On Mon, 30 May 2011 19:34 -0400, "Bruce Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ...
Yes - you can never have too much information on which to base wrong decisions..... Thanks for all the feedback so far. It's much appreciated. Perhaps I should have indicated my current JPG workflow: 1. Download all images to a folder on my PC and cull out the 'misses' 2. Move the keepers to a permanent location (folder) on an external hard drive. 3. Import the keepers into my image management program (Studioline Photo Classic - sort of like Lightroom without any serious raw processing ability, although it shows previews of the RAW images). I have Studioline set up to create low res previews of the images in its database rather than importing the full size images - that way I can view, search and sort though the images even if the external drive is not currently connected (eg. if I'm using the laptop). 3: Go though and apply custom metadata to the images (Description, Keywords, Rating, etc) 4. Export to Photoshop those images that I want to work in detail (via ACR if necessary). 5. Backup to a second external drive and a DVD periodically. This works fine for JPG and the few RAW images that I currently shoot. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > 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 > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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.
