Workflow refers to the actions a photographer takes to produce a finished product. This includes the process from taking a file from the camera, through editing on a computer to printing the file (and more).
3
votes
3answers
115 views
Best order of doing things when editing scanned photos in Photoshop?
What (in your opinion) is the optimum order of doing the following to a scanned image in PhotoShop?
Cropping
Manually adjust Levels (RGB and density)
Manually adjust Curves
Manually adjust ...
2
votes
1answer
78 views
How to automatically sync photos from the Eye-fi import software to iPhoto on a Mac?
I bought an eye-fi SD card to enable wifi upload of the photos from my non wifi capable camera. It works fine.
My trouble starts in the postprocessing part of my workflow. To use eye-fi one has to ...
6
votes
2answers
274 views
What does “workflow” mean?
I keep seeing the term "workflow" in relation to post-processing being used here and on other sites. What does it actually mean though?
To me it sounds like it means you do A, then B, then C every ...
4
votes
3answers
311 views
Good workflow to review and delete photos with Darktable?
I've just got a new camera, which I have already started taking a lot of photos with. Hard drive space isn't THAT cheap, and I would like to get a work-flow together to quickly go through images, ...
1
vote
2answers
116 views
How effective is automatic fixing of RAW files?
I was wondering if there is any good software for automatic fixing of RAW files, that is, a basic initial fix of exposure, vibrance, sharpening and NR.
I heard about Athentech. However, I could not ...
7
votes
6answers
479 views
What is your workflow for “don't care” photos?
Let's say you've got a set of photos in a trip and, apart from a few really noteworthy, all others are nice photos, but not so much for you to spend a lot of time processing on them. In such ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
What workflow order makes sense with Lightroom 4 and Nik Software?
I was thinking about how to optimize my workflow with these two tools and seek for advice. I would say one possible workflow would be the one below:
adjust basic settings (exposure, black/white, ...
1
vote
2answers
152 views
Action for processing a RAW file with smart object
I've been a wedding photographer for 25 years, just upgraded from CS5 to CS6 with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) V7. Unbelieveable difference! Can't believe the highlight recovery. Just started to make ...
5
votes
1answer
68 views
Considerations for a Digital to Film workflow?
I've always loved the deep blacks of a wet mono print, it's not something I see often (if ever) from an inkjet and so I'd like to try to do a wet print from a digital negative.
I don't really want to ...
16
votes
4answers
648 views
How do I explain that post-processing is an important step in producing good photos?
Yesterday I shot a few very good pictures, went home and post-processed them. After a few hours, I showed the results to my friends. They told me "you did that with Photoshop", as I which is true, but ...
4
votes
1answer
168 views
Why does my computer show an image shot in RAW + JPEG as two JPEGs instead of one RAW and one JPEG?
I shot images in RAW + JPEG mode in Canon T3i. There are double images, but both of them are JPEGs. When I view in camera, I see the files size as 26 MB, but when I open the camera folder in computer ...
2
votes
2answers
189 views
How should I categorise my photos in Lightroom?
I am using Eric Scouten's method here: http://ericscouten.com/2012/03/05/lightroom-technique-how-i-organize-my-catalog-and-why-2012-edition/
but I am finding that although his color label presets are ...
2
votes
2answers
375 views
How to properly deal with lens distortion in Sony NEX RAW files?
I have a Sony NEX6 camera and when using the 16-50 kit lens the photos shot in RAW has a lot of distortions. You either have to let the camera correct it using jpeg or you are expected to use Sony's ...
8
votes
3answers
234 views
Does Lightroom apply edits in the order I do them, or does it intelligently reorder them?
The matter of the correct order of applying sharpening has been discussed various times (I will pick this question as an example, but it's not the only one), with a clear consensus which can be summed ...
8
votes
2answers
263 views
Where in my workflow should I sharpen?
All my photography tools have sharpening options.
My camera has sharpening (in the picture profile). Not sure that applies to RAW though.
In Lightroom I can sharpen twice: in develop and in export
...
3
votes
1answer
237 views
Advice on storing and organizing exported files alongside RAW files
This is a rather open ended question. I realize that everyone's workflow is different, and there are no ultimate solutions that work for everyone, but I would like to ask you for advice about storing ...
7
votes
5answers
444 views
Is Lightroom 4 quicker if I use a separate catalog per image folder?
I am trying to improve my workflow and was wondering if I could achieve a greater level of performace from Lightroom 4 if I were to create a separate catalog for each time I import.
1
vote
1answer
48 views
How can I select photos that are deleted in the working set from a backup?
I have a set of photos that I have backed up in two different locations. So I have three sets in total.
In my working set, I deleted the photos that I deemed not good enough to keep. I actually ...
2
votes
2answers
505 views
What software raw converter can convert from .raf to .jpg, replicating the Fujifilm in-camera raw conversion algorithm?
Why I ask for software
To perform batch conversion of many existing .raf files to .jpg.
Why I want Fujifilm's algorithm, specifically
I have tried Lightroom and Silkypix, and both fail to give ...
10
votes
4answers
302 views
How to automatically identify bracketed image sets among 100s of images?
I take a lot of photos. Quite many of those (cca 50%) are bracketed ones to create HDR images later. I would like to automatically identify the bracketed sets and move those to a separate folder for ...
1
vote
4answers
1k views
Workflow solution for working with an iPad and Windows PC?
I am having trouble putting together a workflow that will enable me to use my iPad to sort through and filter my photos into albums and then have the albums easily synced across to my PC (ideally into ...
2
votes
1answer
181 views
Adding context to your images, specifically within Apple Aperture
I am an amateur photographer, and am looking to streamline my aperture workflow. Up till now, I have added specific "version name" metadata to all my photos, for example:
"Exhausted after a long ...
1
vote
0answers
146 views
Sharing metatdata editing with Aperture and PhotoMechanic
Is it possible to have enable editing photo metadata (keywords, rating, stars, color) in both Aperture and Photo Mechanic if the files are stored in Aperture as "referenced" files?
I did a quick ...
4
votes
2answers
327 views
Family Mac workflow to enable family editing/viewing of images/movies
What is the best software/hardware solution for editing/storage/viewing of a family's digital images/movies on multiple Macs? The family wants to collaborate on editing using Aperture and iMovie. We ...
2
votes
2answers
463 views
Post-processing workflows for outdoor baby photography
I am a pretty novice photographer, and I just shot some pictures of my 9mo baby girl outside next to our garden. This was my first shoot outside that I want to really make the pictures special.
The ...
11
votes
1answer
728 views
Are digital backdrop workflows more cost efficient than muslin backdrops for studios?
Short Version
Digital backdrops (chroma color with backdrop added in post production) are being pushed on photographers more and more these days. While it's obvious the flexibility that this provides ...
2
votes
3answers
304 views
Resizing/pixel-binning workflow?
I'm thinking of going from DX to FX (crop to full frame) this summer. I'm a Nikon user so the options are D800, a used D700 or the unreleased D600 which is rumored to be 24MP.
If I don't go with the ...
12
votes
2answers
302 views
What software or workflow can I use to keep track of who is who at events?
I sometimes shoot at public events. I will take pictures of people/groups and, if they like the photos, give them a card with my email on so they can get a copy of the photo(s) later, if they want. To ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
What to do in Lightroom when shooting both RAW and JPEG?
I have recently started:
Shooting both RAW & JPEG
Using Lightroom 4
Currently when I import my photos into Lightroom I am using the (default) option to ignore duplicates, this means that only ...
3
votes
1answer
105 views
Is it possible to filter for exported/printed photographs in Lightroom?
To keep track of the pics that I print or export I am currently adding a tag (such as "print") and using Smart collections which filter on these tags. This has a major failure point, in requiring that ...
11
votes
4answers
3k views
Is Lightroom overkill for a JPG-oriented workflow?
I am a passionate not a professional,
I shoot most of the time in jpg because:
I usually don't have the time to process raw
raw takes a lot more space (and I feel my D700 jpgs are huge already!)
...
3
votes
2answers
354 views
Card cloner software for Windows
As part of my workflow I would like to clone the SD card first thing before I do anything.
Does anyone know of a good external USB drive cloner for Windows 7?
Mac has this functionality natively ...
3
votes
3answers
844 views
In Lightroom how can I see all photos that have been modified after they were exported
I am using Adobe Lightroom 4 and shoot RAW+JPG. I normally post process all my images and then bulk export them back out to JPG when done overwriting the original JPGs but sometimes I might forget to ...
6
votes
2answers
375 views
Is there a ticket system available for photographing the general public?
This is something I have been looking to do for quite some time. When the royal wedding happened last year(2011) we went into the centre of town where there was a big street party.
I started taking a ...
3
votes
4answers
347 views
What are the disadvantages of post processing only those pictures that I want to show?
When I go out for a shoot, I usually come back with 50 to 200 pictures based on that day's productivity. I am a busy person when I am not photographing. Here is the problem, post processing consumes a ...
14
votes
3answers
389 views
How does photography for digital display only differ?
I only want to capture images with the intent of displaying them on a digital screen. I do not want to print the images, ever. Do any specific considerations need to be made upon capturing the image ...
0
votes
2answers
138 views
How do I track what has been published to flickr from Lightroom?
I'm not so much interested in which method to use for publishing (like this question), I'm more interested in how I should go about marking images as "selected for publishing" and keeping track of ...
2
votes
1answer
242 views
In which order should I edit a photo between Lightroom and Photoshop?
Quick question: I currently use Lightroom and have Photoshop installed. If I intend to make an edit to a photo in Photoshop should I make my raw adjustments in Lightroom first then perform my ...
4
votes
6answers
1k views
What are the rules for editing a photo?
I just got a comment that I must edit my photo. God know how many hours I have spent editing my photos. Thus I was a little bit surprised. It was explained that there are certain rules when doing ...
6
votes
7answers
809 views
Tagging stuff: plural or singular?
My photo collection is pretty meagre but I've noticed that over time I seem to have moved between tagging photos with the plural of a noun, like "bridges" or "mountains" and at other times, the ...
4
votes
3answers
823 views
Is there photo analysis software which will pre-sort images by identifying potential technical problems?
I recently went on vacation and took close to 1,000 photographs. As usual there are some good ones, bad ones, blurry ones, etc.
In order to expedite post-processing, I was wondering if there is any ...
22
votes
9answers
2k views
Is version control software used for photos?
I am a software developer at heart and by trade, and spend a lot of time in development tools... One of the more useful development tool types is version control, and for the uninitiated, it works ...
8
votes
6answers
768 views
Should I add my exported photos to my Lightroom catalog?
After processing my RAW files in Lightroom, I often export JPGs to give to people or to post online. I create these files in a directory structure under an \Export top level directory. I'm trying to ...
3
votes
2answers
187 views
Should I perform the final color space conversion before or after final sharpening of an image?
When preparing an image for the web (or other media), the last two steps is usually to resize the image to the desired resolution and sharpen it at that resolution. However, when working in a ...
1
vote
3answers
491 views
How To work with Pick and Reject in Lightroom?
I'm new in Lightroom and looking for Pick/Reject Workflows strategies. Actually I'm following the Workflow suggested at the lighroomlab.com (Using Pick and Reject Flags in Lightroom) which roughly ...
8
votes
5answers
2k views
What Photoshop plugins are must haves?
When you as a photographer edit your photos in Photoshop (after some processing using Camera Raw or Lightroom) are there any Plug-ins/Actions/etc. (free or paid) that are must haves for you as a ...
4
votes
3answers
421 views
What are the inherent limitations of the iPad as a digital darkroom?
With all of this talk of the post pc era, what limits do the lack of a traditional laptop or desktop computer impose on digital photography? If I want to use a modern day DSLR and a device such as ...
0
votes
2answers
310 views
Photo sorting software / method / workflow [closed]
Finally went with a DSLR, Nikon D5100 after deliberating for a few years. (Not that I was in a hurry – I don't particularly need a DLSR but really like to take photographs, so time wasn't an issue.)
...
1
vote
1answer
244 views
In Lightroom, how can I move a set of filtered images preserving the folder order?
I'd like to move all my raw (.nef) files in my Lightroom catalog to another hard drive to free up space. However, I want to preserve the folder structure from the source drive to the other hard ...
1
vote
1answer
240 views
What are the differences of bringing RAW or JPEG into Photoshop?
Most of my images are in RAW format. When I bring an image into Photoshop, does it make a difference whether it's a JPEG or RAW? I understand the difference between JPEGs and RAW images. I'm just ...
