Freebie: Mac Folder Icon Template (For Organizing Digi Supplies)

Recently, I came across a post by Traci Reed over at Sweet Shoppe Designs about organizing your digital scrapbooking supplies. Now, you know already that I keep track of my digital stash using Evernote. But something that interested me in her post was the part about making the kit previews her Mac folder icons. However, I didn't want to simply make my icons the full preview. I like to know what's a folder vs. what's an image file. So I set out to create a template I could use to create my own previews for my Mac folder icons, and I wanted to share the template with you in case you'd like to do the same for your files.

This is very simply a Mac folder icon with a layer to clip your kit preview image to. What this will do is allow you to still have a folder icon, but see the preview of the kit inside.

Here's what my Mye De Leon folder currently looks like on my Mac, once I've adjusted all the icons, just to show you an example. I like that I can still tell these are folders, but see a preview of the kit so I know what I'm looking for.

To use this template, all you have to do is open the template and your preview image in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Crop your preview image to 4x4 at 72 ppi (this is the size of the black box on the template - cropping first will make it easier for you vs. having to resize the kit preview later).

Drag the cropped image onto your template:

Make sure the preview image layer is above the black layer, line it up and click command + G (on a Mac) or Control + G (in Windows).

Then just save your file as a png image into your kit folder.

Then follow Traci's instructions to set the image as the folder icon.

Click here to download your freebie (personal use only).  Hopefully some of you might find it useful. I love the new look for my digi kit folders.