Game Development Reference
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Figure 2-8.
An example of organization within a Photoshop file. The folder and the different colors help the reading of
the file
You might also want to categorize by Smart Object, which introduces the concept of instances inside Adobe
Photoshop. Modifying one Smart Object updates all the linked instances, which means that you can use that feature
to easily change all the buttons of your ingame menu, or apply nondestructive transformations to some layers without
losing your original image data. For more information about the Smart Object feature, see
http://help.adobe.com/
Trying to maintain multiple versions of the file you're working on, or incremental variations of the file name, is
often a cause of chaos. At best you can lose time searching for a particular version; at worst you can make intricate
changes to the wrong file, hold everyone up, and miss deadlines.
