[X4U] Macs & photography mailing list?

[Thomas Noel]

Consider another look at the articles on Michael Reichman's site  
www.luminouslandscape.com. He has some articles just on workflow that  
are amazing. I agree, nothing will help as much as getting a "system"  
working for you right from the beginning.

Check out Photo Mechanic for initial light table sorting. Pricey but  
very fast and super convenient for the import and copies for backup.  
Adobe Camera Raw or Capture One Pro are the gold standard for raw  
conversion. There are several great books on use of ACR.

Redundancy is your friend. When I first read a flash card from my  
camera, I make copies on two hard drives and immediately burn a DVD.

When you convert a raw file in one of these programs, the raw file  
isn't changed at all. A 16 or 8 bit RGB file is created using the  
current interpretation and saved -- that becomes the file actually  
edited. You can always go back and retune the raw conversion from the  
original, and save as a new filename. For instance one conversion  
that pulls all possible data from the highlights, and another that  
goes as deep as it can into the shadow detail.

Tom


On Jan 2, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On 31 Dec 2005, at 21:44, John Kiss wrote:
>> On Dec 31, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Stroller wrote:
>>
>>> I do read DP review & have encountered FredMiranda.com, but  
>>> firstly I want to find a forum that concentrates on working with  
>>> digital photography on a Mac and secondly I'd prefer a mailing  
>>> list if possible...
>>
>> How about this one: http://www.listmoms.net/lists/graphics-cafe/
>
> Although not exactly what I had in mind on this occasion, graphics- 
> cafe does look like quite an interesting read. I'm subscribing now!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stroller.
>
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