![]() This is a stitched panorama with very little other processing. Post-processing is a very important part of that. The most important thing in Photography is to use your own vision to produce an image the way you visualise it, not what the camera or computer decides for you, or what fashions dictate. There is something for everyone and it covers quite a lot of ground so some may prefer to come back multiple times for different sections. The third part is a somewhat detailed survey of alternatives, including Fuji-specific issues, plug-ins, other RAW processors, Capture One and Luminosity masking. ![]() The second part shows a way to quickly process images in Lightroom using Autotone as a starting point.The first part deals with why you might want to assess images using FastRawViewer (the only way to see an accurate picture of a RAW file) and why you might want to consider bracketing files.However, there may be some ideas or information that you can adapt to your own unique processing style. There is of course no ultimate workflow for processing RAW files. I originally wrote it for the Canberra Photographic Society. Usually, though, I can move through the images faster than I can Rate them.This post is of interest to people who use cameras and process images. If you have a large number of large images in the folder you are culling/rating, IMatch can usually go through them pretty quickly, but as you've seen there it's possible to see some caching delays (look for the progression of green check marks when using the Viewer). Expect some improvements from DxO in the future, but managing metadata is much more easily and completely handled in IMatch.). This is much easier/simpler than trying to use DxO to select images for processing (DxO PL 3 does read Ratings, but as you've seen it doesn't yet store Ratings changes in a way that other applications can read. ![]() From there, I drag and drop selected Ratings images for processing onto a Favorite for (usually) DxO. There I do all my preliminary metadata entry including Rating, geocoding, renaming/etc. My workflow is similar to Mario's, except I usually directly drop images from a memory card directly into a camera|date based folder structure. others also follow a similar software path as you do. That workflow has suited me for many years. and this data and then available for any external software such as online galleries, stock photo databases, etc. I write all metadata back to the JPG images as well so they contain a full XMP record of my hard work. I rarely go back to my original RAW images so the database is now perfect. searching, exporting, viewing, sharing, etc. My IMatch database is then used for all Image related things moving forward. Import Finalized JPG's into Imatch to rate, keywords, Geo Tag, export to online galleries, etc.Import RAW files from disk to Capture One: Edit RAW images, further cull and Export full resolution JPG's to Mirrored Drive (same filename/paths).Import RAW images from multiple cameras SD cards using Photo Mechanic: Import, rename by date/camera model, file by Year/Month, Cull obvious bad shots.Having said that, my workflow involves only including finalized JPG images in my IMatch database so I do all my initial culling outside the software so I don't have to deal with extra RAW files and the processing of them. honestly! Culling can be done through the Viewer, via the preview panel as well as by using just very large thumbnails in the File Window. You will find lots of variety in workflows as there is no "one shoe fits all" for everyone. ![]() I would suggest doing a quick search on "workflow" as this topic has been discussed many, many times over the years. ![]()
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