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04/09/2009 03:07:39 PM · #1 |
I shot my first Wedding last weekend, and being new to the world of having producing large numbers of photos I was hoping for some advice. I have been doing the vast majority of shot-tweaking in camera raw, but I don't really trust it's ability to sharpen as you have to full to 100% to even get a preview. Does anyone have a preferred bulk-sharpener? I have about 300 shots to get through so opening each one in photoshop isn't really an option!
Thanks
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04/09/2009 03:12:43 PM · #2 |
Are you planning to give them 300 edited photos? That's not usual, as I understand it. I think the usual procedure is to select a contracted number to edit from some kind of proof sheet and only work on those.
You can use Photoshop anyway -- create an action to open, (perhaps resize and) sharpen, and save as a new file, then run a Batch operation on your folder of images using that action. |
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04/09/2009 03:27:34 PM · #3 |
I'm giving them a lot of shots yeh but I'm not going all out on all of them. I'm converting a lot of the shots in RAW, I'll send them those out, and If they like any in particular that I haven't done a full job on I'll give them another pass.
They're friends of mine so I'm not bothered about putting the extra work in - also the 300 shots includes 3 full days of shooting. They put on a full weekend in the country for their friends so I was covering that and I did a TTD shoot the day before the wedding. All in all around 2000 shots to go through!
I did think about a Photoshop action, I'd prefer adjusting each shot manually though. |
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04/09/2009 03:38:18 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by JimiRose:
I did think about a Photoshop action, I'd prefer adjusting each shot manually though. |
Adjusting each manually and using a "bulk" processor seem mutually contradictory to me ... :-( |
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04/09/2009 03:52:14 PM · #5 |
Yeh you're probably right there... :0)
Thanks for the advice, I'm doing a batch action and I'll check through them afterwards to make sure non are oversharpened. |
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04/09/2009 04:01:41 PM · #6 |
| Try sorting the photos into groups according to tonal range and amount of detail, then create an action with the "right amount" of sharpening based on a representative image from each group. You can probably get it to 2-4 groups, and get something a bit better than using the same setting for everything. |
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04/09/2009 04:05:22 PM · #7 |
| You can always write stops into your actions to tweak each one as needed but eliminate the get shot, open shot, 15% contrast boost, open curves, ect stuff that every shot is going to get. |
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04/09/2009 07:18:04 PM · #8 |
| I really prefer my bulk to be soft. |
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