Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, I do exactly the same as Nathan, except that I dont sharpen - I do that just before printing depending on the size of the print. Another point is all photos are in Adobe RGB colour space, except JPEGs which are in sRGB. If you want some time saving script based conversion programs, to be used from Bridge, from one of the authors of Photoshop, check out Russel Brown's site: http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html Cheers Jayanand Alastair Firkin wrote: > Thanks for taking the time and effort to document this: it is exactly > the sort of help I need: prior to this its all been a bit of a game. > > Cheers > > On 05/11/2006, at 18:35, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Hi Alastair, >> >> FWIW, here is my workflow. >> >> 1) Take the pictures--no chimping or deleting in-camera. I shoot RAW >> exclusively. >> 2) Copy the contents of the CF card(s) into a "Canon dump" folder on >> my computer. >> 3) Go through that folder with a suitable image browsing tool >> (ACDSee when working on the PC, Photo Mechanic when working on the >> Mac) to weed out the losers. >> 4) The remaining RAW images are copied to an external hard drive as >> backup no. 1. >> 5) I then open the images in Photoshop and make all the levels, >> cropping and other corrections as needed. The resulting images are >> saved as TIFF files and are also backed up to the external hard drive. >> 6) The images that I want to print or post on the web are sharpened >> and saved as PSD files. >> 7) The images that I post on the web are of course converted to JPEGs. >> >> A second backup of the RAW and TIFF images that have resulted from >> the above is made by burning these files onto archival DVDs (which I >> keep in my office). Once this second backup is made, I delete the >> files from the computer, keeping only the PSD files there. I do not >> backup the PSD files, since the only difference between those and >> the TIFFs is the sharpening, so if my internal hard drive crashes, I >> can easily recreate the images from the TIFFs which are backed up in >> two places (external HD and DVDs). >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Nathan >> >> Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> Now that my digital work will be more than happy snaps from the >>> Diglux 1, I have been considering "workflow". How should I work, >>> please help. >>> >>> My initial plan was to have enough storage and to that end, I have >>> bought 4 x 300 gig hard drives to store and sort the images. >>> >>> I have been using iView and iPhoto, BUT iView does not allow you to >>> look at full images from RAW files anymore (part of the Microsoft >>> take over and the bundling with Phase One software), so I have been >>> playing with Adobe: I bought CS2 some time ago and "filing" in >>> bridge and using "camera RAW SEEMS a good combination, BUT the RAW >>> work seems better at the moment in LightRoom beta: any comments. >>> >>> So at the moment I thought: >>> 1. take images in RAW >>> 2. transfer to a "holding" folder titled "new images" >>> 3. Review images in ? iView/lightroom/aperture/bridge >>> 4. Rate images as a)junk to trash, b)record image never likely to >>> make a print bigger than 6 x 4 and c)"potential" images >>> 5. Throw out the a images, convert the b images to jpeg files and >>> keep the c images as RAW (but what kind of RAW I have yet to fully >>> understand) >>> 6. Label the images with key words (does anyone have a standard >>> "list") and comments: >>> -- here I have a problem. iView had a great comments area BUT it >>> does not seem to "map" to the comments area of the other >>> programmes. Putting comments in the Bridge area seems more >>> flexible, but they do not turn up in iView --- I am thinking my >>> days using iView are now numbered, and this saddens me as I just >>> paid for an upgrade, and its been a good workhorse for so long and >>> I have so many comments already filed in it including all the FOM2 >>> stuff >>> 7. transfer the folders to the hard disc stores : this perhaps >>> should be done before labels but I think bridge or lightroom can >>> "follow" where they have gone and are "stored" >>> 8. remove the images from the new image folder to free up the >>> computers basic hard disc again >>> 9. Begin working on the c images, and make displays for web and >>> printing >>> 10. go out and do it again. >>> >>> As you can see, I want to start with a basic plan and keep to it >>> for at least 12 months to try to get some order and filing in my >>> system, rather than the current mess. >>> >>> Thanks for any comments and help >>> >>> Cheers and here's luck >>> >>> Alastair >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> Opportunistic Image Acquisition >> >> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http:// >> www.greatpix.eu >> Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >> >> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >