What is your Workflow?

[Binford]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

I'm considering giving capture NX a shot though, but haven't yet out of laziness and cost. Sometimes I kind of wish I had given lightroom a more thorough try, but now i'm too lazy to bother since my library is all set with aperture. maybe one day when i'm really in the mood...

 

[tersono]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

I'm considering giving capture NX a shot though, but haven't yet out of laziness and cost. Sometimes I kind of wish I had given lightroom a more thorough try, but now i'm too lazy to bother since my library is all set with aperture. maybe one day when i'm really in the mood...

I tried Capture NX and wasn't impressed - very clunky indeed. I have a hard time choosing between Aperture and Lightroom - they both have their advantages, but have plumped for Aperture, if only because I've spent enough time with it to get comfortable with it.

 

[Edge100]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

I'm considering giving capture NX a shot though, but haven't yet out of laziness and cost. Sometimes I kind of wish I had given lightroom a more thorough try, but now i'm too lazy to bother since my library is all set with aperture. maybe one day when i'm really in the mood...

RAW->Lightroom->Jpeg OR TIFF

I'll only export TIFFs if there is some additional PS work to do (mainly Noise Ninja or some layer work). Also if I'm doing an HDR, I'll export three TIFFs for Photomatix (-2, 0, +2 EV).

What I'm wondering is how does everyone then manage those exported files? Do people import these back into Aperture/LR? I need a good system for managing these, because I'll often do different edits for different purposes (prints, Smugmug exports, Facebook exports, etc), and I'm starting to get too many exported files. I think I may just start bringing these back into LR, unless someone has a better strategy.

 

[Kebabselector]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

That's not lazy, it's efficient.

Mine is similar

Raw upload via Eos Utility -> Lightroom -> Jpeg

 

[JeffTL]

I import my Nikon D50 raws directly into Lightroom. I use the GIMP if I need anything more powerful than Lightroom, and Photomatix for HDR. With academic discounts, I bought my whole software suite for just $130.

 

[Mr.Noisy]

Simple is more efficient

RAW > CS2/CS3 > Tiff
or
RAW > CS2/CS3 > Tiff > PhotoMatrix > Jpeg

Depends what/who I'm Processing the Image for really

agree with tersono NX isn't great, save your wedge

 

[ChrisA]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

Why the last step? Seriously. What do you do with the jpg files?

My workflow is this:
RAW/JPG -> Aperture -> end product
or many times
RAW/JPG -> Aperture -> Photoshop -> Aperture -> end product

Where "end product" might be a print, DVD, digital picture frame, book, slide show....

 

[onomatopoeia]

Why the last step? Seriously. What do you do with the jpg files?

I'm just guessing but "post them on the Internet" seems like a good answer.

 

[srf4real]

Used to run three or four apps at once to do everything... then I downloaded Aperture 2 and bought it.

Now it's raw > Aperture > print /post /galleries /web page /email, etc...

and of course from Aperture to an occasional edit in PSE 4 for the extreme case. rarely.

 

[Kebabselector]

I'm just guessing but "post them on the Internet" seems like a good answer.

End of work flow depends on what people want. But usually involves me sticking on the web (watermarked and low res), before they tell me what they want to keep.

 

[Digital Skunk]

There's nothing lazy about taking out time consuming steps.

If I am on assignment, it's JPEG > CS2 > Paper's Photo Server

If I am freelancing, it's RAW > Aperture > either CS3 becasue neither Aperture or Lightroom are as powerful and effective as Photoshop **OR** I export the final JPEGs and hand them off to the client.

If I am snapshooting, it's JPEG > Finder.

 

[Techguy172]

There's nothing lazy about taking out time consuming steps.

If I am on assignment, it's JPEG > CS2 > Paper's Photo Server

If I am freelancing, it's RAW > Aperture > either CS3 becasue neither Aperture or Lightroom are as powerful and effective as Photoshop **OR** I export the final JPEGs and hand them off to the client.

If I am snapshooting, it's JPEG > Finder.

If you don't mind me asking why do you shoot in JPEG Rather than RAW.

 

[Kebabselector]

A lot of sports/news togs shoot Jpeg as it's much quicker to just ftp to the newsdesk rather than convert raw-jpeg then ftp. Though quite use raw+jpg settings so the jpeg is quick to shift and you've got the raw for any later agency use.

 

[Digital Skunk]

If you don't mind me asking why do you shoot in JPEG Rather than RAW.

It depends on the situation. The extra bit of info that I get with RAW won't show on the news print that most papes use, and I generally shoot WAY too many images while shooting for the paper, so JPEGs take up less space.

If I am snapshooting then the images wont' be that important anyway.

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

RAW>Lightroom(exposure tweak, fill light(sometimes),black level,contrast, saturation, sharpen)

From Lightroom it depends, I may export a jpeg and have it printed, I may just export a jpeg and store it away on one of the external HDD's. If it needs (or I want) some additional editing, I'll export it as a DNG and edit away in CS3 at which point it's converted to .tif and re-imported to Lightroom for final polish and conversion to jpeg.

SLC

 

[Binford]

Why the last step? Seriously. What do you do with the jpg files?

My workflow is this:
RAW/JPG -> Aperture -> end product
or many times
RAW/JPG -> Aperture -> Photoshop -> Aperture -> end product

Where "end product" might be a print, DVD, digital picture frame, book, slide show....

yeah, internet, and send them to family/friends, upload to blogs... my end products are rarely printed things, and 90% of the time online. i actually dont keep my jpegs though, once i upload/send/whatever i just delete them.

 

[anmoldagreat]

raw -> bridge -> ps cs3 -> ps cs3 -> smugmug

upload all raw files from card reader
look at them through bridge, editing them in ps as need be
running an action that converts all to png
upload to smugmug site for customers

 

[TimJim]

RAW>Aperture>JPEG

or

RAW>Aperture>Photoshop at School>JPEG

 

[juanm]

I'm lazy.

RAW -> Aperture -> Jpeg

I'm considering giving capture NX a shot though, but haven't yet out of laziness and cost. Sometimes I kind of wish I had given lightroom a more thorough try, but now i'm too lazy to bother since my library is all set with aperture. maybe one day when i'm really in the mood...

I have the same workflow. I only used Capture to defish pictures taken with the 10.5mm. Now Aperture supports plugins, and Hemi is already developing theire defishing plugin for it, so I'll be able to stay in Aperture 90% of time.

 

[jalagl]

RAW or JPG->PhotoReviewer (when it doesn't crash )->Aperture (library on external HD)->JPG->iPhoto (on internal drive, best pics only)

And sometimes they end up in flickr

 

[Clix Pix]

RAW > upload via card reader to a folder on the desktop > review and cull images in Photo Mechanic > import the good images to Aperture > export processed and finalized jpgs from Aperture to folder on desktop to upload to Smugmug or Zenfolio.

 

[Binford]

RAW > upload via card reader to a folder on the desktop > review and cull images in Photo Mechanic > import the good images to Aperture > export processed and finalized jpgs from Aperture to folder on desktop to upload to Smugmug or Zenfolio.

just wondering, why do you use smugmug AND zenfolio?

 

[Clix Pix]

just wondering, why do you use smugmug AND zenfolio?

Operative word here is "or," not "and." I use one or the other. In more recent times it's been Zenfolio but I still have a lot of galleries on Smugmug.

 

[hector]

Operative word here is "or," not "and." I use one or the other. In more recent times it's been Zenfolio but I still have a lot of galleries on Smugmug.

Well... that means you have an account with both surely. So you do use Smugmug and Zenfolio. Maybe not for the same pictures I'm guessing?

 

[aafuss1]

My workflow:
1. Import images & video from camera into iPhoto or Easyshare software
2. Catalog and perform simple edits in iPhoto or Easyshare software
3. Move to PC and use Photoshop Elements 6 to do further editing
4. Print, email or upload to Flickr