norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2007/02/12/shootingRawhttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/02/12/shootingRaw/comments.atom2012-02-13T08:50:47.935977ZComment 1 on /2007/02/12/shootingRawhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012007-02-12T23:23:30Z2007-02-12T23:23:30ZMalcolm Tredinnickda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I have a very similar workflow to yours (with a slightly older Nikon D70) -- although I can't always be bothered going through the GIMP plugin, so I sometimes just upload the auto-converted versions.

I recently worked out a work-around to some problems I'd had with copying EXIF information over to my jpeg previews. A post I did on this may be of some interest or use to you. To see the problems that I am trying to solve have a look at the output from "exiv2 pr photo.jpg" after a ufraw conversion, versus the result after adding in the extra exiv2 step.

Comment 2 on /2007/02/12/shootingRawhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022007-02-13T23:58:32Z2007-02-13T23:58:32ZTimda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I suspect I have a somewhat different workflow. I try to minimize the need to delete at all stages: being 99% a landscapie at heart, I believe in taking control at time of shooting, understanding and choosing parameters to taste. A 256M CF card, allowing 17 shots in an afternoon, is quite enough when they almost all come out decent - and although I've gone up to a 1G card, I'll still not be running rampant with bulk over quality. (This is particularly relevant since I also shoot MF and LF film, processing b&w myself.)

When I'm shooting digitally, images may still get deleted through chimping, but that's infrequent. The rest of the workflow is simple: NEFs get offloaded to a new directory, bulk-converted to DNG, which are then edited (mostly tweaks to levels, curves, HSV, crop, optionally funny effects) in Photoshop to PSD. If I find a naff shot has made it through, I'll skip it at this stage (probably happens about once a month). Then a couple of PS actions to produce an image under 1600x1200 with borders in 8-bit sRGB, then ImageMagick to bulk-convert down to within 800x600, adding copyright text. These I upload to my general dumping-ground and leave to stew for a while (at least a week for the rose-tint to fade), before taking a selection of the best for use in the gallery. Film is scanned to TIFF and processed as PSD etc. I archive NEFs and full-size JPEGs only - no TIFFs, no PSDs, no DNGs. This is enough to allow me to upload the jpeg to photobox later if I want, or to re-process it keeping an eye on how I did it previously, and keeps wastage down too.

Comment 3 on /2007/02/12/shootingRawhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032007-02-15T16:01:41Z2007-02-15T16:01:41Zraminda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Since I mainly photograph dogs doing what they do, most of my photography is in high-quality jpeg. However, I've started using raw for most other situations lately to benefit from the added control.

My workflow is: move images into folders based on shooting date. Then go through the pictures and delete the crap (however, many memorable crap shots may still remain ;).

After this I'll open the shots worth publishing with the Gimp + UFraw, Photoshop, or Lightroom and do what needs to be done. Sometimes I process more, sometimes less. The processed files are saved as jpg, tiff, png, or psd in a subfolder. The reason why I don't use xcf to save the processed images is Photoshop, which my wife uses.