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01/13/2009 10:02:02 PM · #1 |
Hello, I am new to Lightroom 2.2 and wanted to get some input on workflow. I am having trouble getting started.
A bit of history...
I previously used iPhoto and only shot in jpeg. I recently got my new Canon 50D and want to take my photography to the next level. I started shooting in RAW not too long ago. I just got Lightroom 2.2 with hopes of doing faster post-processing, smoother workflow, better organization of pictures. Here's what I am doing so far....
-Import pictures from camera -> external harddrive -> RAW Archival Folder
-Import those RAW pictures into LR and convert to DNG -> Save to DNG Folder on external HD
-Sort through DNG pictures on LR and do picks/rejects. Delete rejects from folder (still with all files in RAW folder)
-Convert to JPEG
At this point, I am confused what to do. I want to keep the harddrive on my laptop clean. I only have a laptop (no desktop), so I don't want to oversaturate it and make it slow. So, I am mainly working through my external hard drive. However, I wanted to possibly keep a folder of JPEGs on my laptop hard drive in order to work with the pictures later through flicker/webpages/emailing/printing, etc...without having to access my external. I also want to make a copy of JPEGs for the external hard drive (for backup). Is this being redundant? Do I need to add those JPEGs to the LR catalog? (Then would have two copies of pictures in LR...DNG and JPEG)
Any help from those who are more experienced would be great!
Thank you in advance!
Yolanda
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01/13/2009 10:09:08 PM · #2 |
Erm, I'm a bit confused by the workflow but I can tell you this: Lightroom often tags JPG's and makes them ineligible as originals for challenges. In addition, we don't accept DNG files as originals for your camera either -- we'd need the RAW or an untagged JPG.
Not that you want to base your entire photography workflow on DPC or anything. :)
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01/13/2009 10:21:06 PM · #3 |
No shortage of opinions will follow, but here are two of mine.
First, you aren't going to slow your computer down in any appreciable way by storing image files on it. It's made to store and retrieve data.
Second, better to do most of your editing using the 'raw' in lightroom or exporting it into photoshop as a 16 bit tiff. Jpeg's are compressed and contain less image data, so you are working with a gimped image right out of the gate. |
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