kim wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
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you can have it if you really wantI will say this though, none of that shit might be important. You have to remember I favour speed over all else as I'm routinely editing and processing hundreds of shots and don't usually spend a great deal of time archiving or transferring stuff to iPhoto. I edit the job, do the processing, which can involve anything from simply selecting a few shots and retouching them or grading and processing hundreds of shots as quickly as possible. Usually a week after every job I delete all of the work out of LR and dump it the edited highlights to HDD and DVD. Frequently never to be looked at again or, worse, deleted completely a year later.
Are you a photomechanic user too? I mean I edit hundreds of shots very quickly as well.
I'm not - I pretty much use LR for workflow and any retouching obviously I use PS. I am a pro but I don't pretend to be an expert on any or all of the various software options out there. I've heard of photomechanic but have never used it though some of my clients have done in the past. I have tried Capture Pro (which I hated, but haven't tried since V1 or 2) and I have tried Aperture v1 as well, which basically was too unstable IMO to carry on with though I did like some of it's features. I quickly became comfortable with LR and have stuck with it since.
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But I still prefer to start with at least a close WB setting.
Oh I don't doubt that - it's a preference thing really it's just ultimately on digital, colour temperature really isn't a worry so I rarely if ever give it any thought at all when working and that's a luxury compared to what it was like 5-10 years ago. Hell, >10 years ago pretty much everything colour I shot was on E6 (transparency) where you had to get the exposure pretty close to what you wanted and it was also very important to understand colour temps and balances. Now? Not an issue.