Eoin Posted October 21, 2007 Share #21 Posted October 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I’m new, so I find this thread quite interesting. The consensus so far, is C1. Likewise, I see Aperture isn’t referenced as a possibility so I was wondering why.Regards, I'll give you a vote for aperture and say for ultimate resolution (on screen) C1 is hard to beat. But if you play with the 3 initial raw adjustments (Sharpening, Chroma Blur and Auto noise reduction) to taste and then use the sharpen and edge sharpening in aperture you'll get very acceptable output in a stream lined workflow within aperture that would be hard to beat in print format from any other application. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 21, 2007 Posted October 21, 2007 Hi Eoin, Take a look here So what is the "best" workflow for the M8?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
hdrmd Posted October 21, 2007 Share #22 Posted October 21, 2007 Shoot Raw- Edit in Photo Mechanic-Open and tone, sharpen, etc in CS3- Save for reference on at least two hard drives in Aperture- Upload for sale to Digital Railroad. Regards. DR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndjambrose Posted October 22, 2007 Share #23 Posted October 22, 2007 I’m new, so I find this thread quite interesting. The consensus so far, is C1. Likewise, I see Aperture isn’t referenced as a possibility so I was wondering why.Regards, I use Aperture for my workflow and for maintaining my digital library and it works admirably. If I had to guess why it doesn't have much penetration in this forum it's probably because it's expensive, Mac only, and requires fairly high-end hardware, so obviously it's not a solution for everyone. But in terms of its potential I find it's far beyond what Capture One can offer, and LightRoom is its only real competitor. I've found the combination of Aperture and Photoshop to be excellent workflow solution, and I use it day in, day out for all my work, personal and commercial. I have no use for C1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eziomi Posted October 22, 2007 Share #24 Posted October 22, 2007 I use Aperture for my workflow and for maintaining my digital library and it works admirably. If I had to guess why it doesn't have much penetration in this forum it's probably because it's expensive, Mac only, and requires fairly high-end hardware, so obviously it's not a solution for everyone. But in terms of its potential I find it's far beyond what Capture One can offer, and LightRoom is its only real competitor. I've found the combination of Aperture and Photoshop to be excellent workflow solution, and I use it day in, day out for all my work, personal and commercial. I have no use for C1. I agree 100%. Once you have the right hardware, Apertureis the best. EM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted October 22, 2007 Share #25 Posted October 22, 2007 after C1 conversion from DNG to Jpeg, I use Photoshop CS to resize for upload to flickr, but the colour comes out washed/flat sometimes, anyone knows why? I know I have have lost something during the conversion. Make sure that the files are in sRGB colour space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted October 22, 2007 Share #26 Posted October 22, 2007 I run the files through the Adobe SNG converter, catalogue them in Expression (formally iView Media Pro) and use ACR/CS3 for editing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelikan1931 Posted November 2, 2007 Share #27 Posted November 2, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Make sure that the files are in sRGB colour space. is it ok if I use adobe1998 colour space instead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted November 2, 2007 Share #28 Posted November 2, 2007 Neil, Took a brief look at color shots on your web site. Really interesting and your own style. I'll look again. Best, Mitchell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottv Posted November 4, 2007 Share #29 Posted November 4, 2007 is it ok if I use adobe1998 colour space instead? I think that on uploading on the internet picture files are automatically converted to sRGB. This desaturates the colurs somewhat. Convert prior to upload and tweak according to taste. Cheers Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottv Posted November 4, 2007 Share #30 Posted November 4, 2007 I've been using ACR/PS but having tried C1 v4 II, I'm impressed by the m8 profile. Skin tone, contrast and colour are nice though blacks seem to block up more quickly. Since I'm looking at C1, it might be time to revisit Aperture given the comments here. Cheers Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted November 4, 2007 Share #31 Posted November 4, 2007 Well, coming back to all the issues which do NOT work with the M8, the best workflow is to 1) shoot as long as you an without any problems (which might not be too long) 2) send your camera & lenses back to Solms for repair 3) if you time that right then you can wait during this period for a FW upgrade 4) get back your camera, update FW and hope all works again for another few weeks, before you have to reiterate this cycle again Sorry, but this is my experience so far with that very expensive and even more exclusive system :-(((( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffreyg Posted November 4, 2007 Share #32 Posted November 4, 2007 Good question, good thread. A few thoughts - - use the BW RAW + JPG shooting setup - keep all the files stored elsewhere unedited (as a "film" type backup). - also dump the entire file into Iphoto for quick viewing, selection. Edit mercilessly (throw stuff out) - for simple stuff, print from Iphoto directly. Use it like making proof sheets, for viewing. Print BW JPG's at 4x6 size, very nice - fast and simple. - for really good shots, I go back to the "darkroom": open the selected RAW file in C1, convert to TIFF and work in PS, Imageprint (if necessary). Aperture would be a nice "one stop shop", but its memory requirements and speed issues are just not working for me. Its not lean and quick like Iphoto, and its not quality+simple like the C1 and PS combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted November 4, 2007 Share #33 Posted November 4, 2007 Edit mercilessly (throw stuff out) No, no, no. Stuff that can look crap now can look much better seen through the lens of time. Keep everything, storage is cheap. The only things I throw away are images where the exposure or focus are so poor that it's impossible to salvage anything. That doesn't mean that you have to use everything of course - and you're free to disagree <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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