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I quit editing photos

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Re: I quit editing photos

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Post by alfyboy »

Retr0id wrote: post #13

I set my camera to save both JPEG and RAW. 95% of the time the camera's JPEG is fine so I just use that (maybe with some final adjustments in GIMP), but it's nice to have the RAW around in case more significant edits are needed.

I do the same. Then group them in Digikam. Cull aggressively and put the best photos in an "external library" in Immich. Easy way to make them avaliable to my phone, without cluttering up my iCloud photos with duplicate JPEGs.

The last issue with my workflow now is figure out a better way to cull my iCloud photos, as they are a mess, and it's a bit annoying doing it on my phone.

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Post by CarVac »

I got tired of in depth fiddly editing and wrote Filmulator to minimize the decision-making and streamline editing. I rarely spend more than 20-30 seconds per image.

You get a clean, basic look, no weird colors or overly creative "looks", but with adjustability and great highlight handling that JPEG doesn't get you.

https://filmulator.org

The current builds there are quite old but we've got new ones coming.

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Post by sanitycheck »

CarVac wrote: post #22

I got tired of in depth fiddly editing and wrote Filmulator to minimize the decision-making and streamline editing. I rarely spend more than 20-30 seconds per image. You get a clean, basic look, no weird colors or overly creative "looks", but with adjustability and great highlight handling that JPEG doesn't get you. https://filmulator.org The current builds there are quite old but we've got new ones coming.

This is great, I discovered it a year or two ago - nice work! Excited to hear there might be more development happening.

Re: I quit editing photos

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Post by jbellis »

CarVac wrote: post #22

I got tired of in depth fiddly editing and wrote Filmulator to minimize the decision-making and streamline editing. I rarely spend more than 20-30 seconds per image. You get a clean, basic look, no weird colors or overly creative "looks", but with adjustability and great highlight handling that JPEG doesn't get you. https://filmulator.org The current builds there are quite old but we've got new ones coming.

I'm interested if you're GPU-native and actually fast with my a7 IV raw images.

Edit: oh wow, this is much older than I thought. Never mind. :)

Re: I quit editing photos

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Post by wrboyce »

ticulatedspline wrote: post #18
Retr0id wrote: post #13

I set my camera to save both JPEG and RAW. 95% of the time the camera's JPEG is fine so I just use that (maybe with some final adjustments in GIMP), but it's nice to have the RAW around in case more significant edits are needed.

Myself and some friends all went through the cycle: - Jpeg is fine, nice in-camera processing - Oh but I really want to edit this one to fix things only raw can do, raw is better anyway - (Starts shooting in raw) - man annoying to have to process all my photos jpeg is good a lot of the time - (shoots jpeg + raw) - ugh, so many files and it eats my card, I don't need both files all the time, also I'm editing more anyw…

I took a similar path, but with an additional final step of moving to film and doing the development, scanning, and editing myself. Definitely more work per photo, but each photo taken is a lot more considered.

Re: I quit editing photos

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Post by sanitycheck »

I'll be sticking with Lightroom 6 (non-subscription) and the old cameras it supports, until the sad but inevitable day I can no longer run it.

I don't find editing takes much time, because I now have so many custom presets I can apply on import or in bulk that do 90% of the work.

What does take ages is picking out the best shots, but really the only way to make that quicker is to take fewer photos. Which I suppose shooting film actually does force you to do. (But so would a 2GB SD card.)

Re: I quit editing photos

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Post by buildbot »

vile_wretch wrote: post #20
anta40 wrote: post #17

Whatever floats the boat. Even back to film/analog era, taking a photo is just the 1st step. Then apply some darkroom work (dodge/burn/use some filters to adjust the highlight/shadow etc etc). Image editing softwares like Photoshop simplify the process. I mostly shoot in black & white (both film and digital). Since once of my biggest inspirations is Ansel Adams, then no I don't adhere to "SOOC" (straight out of camer…

Printmaking is a huge part of the art form. I think a lot of people miss this fact in the "shoot and scan" age of film photography. Not everyone cares, or even needs to care, but those who do really should read the Ansel Adams trilogy.

Yep a physical print is a totally different experience too, compared to an image on the screen.

With good printing software like imageprint RED/Black (NB very expensive and overkill for most) you can actually see the effect different papers, settings, and lighting will have before the print. Very fun!

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