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Since when is learning/using git "being a programmer"? A designer's job is to design and a programmer's job is to program. Both of those jobs require tools to

Since when is learning/using git "being a programmer"? A designer's job is to design and a programmer's job is to program. Both of those jobs require tools to make their jobs easier. I'm sick of designers getting away with things programmers never would in their jobs. Programmers learn skills such as: organization (files and directories), communication (comments), workflow management (version control), etc. In my experience with designers, none of them care about things like that. You'll see 5 versions of PSDs filled with Untitled layers and no logical grouping. These are things that are just expected of programmers and they should be expected of designers as well.

sfgfdhgfdshdhhd 16y ago
I would be happy if my designer gave me untitled layers. I usually have to use the magic wand to cut out layers from a flat picture myself. Very fun when there are gradients, drop shadows and similar stuff on a jpg-compressed image T_T In the end I'm essentially redoing all the work the designer did.
- lovskogen 16y ago
  Sounds like a great guy to work with. Why do you?
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nathos 16y ago
> In my experience with designers, none of them care about things like that. You'll see 5 versions of PSDs filled with Untitled layers and no logical grouping. Work with better designers :) In all seriousness, I think many designers haven't be shown the benefits of why they should change their workflows. If you can demonstrate how using Git would make their jobs easier, you might get some converts. Also, most designers think visually, so text-based commit history is kind of useless to them. I'd love to see tools like Timeline [http://pixelnovel.com/timeline http://pixelnovel.com/timeline], but for Git. As for not naming & grouping layers? That's just a bad designer. Send them this: http://photoshopetiquette.com/ http://photoshopetiquette.com/

sfgfdhgfdshdhhd 16y ago

I would be happy if my designer gave me untitled layers. I usually have to use the magic wand to cut out layers from a flat picture myself. Very fun when there are gradients, drop shadows and similar stuff on a jpg-compressed image T_T In the end I'm essentially redoing all the work the designer did.

lovskogen 16y ago
Sounds like a great guy to work with. Why do you?
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nathos 16y ago

> In my experience with designers, none of them care about things like that. You'll see 5 versions of PSDs filled with Untitled layers and no logical grouping. Work with better designers :) In all seriousness, I think many designers haven't be shown the benefits of why they should change their workflows. If you can demonstrate how using Git would make their jobs easier, you might get some converts. Also, most designers think visually, so text-based commit history is kind of useless to them. I'd love to see tools like Timeline [http://pixelnovel.com/timeline http://pixelnovel.com/timeline], but for Git. As for not naming & grouping layers? That's just a bad designer. Send them this: http://photoshopetiquette.com/ http://photoshopetiquette.com/