I find I like to work the same way I used to with a selection of
slides on a light box. I view the small thumbnails, click to view
full screen (viewing with loupe) then another key stroke to view 100%
if I want more details (stronger loupe). Breeze Browser has a better
interface than Adobe Bridge, but lacks the magnify tool in the version
I have. I like Bridge best in filmstrip mode. The end result is to
find something that works for you. Everyone is different.
I have 3 presets set up in camera raw for the initial correction of
the image and have found that beyond that I want control of the fine
detail - you do get used to what to tweek to get the desired result
with practice. If you only use presets then you end up with your
images not as good as they could be or you spend forever trying
different presets to see which is best. They make a good way to get
to a starting point.
In Photoshop I work with my right hand on either a mouse or small
tablet (I spent all my money on Photoshop and can't afford a bigger
tablet) and left hand on the keyboard for macros and keyboard
shortcuts. My macros are mainly things like functions on a single key
(such as crop, 8 bit, flatten layers) or resizing for web use,
thumbnails, A5, A4, A3 etc.
My workflow goes something like this (some people will probably
disagree with it and writing it out helps me understand what I do).
Select image in Bridge or Breeze Browser.
Adjust colour, exposure and initial sharpness in Camera Raw.
Adjust composition ("M" for the marque tool, select the area with the
mouse, F3 to crop)
Remove dust or blemishes with the spot tool ("S", Alt click to select
the copy area and mouse or tablet to do the work - I have my mouse pad
on top of the tablet so I just move it to the side and pick up the
pen).
Any other fancy stuff like additional images, text or distortions.
Resize the image (F9 - F12 with or without the control Key depending
on the size I need)
Save as PSD file if necessary
Flatten the image (F7)
Convert to 8 bit (F8)
Save as jpg file.
Back to Bridge/Breeze Browser for the next image.
I've tried suggestions from others to improve my workflow and have
found some work for me and some don't, so even if something someone
suggests sounds great it doesn't necessarily mean that it will be good
when you actually try it.
Leon
2010/1/8 D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[email protected]>:
> At the family Christmas party, my brother's father-in-law (there's
....
>
> And it strikes me that when I'm going through a collection of photos
> where I tried different angles and lighting on the same subject, or
> where I shot lots of frames of some event, that culling the duds and
> picking out which of the good shots to consider redundant ... was a
> whole lot easier when I was sorting through a stack of 4x6 glossy
> proofs that I could easily shuffle, look at in twos and threes next
> to each other, etc. I haven't found an approach yet that feels
> anywhere near as smooth or natural on the computer.
...
> mine.) In the meantime, I guess I ought to crawl through the
> mailing list archives for advice on digital workflow and tools that
> I skipped over before.
>
> Anyhow, I just felt a need to whine about how long this instant
> technology is taking me. Now to get back to editing instead of
> whining for a while ...
>
> -- Glenn
>
> [*] I did go into Serious Photographer mode to try to capture the
> smokestack on the cardboard-box "hotel" my nepphew made out of the
> box a gigantic flat-screen television had come in -- my brother
> stuck a humidifier inside so the mist would come out the chimney
> and look like smoke.
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