on 17/8/04 3:06 pm, Malcolm Jeffs wrote:

> My workflow at present is to download the RAW images from a card-reader to a
> customer folder on my computer hard disc. I then create a new session in C1
> Pro and select the customer folder containing the RAW images (the first of
> which is a shot of the Gretag Colour Chart) as the root folder.

Malcolm,

I assume you are on PC.
On the Mac, I make the session folder first and then insert the card.
The machine and software detects that I have inserted the card and asks me
if I want to import the files from the card into that session and at the
same time if I want to rename them
(I don't think that includes the first 3 digits which I assume is the
"folder count" number).
The interface is slightly different on the PC - or at least it was with
previous versions - but I have found that this makes for a quite proficient
workflow.
If you then move the entire folder to a different machine it keeps
everything in the same folder, including the allocated trash folder, raw
files and processed folder. You then just click in the relevant session
document from within that folder and it opens C1 at that session - its made
the archiving process a whole lot simpler - for me anyway.
The session document also seems to keep a record of any of the relevant
exposure, colour and contrast changes you have made to the individual files.

Flop around in the software for a while longer and you'll get the hang of
the colour management as well...

Best of luck

Graeme C


Graeme Cooper Photography
http://www.bungalow-zen.com

A Member of The Association of Photographers
http://www.aop.org





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