Hmmm... Thank you Godfrey, that's quite helpful. I hadn't really considered changing the first step in the process. I've got to give that some thought.
dk On 11/22/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Workflow and directory structure work hand in hand. My workflow goes > this way: > > 1) Download PEFs to external drive 1 in DL folder > 2) DNG Convert to DNGs on working drive in new folder named by date > 3) Move PEFs to PEFArchive on external drive 1. > 4) Open DNG folder with Bridge, let it build caches and such. > 5) Backup working drive folder to external drive 1. > 6) Backup external drive 1 PEFArchive and working drive folders to > external drive 2. > > 7) I do all the sorting, selection, and setting up RAW parameters > using Bridge and Camera Raw. Then I run the RAW conversions to .PSD > files as a batch job into the appropriate subdirectory of my "Worked" > folder, so that the next thing to do is start editing in Photoshop CS2. > > 8) at an appropriate point, I backup the working drive folders onto > external drive 1 and 2 again. > > That leaves me with a consistent directory structure: > > working drive > -- 2005 photo folder > ---- DNG folders (by date) > ---- PSD worked folders (by project) > > external drive (1,2) > -- PEFArchive > ---- 2005 folder > ------ body1 folder > ------ body2 folder > -- 2005 folders > ---- DNG folders (by date) > ---- PSD worked folders (by project) > > Every image filename in a worked folder is coded so that I can > quickly find the original DNG or PEF file if need be for reprocessing. > > Godfrey >
