Digital Workflow Tips needed for RAW
Discussion
Just had 2 events at weekedend, one at Crail Raceway and another today on a glamour shoot. Roughly 300 pics per event all shot in RAW format. Question is what is the best way to process and manipulate these images and with what software.
Canon offers Digital Photo Professional which I have tended to use. Have also used ACR in Photoshop 3 and have just purchased Adobe Lightroom.
Now at a loss as to which package to use to get basic tone, exposure, cropping, sharpness adjustments before export to JPEG. Any tips greatly appreciated.
N
Canon offers Digital Photo Professional which I have tended to use. Have also used ACR in Photoshop 3 and have just purchased Adobe Lightroom.
Now at a loss as to which package to use to get basic tone, exposure, cropping, sharpness adjustments before export to JPEG. Any tips greatly appreciated.
N
puckrup said:
Canon offers Digital Photo Professional which I have tended to use. Have also used ACR in Photoshop 3 and have just purchased Adobe Lightroom.
Now at a loss as to which package to use...
You bought Lightroom (£200ish?) and don't know whether to use it or not? Now at a loss as to which package to use...
Do you know that Version 2 is due to be released very soon?I recommend you buy this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photoshop-Lightroom-Digita...
Edited by Andy M on Monday 5th May 20:58
I too have just started playing around with the RAW functions on my Nikon D70.
I downloaded the windowns upgrade for viewing Raw files from Microsoft and ever since the computer has been running like it has the Flue or something.
Would also appreciate any links and tips if anyone else has got them.
Thanks in advance.
Regards Ryan
I downloaded the windowns upgrade for viewing Raw files from Microsoft and ever since the computer has been running like it has the Flue or something.
Would also appreciate any links and tips if anyone else has got them.
Thanks in advance.
Regards Ryan
I use Lightroom for everything these days. Copy the files from the camera to folder(s), import into LR, adding some tags. Once loaded I then quickly go through them in sequence and give them a rating of 1 to 5 stars based on what they look like on the screen, 1 = very bad, 2 = don't delete just yet, 3 = OK to show others, 4 = good, 5 = excellent.
I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
At the end, I'll go through all the 2s, and a couple end up as 3s, but most end up getting deleted.
I also use the colours to filter photos, but generally to help me group them together, and I use one colour for ones that I'd like to print out (makes it easier to select them all as a group, and export full size/quality), and others for exporting to web size.
John
I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
At the end, I'll go through all the 2s, and a couple end up as 3s, but most end up getting deleted.
I also use the colours to filter photos, but generally to help me group them together, and I use one colour for ones that I'd like to print out (makes it easier to select them all as a group, and export full size/quality), and others for exporting to web size.
John
JohnS said:
I use Lightroom for everything these days. Copy the files from the camera to folder(s), import into LR, adding some tags. Once loaded I then quickly go through them in sequence and give them a rating of 1 to 5 stars based on what they look like on the screen, 1 = very bad, 2 = don't delete just yet, 3 = OK to show others, 4 = good, 5 = excellent.
I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
At the end, I'll go through all the 2s, and a couple end up as 3s, but most end up getting deleted.
I also use the colours to filter photos, but generally to help me group them together, and I use one colour for ones that I'd like to print out (makes it easier to select them all as a group, and export full size/quality), and others for exporting to web size.
John
John, that's good advice and exactly what I'm after. I was struggling with 300+ photos and the multitudes of software packages that do similar things. Have been using Lighroom now for a while and it is more flexible I find than Canon's DPP and CS3 ACR. Especially like the feature where you can copy and paste settings from one image to other similar images.I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
At the end, I'll go through all the 2s, and a couple end up as 3s, but most end up getting deleted.
I also use the colours to filter photos, but generally to help me group them together, and I use one colour for ones that I'd like to print out (makes it easier to select them all as a group, and export full size/quality), and others for exporting to web size.
John
My problem was deciding which shots to keep and those to delete - tend to look now at sharp focus and composition then like you said adjust colour/tone/exposure. I do spend far less time with CS3 which does help!
So - see you at Knockhill next week! Glad this works out with your Trinidad trip,
Neil
JohnS said:
I use Lightroom for everything these days. Copy the files from the camera to folder(s), import into LR, adding some tags. Once loaded I then quickly go through them in sequence and give them a rating of 1 to 5 stars based on what they look like on the screen, 1 = very bad, 2 = don't delete just yet, 3 = OK to show others, 4 = good, 5 = excellent.
I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
I use exactly the same system I then filter all the 1s and delete them from disk as well as from Lightroom, look at the 4s and 5s, and maybe re-assign a few. I'll then adjust the best ones and upload them to my flickr account. I generally won't do any processing on the 3s, unless I've got plenty of time, and/or someone has asked for a photos of a particular car etc.
though different software..I rank all the shots 1 to 5, then look at 4>= and decide what to export.
Cheers.
puckrup said:
Once you have deleted, modified, paint-shopped your selection do you tend to keep the JPEG's that you output in separate folders or just keep the RAW files?
N
I keep the RAWs and also the edits (as compressed tif's), then back everything up N
Cheers.
Edited by flat-planedCrank on Friday 9th May 21:30
If I export for the web, then I'll upload to flickr and then delete the web sized jpg's after a while. I keep the RAWs and the Lightroom settings, so I can easily generate them again in the future.
About once a month, I backup all the LR catalogues (I tend to create dozens of small ones that are easier to manage, than one big one) onto CD/DVD.
I tend to put all the JPGs I am getting printed onto a CD to take to Costco, and I can then keep the CD as a permanent backup if I ever need to make more prints of some photos.
Trinidad/work - I actually fitted the work trips around the track event
About once a month, I backup all the LR catalogues (I tend to create dozens of small ones that are easier to manage, than one big one) onto CD/DVD.
I tend to put all the JPGs I am getting printed onto a CD to take to Costco, and I can then keep the CD as a permanent backup if I ever need to make more prints of some photos.
Trinidad/work - I actually fitted the work trips around the track event
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