photo management
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- danoob
what do you guys use? Picassa is a bit choppy and Adobe Lightroom appears to suck ass so far...way to slow. Any suggestions? PC?
- shutdown1
Capture One
- skelly_b0
CS2 and Bridge work for me. Everything else either tries to do too much or not enough.
- shutterbug0
yea I am also having a huge problem with keeping lots of pics organized.
I like acdsee but only for viewing images.
I am going to look into capture one though. Any help is better than none.
- davey_g0
I use my dome.
- jaylarson0
Extensis Portfolio of course.
- jaylarson0
shutdown, does Capture One work with only RAW files?
- shutterbug0
you sold me on this one
- Neuarmy0
iPhoto for me, not sure about PC.
- jaylarson0
ya, portfolio is pretty dandy. 've been using it since 7. check out their tutorials to help unleash this mutha of a program...
- mrdobolina0
DaveysDome™
- danoob0
hmmm ok guys, thanks - i'll check them out...
- traut0
i used to use acdsee alot when i was on pc to look through my photo archieves .
- bklyndroobeki0
bump. what ya using?
- looking for myself and the co i'm working with. something that uses cloud (so that folks can work remotely and photographers can access the system)bklyndroobeki
- juanluisgarcia0
still capture one lol
- just read your note above, capture one is not right for thatjuanluisgarcia
- ah, ok thanks!bklyndroobeki
- ********0
Lightroom for photographs.
- jonny_quest_lives0
Media Pro...
I've been having issues with larger catalogs of late though i.e.-10,000+ images
- mg330
I posted this in another photo thread not long ago, but for everyone who thinks LR is confusing, you seriously need to think about how you're using it from A - Z, because that's what it's meant for.
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A few LR tips:Delete old backups. They take up space and you really only need the last one that was run.
Create a workflow that becomes second nature to you. Mine for example is:
1. Import & tag based on place or purpose.
2. Review photos and flag photos to delete, single star for good photos.
3. Delete all flagged photos.
4. Edit a photo using presets + modifications. Lens correction, auto straightening, etc.
5. Save as a new preset.
6. Go through other starred photos and apply that preset to ones from the same scene, lighting similarities, etc. Adjust settings as warranted.
7. Other edits / fixes as needed: spot correction, etc.
8. Label every edited photo green. This tells me it's been edited.
9. When done with all individual photo edits, filter view to green labels only.
10. Decide which ones I really like, change label go purple.
11. Review purple labels and narrow down to top 10-12 and label blue.
12. Blue labels go on website, Flickr, IG, other sites. Sometimes I will put the remaining purple "seconds" on Flickr.
13. Have all the export presets you need for different reasons. I've got them for website cover photos (1600px wide) website posts (1000px wide) desktops (2560px) FB, and ones for print purposes.This is what I do every single time I'm working on something.