On 30/6/04 10:54 AM, Bob Croxford wrote > Does this mean you shoot a jpeg file just to do the edit and then > process the RAW files? > I have taken the approach that it is so quick and easy to adjust the > settings on hundreds of RAW files I'll do them all.
Dear Bob You know the jpegs come embedded as part of your RAW file, although You may choose to not have it in some cameras (like your 1Ds) , in which case you have no choice but to process all RAW's in the background in C1 and then discard the rejects and keep working on your selects, particularly painful if you are obtaining 16 bits files. iView would attempt to build a preview from the RAW data, but obviously this takes much longer, circumventing the speed factor gained with jpegs. So It is easier and faster to work with the jpegs just for editing purposes, ( remember that even the Canon software allows the jpeg "extraction" feature ,again, to work faster in "editing mode" in other apps), you can rename and tag( and /or copy, move,caption etc) your selected/edited files, and finally process only those you already previewed and approved. Now, when you have an open catalog in iView and send a preview file to the trash, the original RAW file also goes as well, so the "cleaning" does not require but one single step. Same thing for renaming, and all other Finder Ops you may think of. I guess your current choice might depends on both the computer power you have available( plus storage etc) and the effectiveness of your shooting , which in turn depends on subject matter. Shooting people may be more inefficient than shooting landscapes or still life, so I have to choose the jpeg preview road, and check , say, some 200 files to edit down to just some 20 selects, in a 10 to 1 ratio, sometimes worse. Perhaps it is not a big deal for your work as well as it may not be for others and full blown files from entire shootings processed in C1 are just fine. Regards Jorge =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
