Images Sorting & Indexing with Photo Club Déclic et des Claps Marc Pélissier – Friday January 28 th 2011
It’s all about Workflow Far from complexity …. Let’s share our workflows best practices
Today’s Workflow Why Sorting & Indexing ? Pre-digital Era recall Different sorting objectives ? Process or Photography step ? Why is it so important ? The true objectives How to do it in Lightroom ? Lightroom Assets Methodology overview And a real life example (demo)…
Why Sorting & Indexing? Clearly to avoid the mess ! …. But more than that still …
From Pre Digital Era Before What you need to recall Same concepts do apply : sort, label, store Digital mean additional automagic : search and automate Before Now
Universal Sorting ? Memories Avoid duplicates Pro process What you need to recall Clearly No Different objectives, Different photographers
Process or Photography step ? What you need to recall Sorting imply deletion Delete is a photographer’s decision Labeling is a photographer’s duty
Why is it so important ? Objective No 1 : Avoid the red bar !!! OK : you have Terabytes disks ! But …
Why is it so important ? Objective No 2 : Find a picture !
Why is it so important ? Objective No 3 : Find THE picture ! You don’t want it to take forever You need THE pearl !
Why is it so important ? Objective No 4 : Protect your highly volatile Digital Negatives What you need to recall You need to be able to find pictures easily You must protect your work result
How to do it in Lightroom ?
Lightroom assets What you need to recall Lightroom is your friend for metadata : Exif, IPTC, Keywords Don’t forget dynamic Collections Lightroom is thought for workflow and flexible for customization
One Method Common Metadata Identify Pano & HDR Geo localization IPTC Auto magic Individual Metadata Title Legend Pano & HDR Assembly B&W (Preset) Core Sorting Stars Labels Archive
Enough smoke ! Time for a quick demo