RAW Workflow

Here is my current RAW workflow:
http://www.sns.ias.edu …/23/digital-raw-workflow/

Any comments/suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

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This works: http://www.sns.ias.edu …/23/digital-raw-workflow/

My initial thoughts are that there are slight disconnects in the process due to including divergent workflows. For example, you crop in raw, and then crop again after conversion. There are no indications to what bit depth or color space you use in the conversion. You say adjust WB before exposure, but not why. If it's just a work flow, spare the reader of the opinions, unless you can back it up with evidence. BTW - I do that step the same way, and sometimes recheck for clipped pixels. Your note to turn off sharpening in ACR appears several steps after the conversion. There are other things in there that are a matter of opinion, like when to run noise reduction and capture sharpening. I don't do any NR beyond what is done during raw conversion. I'd say capture sharpening should happen immediately after conversion, before any other editing. The big issue I see is that the workflow seems incomplete: it stops with no indication of the output, what steps need to be taken to maximise quality for that output, such as resampling and sharpening for printing or web output, color space conversions, etc. It's a good start. It's hard work to document a process. It just needs some further work for it to be an effective tool for others.

You should read this book.

Yours looks like a very heavy, slow workflow. No need to hit control, 1-5 works. Adjust everything you can in RAW. Your workflow will work well, but you probably don't need to do quite so much unless you're making large prints out of all of them. At 6x4 or even bigger you probably won't notice the difference between a quick workflow and your huge one.

Thankyou everyone for your useful input. I really appreciate you spending the time to provide such useful advice.

I've reworked the document quite a bit:
http://www.sns.ias.edu …/23/digital-raw-workflow/

The workflow has been reduced to a chronological list. Some thigns have been reordered. A number of accompanying articles begin to delve into various subissues and these are linked in to the post.

It all needs work and I am going to continue to put in the work and build something good.

Please feel free to comment again here and/or inline in the blog itself.

Best,

James