How to speed up postprocessing

Hi everyone, lately I have a lot of wedding to do and to edit gazillion pics. Sometimes I am pulling my hair out doe to no time or not enough time to post process, it got so bad than I give some of my weddings to be edited and the edit from someone else is not really my style,(to self critical). I am going to list here what I usually use, some of you I know are better experts in post processing than me so that why I am asking for your opinion on speeding my post processing and editing technique.

I am using photoshop batch processing for sharpening, flattening, etc. (actions) but have to save the pics one by one I know..... not so fast, could not figure out auto safe!

If I use lightroom then not so many options on editing so i am sticking with photoshop, then on top of that still edit some more pics with photoshop individuality, black/white,sepia, color removal, acne-tanning line removal, other effect etc.....

I want to give the couples best editing but sometimes I am asking my self am I doint to much?

Thanks for any input, critique and suggestions

Why wouldn't you be using lightroom, if you use lightroom to it's fullest potential the pp process is very organized and alot quicker then goin through one photo at a time in photoshop.

To speed up processing I recommend using Lightroom to its fullest potential. LR is designed to increase productivity and speed up your workflow.
If LR doesn't do enough for you then I recommend utilizing Photoshop and the included Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Camera Raw(ACR) to their fullest potential. You can batch process multiple files in ACR just as you can in LR.
Either or should do it for you unless for some reason you have to do a lot of corrections and manipulation to your photos.
Both ACR and LR have a lot of great presets, or you can create your own to apply to a batch of image files.
Generally speaking, the only time you should proceed into PS is when it is an absolutely must for pixel level or layered processing of something that requires individual attention..

Regardless of which application you use, When it comes to individual things such as spot removal, I.e. Acne, then you have no choice but to attack those individually. However, that too can still be done in Lightroom or ACR with the spot removal or adjustment brush.

Hopefully the goal is, Less pp = better picture.

I use a combo of LR's custom presets (like actions in PS) and action in PS themselves. It's sped up my post work tremendously. I created an action to save files as well so all in all, I've cut my editing easily in half while maintaining a consistent feel across the whole session/wedding

tkerr wrote in post #13191525
To speed up processing I recommend using Lightroom to its fullest potential. LR is designed to increase productivity and speed up your workflow.
If LR doesn't do enough for you then I recommend utilizing Photoshop and the included Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Camera Raw(ACR) to their fullest potential. You can batch process multiple files in ACR just as you can in LR.
Either or should do it for you unless for some reason you have to do a lot of corrections and manipulation to your photos.
Both ACR and LR have a lot of great presets, or you can create your own to apply to a batch of image files.
Generally speaking, the only time you should proceed into PS is when it is an absolutely must for pixel level or layered processing of something that requires individual attention..

Regardless of which application you use, When it comes to individual things such as spot removal, I.e. Acne, then you have no choice but to attack those individually. However, that too can still be done in Lightroom or ACR with the spot removal or adjustment brush.

Hopefully the goal is, Less pp = better picture.

Thanks, i am using pretty much what you just said, maybe I should switch back to lightroom for batch processing and photoshop for spots etc. I was thinking there might be a faster solution ...

Is there auto save if you use photoshop for batch prosess? You know batch/action/autosave as copy to designated file folder?

If you can batch process you can auto convert to JPEG in Adobe Bridge (via Photoshop) or also auto save another JPEG from a JPEG, just record the actions you want.

-> If you use Photoshop, use Bridge for RAW editing (pretty much the same as Lightroom with minor differences - e.g. Bridge writes an .xmp file per RAW by deafult), then either open in Photoshop and finish the job, or just hit the batch process task that will do all for you.
(At least on Windows)

I'm sure Lightroom has a similar batch process option. In Bridge you can also copy settings from one RAW to one or 10, or 1000 other...

Armans Photography wrote in post #13191792
=Arman's Photography;13191792]T​hanks, i am using pretty much what you just said, maybe I should switch back to lightroom for batch processing and photoshop for spots etc. I was thinking there might be a faster solution ...

If spots mean "sensor dust", do that in Lightroom?
You can correct them in CameraRAW - so I'm sure Lightroom can do so too.

Thanks guys

Armans Photography wrote in post #13191376
=Arman's Photography;13191376]

I am using photoshop batch processing for sharpening, flattening, etc. (actions) but have to save the pics one by one I know..... not so fast, could not figure out auto safe!

Photoshop does not have an autosave function. The problem with batch processing when using the File > Automate > Batch command is that the modal dialog boxes will prompt you to save. To get around that, use the Image Processor instead to run your actions (File > Scripts > Image Processor). Or even better run the Image Processor from Adobe Bridge (Tools > Photoshop > Image Processor) and your batch processing will not be interrupted by dialog boxes.

PixelMagic wrote in post #13192167
Photoshop does not have an autosave function. The problem with batch processing when using the File > Automate > Batch command is that the modal dialog boxes will prompt you to save. To get around that, use the Image Processor instead to run your actions (File > Scripts > Image Processor). Or even better run the Image Processor from Adobe Bridge (Tools > Photoshop > Image Processor) and your batch processing will not be interrupted by dialog boxes.

Thats why I could not find auto save , thanks for the advise I will try bridge photo processor but isn't it the same as photoshop automate/batch, same window same all? I did not try file-scripts-image processor yet I will try it out..... Thanks for the info

Something you will want to do with the Image Processor is create an Action that does the "common tasks" but does not do a Save/Save As. You set your Save parameters in the Image Processor -- a lot like the Lightroom Export function. And, the Image Processor can be directed to run your Action. In fact, you can have Lightroom do the same thing if you save your Action as a "droplet" -- it will be viewable to an external app, and Lightroom can run it as part of the Export function.

So as usual, there are various approaches to doing a task, and Lightroom and Photoshop CSx both have some built-in tools that can make such things work quite efficiently, you just have to learn about the tools and how to use them!

Here are the nice tips on how to organize the workflow (including post-processing) for the most efficiency: http://thomashawk.com …graphy-workflow-2011.html

My wedding workflow is detailed on this thread. Photoshop proper is barely used, it's almost all done in Bridge.

Thanks guys, awesome info, I have tried image processor in bridge and it works great , great tool, it only takes up to 26 pics at a time but it is still fast and practical.