Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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