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Following up on a post in July: Post Production Workflow A reader asked how I have Photo Mechanic set up in order to allow LR to recognize ratings and stars after. Here are some screen shots to help you make it all work out. Hope this helps. Share on Facebook
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Just received word that I scored 3rd and 6th in ‘Kids will be kids’ category. The International Society of Professional Photographers is a worldwide competition and I’m fortunate to be part of. Click here to see them all. Share on Facebook
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September 2, 2011 - 4:59 am
There’s nothing like fun kids in wedding photography!
I’m so fortunate to work with wonderful people especially those who go out of their way to write a lovely review. Here’s a review that came in today from Ann Marie and Erick who married almost three months ago. You can read the full review here on Wedding Wire. “I would highly recommend Philip Thomas…
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**THERE IS A ADDITIONAL POST HERE ABOIT MY PHOTO MECHANIC SET UP HERE The last time I wrote this was two years ago and figured it was due an update. Many of you find the original post on google but some of the information is now out of date. I’ve also refined many aspects of…
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September 21, 2011 - 4:45 pm
Hi,
I’m a fairly new user to Photo Mechanic and Lightroom 3. What is your workflow in PM before importing to Lightroom? Do you move or copy your select images into a new folder for importing into LR? One of the reasons I’m using PM is to weed out the bad images and only import the good ones into LR, keeping the LR library lean.
Thanks,
Allen
September 22, 2011 - 12:10 am
Are you using a Mac or PC? I’m on a Mac. Either way, I star and label all my shots in PM before importing all images into LR. When I use LR, I always create a new library. Not only is this for cataloging reasons, but also to keep each shoot super fast to edit. LR will slow down as more and more images go into a catalog.
You can export images using PM instead of importing all images into LR but the purpose for me using PM is to view all photos very quickly. If you need screen shots how to set up a Mac to recognize PM in LR, please let me know and I’ll attach below.
April 26, 2012 - 5:28 am
Hey Philip, thanks for posting this really helpful piece. I am new to Lightroom as I am totally sick of Aperture. When you export as TIFF is this as 8bit or 16bit? I love the idea of droplets but think I will still need to reopen my files for a final bit of dodging/burning. Want to make sure I keep as much information as possible when re-opening to re-edit. Having said that, there is only so much space on my hard drive!
Thanks so much,
Suzie
April 29, 2012 - 12:12 am
Hi Suzie,
Sorry for late reply. I’ve been out of town most of the week.
I do export as a TIFF in 16bit. I then reimport those exported files back into LR and tweak from there. I do not reopen the files as that would take a long time. As for extra space, I do not know your set-up, but you could always attach an external HD just for your edits.
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