Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These work flow discussions sure help me any way ;-) > Jeff Moore wrote: >> I use Adobe CS2 and Adobe's RAW conversion; is there some other RAW >> converter which works better with the DMR? (I know Leica bundle Capture >> One with the M8, and I also wonder about how the newfangled Aperture >> works.) >> > > Jeff as of now Aperture will not read DNG files. The only Leica it > supports is the Digilux 2. > > If you care here is a rough outline of how I work; keep in mind my RAW > files are from Canon and Nikon bodies. > > 1) Insert the card into card reader this calls the Aperture import > page. At this stage I create a new folder named the name of the job I > am working on, enter any EXIF information I want applied to all files > and then import them into Aperture. I have Aperture set so that the > files are stored into a folder on my 2nd internal drive on my Mac, not > in the Aperture library. > > 2) Once Import is done I go to the album with all images in it and put > Aperture in full screen mode. I quickly tab through the images giving a > 1 star rating to the ones I like. I then go back to all 1 star images > and edit more tightly, > > 3) I adjust the final images tweaking levels, contrast, shadow > highlight, color, saturation and all that jazz. > > 4) I export the images from Aperture depending on how I am delivering > the images and what the end use is. Aperture applies all changes at > this point only to the exported files, the originals are not touched. > When I export I send to a subfolder in that job's folder called > "Converted" or something like that. > > I then either ftp, e-mail or burn a CD and fed-ex the images to my client. > > Very Seldom do my images make it into Photoshop. > > I later take all images from the shoot and copy them to an external > drive and burn DVDs also > > When I used Windoze my workflow was very much the same except I did my > selections in first Bridge then converted using Adobe Camera Raw, then > later I used Bibble after seeing how much better its conversions were. > I would think a very similar workflow would work for DMR files but using > a program that reads the files. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >