Managing a Raw Digital Photography Workflow

Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30

Aim

Being able to manage a digital image workflow is a vital skill for both individuals and institutions in today's market place. This course considers a simple digital photography workflow from the ground up. You will first capture a series of images in raw and then import them into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 - a popular and powerful Image Management System (IMS) and editing tool for photographers. Here you will employ appropriate image editing processes and learn how to successfully leverage the power of an IMS in order to quickly find the images you need. You will then produce content appropriate for onscreen and print use.

This course will also explore the considerable advantages of utilising camera raw/DNG file formats.

Audience

Anyone wanting to know more about effectively managing a photographic workflow. Particularly relevant to those wanting to utilise raw formats and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.

Content

• Take photographs in camera raw
• Convert to DNG: how to convert and why you would want to
• Importing images into an image management system
• File naming and adding bulk metadata
• Editing raw files - why it's so much better than other formats
• Sorting, rating and finding your images quickly
• Exporting for on screen and print use

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