Current workflow
Workflow steps:
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| shoot | All photos are recorded in RAW format (*.CRW for d60, *.TIF for 1d). All time stamps are GMT. Canon 1D / 1DS are set for color matrix 4 (Adobe RGB). |
| save EXIF information | Each image file is assigned a file name which becomes its identifier. The file name format is YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_BBXX where BB is a two hex digit identifier of the camera body and XX are the last two hex digits of the image identifier assigned by the camera. I have "cooked-up" a quick-and-dirty application which saves exposure data, exposure mode, exposure compensation, drive mode, focus mode, lens data, etc. in a database. It works for Canon 1d, d30, and d60 only and is not "production quality"; if, however, you still want to try using it - let me know. To see my interpretation of image header tags click here (you will see a piece of Java code). |
| convert raw image files to 16-bit TIFF | I used Breezebrowser for conversion. All user-selectable parameters are set to "normal", white balance to "auto". The output is 16bit TIFF. For the 1D and D60 I use Fred Miranda's linear workflow; for the 1DS - non-linear.
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| edit | Editing is done in Photoshop with Adobe RGB working colorspace. The monitor profile has been created using ColorVision's Spyder with OptiCAL. Canon 1D / 1DS images are assigned Adobe RGB colorspace, d60 images are treated as sRGB and converted to Adobe RGB. Editing consists usually in cropping, adjusting color balance and dynamic range (levels, curves, saturation), noise filtration and (sometimes) sharpening. For noise filtration and sharpening I use Fred Miranda's plug-ins as well as step-by-step processing in LAB or RGB mode. The output is in Adobe RGB colorspace stored in 8-bit TIFF format. |
| archive | Each image is stored in three formats:
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