Typical Workflow

[W00DY]

Hi Guys,

I was wondering how everyone handles the workflow aspect of digital photography?

Does everyone shoot in NEF format?
Do you touchup every image or only the ones you are going to print / share on the web?
What software do you use for editing / viewing?

Basicaly at the moment I capture all my images in NEF and then transfer them using Nikon Capture Control. I then view them in Nikon View and if I want to make some changes I edit them in Nikon Capture Editer.

I only have the trial versions of all these and trying to decide if I should purchase the full version or not?

I also have Photoshop 7 which I am not very good at.

Your thoughts?

W00DY

[Raydar]

That’s about it mate.

I transfer with a card reader “no point using the cam any more than you have to”

I do all my PP in Photoshop; I have spent the last three years studying the program & still know nothing really.
My suggestion mate is to get to no PS you won’t regret it mate.

Cheers
Ray

[birddog114]

Woody,
I shoot NEF 100%
Use NC 4.1 to edit some photos that I need.
Open in Photoshop CS then I'll play around with the photos I want. Save and back-up the keeper and discard other.
If you want to quick learn about Photoshop 7, I post a link previously:
Book:
Photoshop book for digital photographer by Scott Kelby,
http://www.scottkelbybooks.com
very ease to use and don't have to study all the book before you can put your hand on it.
If you have time on Saturday, please join the meet at Sans Souci, I'll bring and show that book to you.
Honestly, I learned PS + PS CS from the books

[W00DY]

Woody,
If you have time on Saturday, please join the meet at Sans Souci, I'll bring and show that book to you. Honestly, I learned PS + PS CS from the books

I am hoping to make it to Sans Souci but considering I will have a new 2 week old baby (plus a VERY active 2 year old) I don't like my chances.

Thanks for the offer though and I will check out the book.

W00DY

[Onyx]

I make those "Nikon capture adjustments" in-camera, before taking the shot. I shoot in jpeg and when the shutter releases, that's it - the image is final and never again altered.

Browsing/viewing is done in WinXP's default image preview program. Images for web publishing/printing are opened in PS7 and reduced in size and USM applied. Uploaded to web or transferred to flash mem for shop prints, or printed on home printer.

For users with the trial versions of Nikon Capture, do NOT ever change the time/date within your operating system or the software will expire no matter what, and it won't be recoverable!

[W00DY]

Another question on workflow

Do you backup ALL your images or only the ones you are going to fix up (if required) and keep?

Basically if you go out and take 90 images and you decide that 30 are worth keeping do you still backup all 90 images or do you delete them never to be seen again?

W00DY

[birddog114]

Me, I'm mostly keep them, perhaps for another use or study the EXIF in the near future, but I do sort them out between the keeper and the "may be" trash, then catalog and burn into a dvd or a CD for archiving.
I do use: TDK Armor Plates blank DVD+R for archiving all the keepers.

[W00DY]

Me, I'm mostly keep them, perhaps for another use or study the EXIF in the near future, but I do sort them out between the keeper and the "may be" trash, then catalog and burn into a dvd or a CD for archiving.

Yeah, I think that is the way to go.

I do use: TDK Armor Plates blank DVD+R for archiving all the keepers.

Any reason that you use these DVD's??? At the moment I just have Princo ones. Is there a big difference in quality?

W00DY

[birddog114]

TDK Armor Plates is more high quality and its life is last more longer in storage in comparison with Lase or Princo. We use TDK Armor Plates DVD for archiving all data from our Finance and Govt. customers

""Introducing Armour Plated DVD, an exclusive TDK recording media breakthrough. Armour Plated discs are 100X more scratch resistant than standard DVD discs. Ink and smudges? No problem?The recording side easily wipes clean. Ideal for storing treasured home videos, digital photos and anything else that must be kept safe and sound"

http://www.tdk.com.au/products/multimed ... ge.htm#dvd

[thinkpic]

Hi evreyone.

I am trying to get my colour profiles to match but having problems. Currently whenever I open an image with the colour profile "Adobe RGB" in Photshop 7 ( colour space set to: Adobe RGB) I get a warning saying I have an enbedded profile mismatch. It says that photshop is set to "Adobe RGB (1998)" and that the profile embedded on the shot is "Nikon D70".

I guess that there is a difference between Adobe RGB (1998) and the closest thing the camera offers which is Adobe RGB. I suppose that because photshop doesn't have Adobe RGB it reads it as a custom profile and defaults it to "Nikon D70" but I don't know what to do to get the colour space and the image colour profile to match. I am working on a mac running OSX 10.3.3

Any hints?



Thanks

Paul

[W00DY]

I also get this same message but usually just use the embedded colour profile, it seems to be correct.

W00DY

[gstark]

Paul,

IIRC, the AdobeRGB is different from the sRGB that you'll be using in the D70. As Woody says, use the embedded profile.

Or perhaps Sylvia's PC.

[Marvin]

Birddog, where do you get your TDK armor plates? I have been looking online to find some - our local computer store, of course, has never heard of them.
Thanks,
Marvin

[thinkpic]

Thanks for your tip Woody. I'll do as you say. And thanks Gary. Ill take your suggestion re Sylvia's computer on advisement.

Regards

Pauil

[birddog114]

Birddog, where do you get your TDK armor plates? I have been looking online to find some - our local computer store, of course, has never heard of them.
Thanks,
Marvin

Please email me.
Regards