Processing 2100 RAW files from NYC , TIFF or JPG so much time.

[EricKonieczny]

Well the good news is I had a great time on my vacation in NYC for 8 days.

I took over 3400 photographs, and in the process deleted 1/3 down too around 2100 RAW files.

THe Bad news is that I have to edit 2100 RAW files. I am using RawShooter 1.1.3.

Do you think it is okay to Convert from RAW to Maximum Quaility JPG, to help save time and HD space.

I would use around 50GB if I convert 1100 RAW photos to tiff, then I still have to convert to JPG for the web for my site

I will keep all my RAW files for later use, and to pull the best ones out for my portfolio.

Thanks


As soon as I get these processed I will post a few links and best shots. I just have some sleepless nights and a lot of Caffeine within the next week or so.

[scottbergerphoto]

You will get alot of opinions both ways on this board. When you edit, a Tiff gives you alot more leeway then jpeg with regards to preserving image data. I always convert to Tiff. I feel you should save as much data as possible for as long as possible. Then again, I just bought a 500gb Lacie hard drive. :lol:

[Pekka]

My advice is:
- backup ALL RAW's now. Twice.
- Use RSE to choose best photos - tag them as level 1, 2 or 3 depending on how good it is.
- work on level 1 photos until you get them right.
- then backup RSE's data (usually under RAW folder)
- export photos from RSE in whatever format you need for the occasion. If you print you might save AdobeRGB TIUFF 16 bit, if you do web gallery you might save SRGB 8 bit JPEG.

Simplified: choose only the best, categorize and keep them in RSE. There is no need to export them all just to view them (unless they all are level 1 photos of course).

As Scott, I save best shots in TIFF/16/Prophoto for editing. Downside is that even if I have 1.4 TeraBytes of data (400Gigs of duplicates) my disks are always full :)

[EricKonieczny]

Thanks Scott and Pekka,


It has helped me decide that 8 bit maximum qaulity JPEGs will be okay for my web gallery. I am going to buy an external HD tonight for backing everything up.

I will then go back to my top notch pictures and convert my top 25-50 photos to TIFF and AdobeRGB for printing.

I edited my first 200 shots and kept 137, and 99 in Level 1.

I am using Level 1 and Level 2 for choosing qaulity of shots and then Deleting my totally pointless, dark, Out of focus, and double shots.