Accessing files from multiple computers

The fact that your graphic files are stored in a shared repository means that they can be accessed from multiple computers. This opens a lot of new opportunities for you and your team. Lets go through the main use cases enabled by Timeline:

1. Editing the same file from multiple computers

Timeline makes it very easy to work on the same file from 2 computers. For example let’s assume that you usually do your work on your office computer, but you also wish to make some changes from home.

To do this, submit your file into Timeline. Now, when you get home, get the most recent version from Timeline - this operation will get the version of the file that you submitted from work.

Please note: when you start working at home on the same file that has been updated from you work computer, you will see the message saying that a newer version is available. The message is displayed to remind you that you need to get the most recent version.

Once you have got the version submitted from work, you can edit this version and, before you head back to work, submit your updated file into Timeline. When you return to your office, get the most recent version once again – this will copy the version that you submitted from home to your office computer. You will see the reminder message when you open Timeline at work saying that a newer version is available.

So, the main point in editing the same file from multiple computer is to submit your changes when you finish editing on one computer and to get the most recent version when you start editing on another computer.

2. Handing the file over to your colleague

Timeline also allows you to edit the same file together with somebody else – for example your friend or a colleague. This situation is similar to Editing the same file from multiple computers – the file is edited from multiple computers, but in this case it is also edited by 2 or more persons. Let’s go through this use case to make sure it’s clear how it works.

So let’s assume that you are editing a file and then you wish to hand it over to your colleague so that they could introduce their own changes. To do this, make your changes and submit your version of the file into Timeline and let your colleague know that your version has been submitted. Now your colleague needs to open Timeline and get the most recent version. It’s very easy for them to do so because Timeline will automatically notify them that a new version has been submitted as soon as they open the file in question in Photoshop. When your colleague finishes their modifications, they need to submit their version of the file and let you know that you can continue working on the file. When you get the message from them, you should get the most recent version from Timeline – this will be the version submitted by your colleague (once again, you will get the reminder message when you open the file in Photoshop).