Digital workflow

Peter Rowlands · Issue 27, Nov/Dec 2005 · pp. 45–47

Products mentioned: Canon 1DS, Canon 1D, Apple Powerbook, LaCie hard drive, Photoshop CS, Adobe Camera Raw, Nikon View, Nikon D2X, iPod, PowerMac G5, RAW Developer, Noise Ninja, iView MediaPro, Epson flatbed scanner, VueScan, Canon 1D Mark II, BreezeBrowser, Downloader Pro, Miglia drive

Digital workflow by Peter Rowlands I thought it would be interesting to learn how some leading underwater photographers handle their digital images once they have been shot. I apologise for the lack of illustrations! Paul Kay I always shoot raw files (often with jpegs if the camera allows (my Canon 1DS does, my 1D does not). I transfer them using a firewire reader onto an Apple 12” Powerbook hard- drive, immediately copy the transferred files folder onto a small portable bus powered La- Cie hard drive, and then seperate the jpegs and raw files into two folders. I then use the browser in Photoshop CS to view the files (after allowing it time to generate thumbnails, etc.). When this has been done I rename the files so that they fit into my file sequence. (I rename both raw and jpegs and then store the renamed files on a larger desktop hard-drive - and burn 2 x DVDs as sufficient images are…