On 11-05-30 6:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
[...]
In summary - if you shoot RAW exclusively (or mainly), how do you manage
the workflow and still have a life??
You realize you are going to get more unique answers than there are
PDMLers here, but anyway ...
I have a K20D which doesn't do compressed DNGs, so I shoot RAW PEF
format exclusively, but I convert to DNG during the import and discard
the PEFs. And I'm now using Lightroom chiefly, with a side-trip to PS
CS5 as req'd for special work that LR can't do.
I archive all the images I shoot, whether I touch them or not, as DNG
(which is a lossless format, of course). I waste no time deciding which
to do -- it's all of 'em. I rarely delete any either, just the
hopelessly useless ones (all black, all blown out).
Steps:
1. insert card(s), use LR Import dialog to pull all images into LR.
1a. my LR Import is configured to convert to DNG and copy into the LR
catalog under the date.
2. bring up Recent Import in Library and mark everything as "average" (3
stars).
3. walk briskly through entire shoot looking for useless (1 or 2 stars
[unfocused, excessive motion blur, etc.]) and very promising (4 stars)
images. This is mostly: right-arrow, digit, arrow, arrow, digit, etc.
4. restrict view by 4 stars and up
5. look for images that likely all need the same processing, eg white
balance.
5a. pick one of these, adjust WB, NR, exposure, etc.
5b. copy the settings from that shot to the others in the "alike" group.
5c. repeat with any other groupings.
6. now look for shots that need extra work or would be improved with
some artistic tweaks; do that.
Now I'm essentially done, but if I've got some real keepers I mark them
5 stars for later polishing and maybe printing. I'll usually revisit
the 3 stars group to see if I missed any good ones. Some 4-stars will
get demoted back to 3 if I see that they weren't up to snuff after all.
If I'm going to share any shots I mark them with a colour or put them
into a Collection. Then I Export them as needed (DropBox, Flickr,
Facebook, etc.), generally to JPEG.
So the time savings comes from rapidly narrowing down the shots that are
worth touching and doing the minimum at each level in the triage pyramid.
-bmw
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