After working with Flash for a long time I've created a lot of artwork in many *.FLA files. I would like the artwork in these files to be easily accessible to both myself and my colleagues for future use but am not sure how to do this. So say a manager is making a presentation and they need a computer icon, they could (should) be able to just pull up all "computer icons" our company has made over the past [x] years and pick from one of those.
In the past I've tried creating a folder with file names like:
- 01_Icons.fla
- 02_OfficeFurniture.fla
- 03_Animals.fla
- (etc...)
But the FLA files get pretty big pretty fast *plus* searching through these files get slower and less efficient over time - and keeping these files updated all the time gets time consuming.
In my opinion the ideal workflow here would be:
- A user (myself or one of my colleagues) would just type a keyword into some kind of search engine (Google-esque) like "computer"
- The corresponding library symbols (maybe even via "tags") would come up with a preview
- The user could then download the file as a PNG (with specified DPI/resolution) and/or as a FLA/SWF.
- A comments system (per library asset) would also be great
Is there a product that currently exists that does something like this that doesn't involve a mountain of cash, time investment or complexity? Also, please chime in with how any of you are doing this sort of thing at your workplace - either with a 3rd party product or a manual/homemade method.
Thanks
