Best Practices 3 of 6
Efficiency Recommendations
Create a reusable product-specific export checklist. Avoid re-exporting one compressed derivative for multiple products with different crops or aspect ratios.
Automate repeatable checks, not judgment. A script can report dimensions and metadata, but it cannot decide whether a portrait crop is flattering, a background is intentional, or a color proof matches the creator's intent. Escalate failed checks before production.
Efficiency comes from catching wrong assumptions early. Ask for the product template and accepted handoff before editing, calculate pixels after the proposed crop, and check the saved file before uploading. Batch tools can create consistent derivatives only after the rules are defined; automation should flag outliers instead of silently resizing a too-small source or stripping a needed profile.