One of the key steps missing from my previous workflow was the browser step. This week was my first foray into 'Bridge' - I'm very impressed. Initially I just let Elements grab and load my photographs, this was a big mistake because it eventually ground to a halt. My solution, and I'm not sure if it was sensible, was to generate a new backup and then delete everything within Elements. I don't think there have been any issues doing this.
Before I copy my files from my card I create appropriately named folders and then drag the images to their new home. Steve Paxton (link on last post) recommends a piece of software called DIM that can simplify this task and since its basically free, I'm going to give it a go.
Looking through thumb nails in Explorer is fine, but not ideal. It is just possible, this is one of the reasons that I've never actually got down to managing my backlog of photographs. In order to review and select sequences of images I just created a junk folder and moved images back and forth; a bit tedious but workable.
I've only scratched the surface of what Bridge can do and it makes the idea of developing a workflow exciting. I now understand how large volumes of images can be processed so fast. I only wish I'd had to develop a workflow earlier.
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| Screen capure of some of the images for Exercise 1 |
Ø Seeing your images close together on the screen
Ø Being able to rearrange the sequences and compare small differences
Ø The ease of removing seconds from your main file
Ø Being able to update your metadata
I'm sure the list goes on....
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