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MartinL · 08/19/07, 05:39 AM

I shoot only RAW and on two different systems. I do no in-camera processing. My work (unfortunately) requires dSLR and some pretty big, weighty lenses. I got my M8 about the same time I upgraded from CS to CS3, which has made the workflow much more pleasant.

I download via Bridge with pretty simple filing requirements, Date, "Custom" (event) name, and sequential numbering. I like to take at least several days with the photos before doing any processing. Occasionally, I can't do this for my work photos, but usually I can. This time allows me to make several passes through the photos, each time dumping a few more. Sometimes, if other people are available, I'll ask for their impressions.

I admire the stamina of those who will (or must) spend an entire night doing this work, but initial editing, IMO, is the most important step; visual overload and premature (or just plain poor) judgments are responsible for lots of lost pictures, and for many poor shots seeing the light of day.

After selection/editing, I do a relatively fast WB, exposure correction, and maybe more before going to PS. There, I often do some curve adjust, resize, sharpen. I typically do not crop now. At this stage, I resize to 72 (maybe 96) and (typically) a 10" high and 6+" portrait and 13+" landscape. This, sets up my second stage of decision-making. The sized pics are shared with family or colleagues via email or website. From these, I decide on promising candidates for more processing attention, posting, and/or printing.

Once decided on these latter, I return to the DNG file and do more careful work----start to finish.

08/19/07, 05:39 AM	#38 (permalink)
MartinL Benutzer Join Date: 05/06/07 Posts: 36	Re: Workflow examples I shoot only RAW and on two different systems. I do no in-camera processing. My work (unfortunately) requires dSLR and some pretty big, weighty lenses. I got my M8 about the same time I upgraded from CS to CS3, which has made the workflow much more pleasant. I download via Bridge with pretty simple filing requirements, Date, "Custom" (event) name, and sequential numbering. I like to take at least several days with the photos before doing any processing. Occasionally, I can't do this for my work photos, but usually I can. This time allows me to make several passes through the photos, each time dumping a few more. Sometimes, if other people are available, I'll ask for their impressions. I admire the stamina of those who will (or must) spend an entire night doing this work, but initial editing, IMO, is the most important step; visual overload and premature (or just plain poor) judgments are responsible for lots of lost pictures, and for many poor shots seeing the light of day. After selection/editing, I do a relatively fast WB, exposure correction, and maybe more before going to PS. There, I often do some curve adjust, resize, sharpen. I typically do not crop now. At this stage, I resize to 72 (maybe 96) and (typically) a 10" high and 6+" portrait and 13+" landscape. This, sets up my second stage of decision-making. The sized pics are shared with family or colleagues via email or website. From these, I decide on promising candidates for more processing attention, posting, and/or printing. Once decided on these latter, I return to the DNG file and do more careful work----start to finish.