Hi Tony,
The darktable book talks about workflow, but mine is quite simple:
- Insert card in card reader and copy raw files to disk. I choose as
personal preference to do this as a simple operating system copy rather than
using a photo tool.
- Import the folder into dt. You could import direct from the camera
or card reader into dt thus eliminating the first step if you prefer.
- View in light table and assign initial quick ratings to three
classes 1) junk to be immediately deleted 2) unexceptional shots to be retained
but probably never looked at again 3) ones possibly worth detailed inspection,
classification and rating.
- Work on and rate any images that are worth it.
-
That’s it. I don’t do any export of images as that seems completely pointless.
If I need an image for something outside dt I’ll export it when I need it and
when I know what format it needs to be exported in.
Rgds,
Rob
From: Tony Tony [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 26 June 2014 16:32
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Darktable-users] darktable as the primary workflow/DAM tool
Hello,
I used to be a Picasa user, then switched to iPhoto since I started to shoot
RAW. I like iPhoto as the management tool, however I find the editing features
a bit too simple. So I am considering whether to switch to Darkable as my only
workflow tool, for both DAM and editing. I wonder if you can briefly share your
workflow with DT: what steps do you usually do from import to export? For
example, my current workflow in iPhoto is following:
- insert SD card to macbook, start iPhoto, import all photos to iPhoto as an
event (DT film roll equivalent)
- quickly go through photos to delete junk/duplicates
- add some info to the photo for later collecting: I use this scheme: Who,
What, Where, When, Why and Rating. who = faces, when = date from EXIF, where =
places, what and why = keywords, Rating = rating. I try to put the info in
batch as much as possible
- editing: it varies from photo to photo, I generally try not to spend too much
time on heavy post-processing like brushing parts of a photo.
- export
Regards,
Tony
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