactly what you’re looking for in a few seconds. Spotlight and Windows Search should be half so good!

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