Marie-Noëlle .... I do understand the significant differences that occur 
in a 'film roll' but you may be surprised if you analyze your end 
product just how many of the same functions are used nearly every time 
in, for instance, a sun filled landscape situation. I would of course 
never apply exposure compensation this way. It is also possibly easier 
to turn off an item in the 'pipe' than having to search for a module.

I believe that my style application provides something substantially 
better than the optimum jpg that the camera could provide. This in 
itself is a great asset in evaluating my basic material and makes for a 
starting point in my end product processing.

David


On 13-05-13 10:40 AM, Marie-Noëlle Augendre wrote:
> I usually have no "image that is typical of a group": every shooting 
> day is different, the subjects might be completely different, more 
> often outside at any time of the day, or sometimes inside with 
> difficult light conditions; the light is changing  all the time, and 
> I'm always on the move. When several shoots of the same subject are 
> too resemblant, I usually develop/publish only one, and might keep 
> some others for later work.
> Styles have almost no utility in these cases. I might create one for 
> the vignetting module as I find the preset too obvious; but apart from 
> that, I don't see any 'rule' that could be applied frequently enough 
> to justify the creation of a style.
>
> Marie-Noëlle
>
> 2013/5/13 David Vincent-Jones <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>
>     I find this discussion regarding 'finding modules' and 'module order',
>     odd to say the least. Maybe it is simply my rather different
>     approach to
>     processing.
>
>     I use a number of predefined styles that I can initially apply to a
>     group of incoming raw images. This of course is only a starting point
>     but it allows me to far better evaluate the result of my day's shoot
>     (and do some initial grading) without the tedium of trying to work
>     through image by image. Those modules (from the style) that need
>     further
>     adjusting are now all conveniently located together in the 'pipe'
>     group.
>     Following that there usually are only two or three further refinements
>     that I need to make using other modules but after a while I
>     quickly have
>     come to know where those are located; no fuss.
>
>     I put nothing into the favourites ... my favourites are located in an
>     appropriate style. If an available style is not suitable for an
>     incoming
>     set then I simply create a style that is appropriate based on an image
>     that is typical of the group.
>
>     David
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> <http://www.marie-noelle-augendre.com/photos/>
>
> Mes dernières photos sont dans ma galerie 
> <http://www.marie-noelle-augendre.com/photos/>.
> Connaissez-vous Image Fixe <http://image-fixe.org>, le photo-club de 
> Saint Jean du Gard ?
> Et parcourez les Cévennes à ma façon avec Cévennes Plurielles 
> <http://www.cevennes-plurielles.com/>,


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