From: "Richard Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <quote> Here is my current quandry. I've taken about 400 photos for a client, and am now deliberating on how to present them. I am currently using Chris Breeze's Breezebrowser Pro which provides many RAW image manipulation tools I am comfortable with (exposure compensation, brightness histogram, saturation etc). But does not "remember" settings for batch processing. Each file is taking a couple of minutes for me to process and further eight for my PC. A huge amount of time for all 400 images. </quote>
First off don't shoot RAW unless you absolutely need to for the reasons you are now finding: It substantially increases the time you need to spend in post. Under MOST circumstances you should be able to control the exposure enough that only a small curve in PhotoShop, if any, will fix any exposure problems. As long as you've chosen the correct white balance you shouldn't have any problems. <quote> I was thinking about cutting that down to, say, 50 photos and then producing a website (the easiest way for her to view the photos), optimized and sharpened for screen and reduced to say 800x600. </quote> If you've got 400 shots the client certainly does not need to see them all. You should be able to go through and edit out AT LEAST half of them as being inferior to another similar shot. <quote> Assuming she's happy, I was going to provide a DVD with, say, 4 differing sizes - large medium, small and thumbnail with an option to re-process pictures to her requirements for a modest additional fee. </quote> Don't bother with different sizes. Most people aren't smart enough to, for example, send the small version to a print shop for reproduction on a business card vs. sending the full size shot. I burn all the photos in one directory; burn all the "choice" photos in another separate directory; then put the album of photos that was on the website in another directory. Mike * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
