Great idea to collect the different workflows - it will immediately show what the
hell time most of us spend on workflow instead of shooting and finalizing.
I'm shooting DNG, using MacBook Pro, Aperture and (temporarily) Adobe DNG Converter until OS X will support the M8.
Here is my workflow:
(1) Put the SD card into the card reader and connet to computer
>> DNG Converter will automatically start and choose the folder of the mounted card.
DNG_converter.jpg
(2) Hit the button CONVERT
>> DNG Converter will convert and save the converted files to the predefined folder.
(3) Quit DNG Converter
(4) Open APERTURE
(5) Choose the destination (project, album) within APERTURE where the files should be importet to
(6) Hit the import-arrow and choose the folder the converted files are in
>> APERTURE will show all the images to let me choose which to import which to ignore.
(7) Select part or all of the images and hit import button
Aperture_import.jpg
(8) Make fundamental corrections to the images if necessary within APERTURE (WB, sharping, cropping etc.)
(9) If necessary creating several versions of the images within APERTURE without dublicating a file or the original DNG file
(10) If necessary sending a file to Photoshop and getting it back into APERTURE just by saving it within Photoshop
(11) Hit the vault-button in APERTURE to ensure a backup of my files
(12) Quit APERTURE
That's it. Step (1) to (3) will be obsolete when APERTURE will support the M8.
Best
Holger