I shoot RAW exclusively, but I don't batch process. I think every shot deserves my personal attention. I use ACR, because I tend to do a bit of PhotoShop work on some images, and I've become accustomed to the workflow. I do use "previous conversion" art a bit as a starting point for conversions, but I invariably tweak a bit. It usually takes me about 90 minutes to process 40 pics, assuming they''re not for publication or for sale to a good customer.
Paul On May 30, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > First - a confession. > > I know it's a bit Kenny boy-ish - but I shoot mainly JPGs. > > There. > > I've said it. > > I feel unburdened somehow. > > I know I 'should' be shooting RAW and I do shoot RAW from time to time. > And it's not that I don't understand its advantages, it's just that I > struggle with the workflow. So I'm hoping for a bit of enlightenment. > > It seems to me that if you only shoot RAW, you have to have some system > in place to batch process those images. There just aren't enough hours > in the day to process each image individually. I have CS3 and I know > that I can batch process a folder full of RAW images with Photoshop's > File > Automate > Batch command (presumably Lightroom can do something > similar), but here is where things get murky. > > So - I'm interested in how others go about the process while still > retaining a measure of sanity. A few questions, then... > > Do you point your conversion software at a folder of RAW images and let > it get on with the job while you watch the latest episode (or two) of > Mythbusters? If so, isn't this just handing over the image processing > function to software? Do you go back and 'tweak' the images? > > or > > Do you look at the JPG previews to decide which images are the 'Hero > Images' (as the late Bruce Fraser called them) and restrict RAW > conversion to those? > > If you batch convert the lot, do you convert to a lossless format (TIFF > or PSD)? There doesn't seem to be much point in converting to JPG - you > could do that in camera. > > Do you archive your 'second string' images as RAW, or do you convert to > JPG and ditch the originals? > > What's the advantages of shooting RAW + JPG? (perhaps one advantage is > that you could keep just the JPGs of your 'second string' images if you > can't bring yourself to ditch them entirely). > > In summary - if you shoot RAW exclusively (or mainly), how do you manage > the workflow and still have a life?? > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
