In a message dated 6/21/2006 3:07:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From: Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So what do you all do? Convert them all in a batch and just save > the converted versions as high quality photoshop files? Do you put the > RAW originals away somewhere, out of Elements 4.0? ====== Didn't see original post so not sure what you are asking, exactly.
But I can tell you what I do and why. I use mainly Elements 3 to manage my photos. Even though I also have PS CS, I am not that conversant with it yet. And I like some of the photo management stuff in Elements that does not appear to be there in CS or not in the same way. When I am in the Editor part of Elements, I can use the File Browser to see my pictures. It pulls out the jpg thumbnails in each RAW file for me to see. When I am in the Organizer part of Elements, it also pulls out the thumbnails embedded in each RAW. So I can use either or both to look at my pictures. No actual conversion is taking place. I NEVER get rid of RAW files, they are my "negatives." I also don't do batch conversations, usually. I have no need to. I don't print that many photos or share that many photos. I ONLY convert when I am going to create a low-res jpg for showing on the web. AND/OR when I am going to print a photo. I convert and save as a .PSD first, then a .JPG. If I am printing, IIRC, been a long time, I usually print from the .PSD. And I save them by the same name in the same folder, the extensions are different so they don't overwrite each other. I do like using the Organizer part of Elements to organize my photos, that way I can tag them with descriptive names and not have to bother with making any actual name/file changes. There seems to be a presumption that everything should be converted to JPG in your question. Maybe I am reading it wrong. My question would be why??? By keeping the RAW one can always convert and edit again. Maybe next time doing a B&W conversion, or next time cropping. If one just converts then deletes any RAW, the JPG will not convert well again or at all again. I am more likely to get rid of conversions that I ended up editing that I didn't like. I am more likely to get rid of JPGs than PSDs. In other words, I don't actually convert that many photos. Only the "good" ones. HTH, Marnie aka Doe Already discussed my backup procedures elsewhere. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
