Picture Management The new generation artifact Pincap omni-directional analysis

The designer's career is like a tree, the material library and the inspiration Library are interwoven with rings, reflecting your growing experience in some way. I do not know how the inspiration library has gone through the evolution and migration, at least I was after several rounds.

At first did not collect consciousness, need what temporary find, a few web bookmarks is the world. From the internship company's teacher to copy a set of commercial gallery, 10 G. It was so elated that every piece of material looked exquisite. For a long time, that folder is my entire ascent space, exploration has no end. But the world is wonderful, and it's hard for me to use. File a Dime, classification method is not my logic, looking for material is not as fast as Baidu. It was the first time I realized the meaning of personal accumulation.

So I opened up a hard disk partition to store the material--it had to be sorted by my habits. The material on the network poured into the material library, a part of the commercial library is gradually absorbed in, the rest is simply deleted, because most of the most of the lifetime can not use the last time. Next Door directory, the Inspiration Library folder also slowly grow up. At its peak, the two added up to more than 30G.

Then the Great Migration began, the reason is that the job was asked to do on the spot design. Empty to go, to my level at that time, the results are conceivable. There are more than one solution, I choose the hardest but once and for all-move to the clouds. Inspired by the collection of petals, manual upload, moving for a whole afternoon. and the material library to be used at any time, the computer also has to have a copy of the synchronization disk is more appropriate, uploaded two days and two nights.

As the experience and level of growth, the early materials and inspiration, now it seems that can not bear to look straight. After a few more purges, the inspiration Library moved to Pinterest because it was better. But the most important thing is not the quantity or quality of the pictures, but the difference between the two.

In fact, for quite a long time, I have been working in the wrong way. To get a design requirement, open the library of materials and see what can be combined. In the long run, the material not only can not help you, but will hinder progress, blocking your thinking. In recent years, my inspiration Library has been expanding, but the material library is almost a pool of stagnant water, rarely updated. The content of the material library is also different from the previous, fragmented gadgets instead of the overall design template. The reason is only one, the role of the material is for me to save time, can not be it about the style. Before opening the library, the design should have been completed, either on paper or in mind.

Here, the role of the inspiration library is becoming increasingly important. It cannot be a substitute for your drawing, but it can guide your design. In addition to their own, can be about the design style, it is only. So in this case, be sure to have a hand tool.

Today's protagonist, Pincap, is such an inspiration Library management tool. Look at the interface first.

Looks like a picture management tool at first glance. Of course, that is the most basic function. Classification directory management, picture preview, information modification. There is also color screening, which is useful for photographic pictures.

The directory in the Pincap, corresponding to the folder on the hard disk. The various operations done in PINCAP will eventually be reflected in files and folders, and vice versa.

As far as the management function is concerned, it's just good, very abstemious.

The essence of the collection is the function. As long as a picture is copied to the Clipboard, it can trigger its collection window. Choose a catalogue and finish.

Sometimes we don't want to trigger the acquisition. In the settings can filter out some design software, to avoid unnecessary interference.

Through the Pincap, you can put the network, Chat window, screen cutting tools in the collection of pictures centralized management. More pictures, the advantages of natural embodiment, the management of local files is always the easiest.

If you want to simultaneously have the function of cloud synchronization, need to have another sync disk. I put Pincap's default folder directly in the Baidu Cloud Synchronization directory, problem solved!

Pincap UI and interactive details, I believe there is room for improvement in the eyes of your picky designers. But what really touches me is an idea--connect all the existing resources, apply itself Gan to do a window, deep work and name.

It's a good start and we'll have to wait and see.