Reply To: Suggested Proof Versioning Workflow, Process, or Script?

On the version numbers: to my mind, the “version” describes the artwork, and every set of changes increments that version number. So the low-res PDF proofs you send out should be named “XXX v1 – proof”, “XXX v2 – proof” etc,
If the client approves v2, then the final (ha!) thing is called “XXX v2 – final” or “XXX v2 – approved” or “XXX v2 – print-ready” or something like that.

I was once sent a file with the following name (XXX for anonymisation):
XXXv4 1 A4 Cover BAKUP 16AUG 2012_16082012_NC_COR 17 AUGUST-FINAL
(and no, it wasn’t the final version)

Good luck,
Chris.