Comments on: CameraPorn’s Photoshop Lightroom Workflow Part 1: Importing & Organizing

By: Al

Al — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:28:25 +0000

great tutorial - thanks!

By: taltal

taltal — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:39:48 +0000

Great and very clear information - thanks!
(Can’t wait for part II)

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:28:55 +0000

I also have a method for a bi-directional (back and forth between) editing workaround for LR and PS. I’ll wait for your second post in the series since you’ll probably touch on it there. If not, I’ll comment…

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:13:18 +0000

Depechie, as for me (if you care for my input), I like using the RAW files too with side car XML files for ALL the adjustments. It is just a small text file. As Ryan says, it keeps file sizes down. Plus, I believe RAW and sidecar files are more globally compatible with other RAW editors.

By: rygood

rygood — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:45:33 +0000

@Rex - I like your methods, especially the ‘uploaded to flickr’ use of color coding. Re: Losing me to the dark side… don’t get your panties in a twist I have been shooting mosty day stuff with my D300, and its great, but I’m still a canon guy. I’m just waiting for the 5D mkII to come out. I plan on selling my D300, using the 5D mkII as my primary and 30D as backup. So come june (i hope) if any of you fine folks are in the market for a wonderfully kept D300 body, let me know. At some point I’ll do a post on why I like canon better…

@Depechie - I have never gotten into the whole DNG thing. I’ve never really seen a benefit to my workflow by converting to dng as I do fine with the native RAW files, and don’t see a need for the extra storage.

By: Depechie

Depechie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:52:56 +0000

No DNG ( digital negative ) file use ?

By: Rex

Rex — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:09:10 +0000

My fellow Canonphiles… It seems we have lost our friend Ryan to the Nikon aide as he used “Nikon” as an example for the tagging feature!

By: Rex

Rex — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:06:15 +0000

I use the color tags as well… No color means it hasn’t received any enhancement as of yet. Red means it is begun adjustment/enhancement, but is still in progress. Green means that it is complete and ready for Flickr upload, Orange means it has begun adjustment/enhancement in PHOTOSHOP, but is still in progress, and blue means it is complete and ready for Flickr upload.

By: Denear

Denear — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:03:49 +0000

Thanks. This is just what I needed. I have been using Lr since it’s original beta, but am still struggling with my organizational workflow. I am afraid to admit, I have 8000+ RAW images that still need attending to….. Hopefully with your simplified view of this daunting task, I can now have a go at it. Looking forward to part 2.

By: Cyler

Cyler — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:34:59 +0000

I used to use Bridge, then I got Lightroom and started using that. The other day I was forced to use Bridge at a friends house, and boy did it make me realize how much better Lightroom is.

I find that my workflow in Lightroom will depend on how many pictures I have taken. If I am choosing 3 or 4 shots out of 20, then I may not even bother sorting through them. On the other hand, I just did a wedding where my partner and I took over 3000 images. That required using every rating system in Lightroom (flags, stars, and colors). I think I will probably start tagging my photos in Lightroom though.