Photoshop :: CS6 Camera Raw Off Of Bridge / Workflow Has Changed
Oct 14, 2013After a recent update while working in Camera Raw off of the bridge I noticed that the workflow has changed. I can no longer change the size as easily.
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Jul 18, 2005I've got gigs and gigs of image data on my HD, and I'm a bit nervous. I was keeping things in esoteric folders, buring CDs occasionally, and sometimes actually backing up. In recent months, I've decided to take my 'shopping seriously (in a business sense) and started to investigate workflow methods. Right now, I'm concentrating on capture and archiving. Some of the Bridge's new features are quite appealing, but still not all that I want.
What I want from my friends here is a discussion on particular approaches, and why they do/don't work for you.
Here's what I am putting together now... Until today, I would dump my camera files directly into a TEMP folder with a date-based name, something like 2005-17-05, that reflects the dump date, not the actual shoot date. I would then let these sit for quite a while before doing anything with them. Really, the problem was that I got too caught up in details when trying to devise a folder structure, so I didn't follow through and kept inventing new things to confuse me. I'm very good at that.
I've decided on a handful of broad categories that represent my usual work, and have 3 main folders: Stock, Working, Final. Stock is essentially the images straight from the camera, working is a copy of the file saved as .PSD and where I actually do the image work, and Final is a flat, full-res .PSD of the completed image, as well as output-specific formats like web or print.
Within those folders I have subfolders for various things. The philosophy is this; Stock is broken into general categories that reflect the image's intent (Nature/Trees, or Places/Buildings for example). I also have a Projects folder for directed or consigned collections. Working also has folders, but they are based on the intent of a collection of images that may have different subjects, but fall into a project scheme (New Mexico Hikes, Horses, etc) - more on this in a bit. And the Final folder is a duplicate structure of Working.
I'm OK with 'Stock' as-is, but I'm still waffling on the Working/Final folders. An alternate approach is to keep the same structure from Stock in Working and Final, then have a separate Projects folder for collections. The advantage here is that I can work piecemeal and decide on a collection from a gallery of finals. I can also go back and find the layered PSD used in a Final simply by looking in the same-named Working folder. The disadvantage is in the fact that if I decide early on (before the working file) to create a collection, I'd have to make another collections folder in Working folder, which now spreads out my images. Put another way, I'd have thematically similar works potentially in several locations which makes finding them later a real challenge.
I guess I could just make a list of the images I wanted to use and track them through that way...
In any case, I do not rename any files, except in the case of versions, until I get to the final collection (which will have a text file relating the names to the originals).
Now let's throw in DNG! Not all of my shots are in RAW format, and I've not read enough about the Adobe DNG converter to know if it will 'force' the format on JPGs (I would guess not). So, part of the new workflow would be to automate RAW conversion. The question here is whether to save the original RAW file elsewhere, or in the DNG file itself. That's up for debate, but I will probably keep the RAW data directly in the DNG file.
Finally, we come to Adobe Bridge, which can help sort all this out. Mostly...
I spent most of today devising and implementing a handful of keywords/sets, as well as descriptions and applying copyright via the interface. Good stuff. Since I've got a mixed bag of formats in Stock, I've ended up with a LOT of XMP files, and decided to keep the Cache distributed (read up on Bridge if you aren't familiar with this). Doing this helped me sort and shuffle my collections into the scheme I've laid out above. There is some collateral damage since I've not been consistent in my naming or storage locations, but it's a real head start.
Now I'm on to Archiving, and I see a little snag. I can potentially save all my stock files to a fistful of DVDs, then do the same with the working files and finals. Since I'm using single-use DVDs, I can't add files later to fill up. And since I'll be adding stuff randomly to Stock, I've got to decide on an archiving scheme that doesn't just totally waste time creating a new DVD every time I add a handful of images. There is too much info to squeeze it all onto one disc, so I have to break it up somehow (and yes, I've been considering removable HDs).
The other problem here is that Bridge doesn't appear to support cataloging removable media. I may be mistaken, but I've not found it. That means I'll have to maintain some log that tells me what images are on what disc. Sure, I can use another application, but this would be a killer feature for Bridge 2.0 (are you listening Mr. Brown?).
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I looked up what plug in I needed and it said 4.2 for a Canon 40 D. I also followed the instructions in the read me file that was with the plugin download. No results from it. I even tried to switch it back to the old plug in to see if I could atleast get back the capiblility of opening it in Photoshop even though bridge was not working...still can't open it in either. What am I missing?
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Feb 17, 2013I shoot Nikon and use Capture NX2 as my RAW converter. I then save my conversion as a TIFF and move into Photoshop CS6 for all of my editing and processing.
Here is my question: I have an Epson 3880 printer and i really like it. Ive started making my own prints and ive found that the ability to tweak the images is really an advantage vs. having a lab print them for me. Ive read quite a bit and seem to get conflicting positions.
Its seems as if sRGB is best for internet whereas Adobe RGB (1998) is best for prints. However, im a bit confused by all of the articles ive read. If i want the best of both worlds would the following be a good workflow?
1. Shoot in RAW
2. Convert RAW image to a TIFF in Capture NX2 with the Adobe RGB (1998) color space (I use Capture NX2 as my RAW converter)
3. Move the file to Photoshop CS6 and fully edit
4. Print the image
5. Convert the image to the sRGB color space and save as a JPEG
6. Post to web (i.e. Flickr)
Does that sound like a good plan or would you recommend starting and ending in the sRGB color space. Ive heard that changing the color space in an image slightly denigrates it ?
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Jun 29, 2012I love Photoshop CS6, and my absolute favorite new feature is the Color Lookup adjustment layer. So far, I've been extremely happy with the effects I've been able to pull off by combining that with other adjustment layers, channel work, etc.
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However, I've gotten to the point where I realize that my next step -- much like a user who graduates up from using actions he/she downloads off of Deviant Art -- is to make my own color look up tables. The only tool at my disposal for this is Speed Grade. (I have a CS6 cloud membership -- off topic, but way to go, Adobe, that made it feasible for me to "graduate" from only having Photoshop CS5.1 to having the full suite at a very reasonable price!)
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I've used Speed Grade on video clips I've shot with my Canon 5D MkII to great effect. Nothing I'd post publicly yet (I'm still learning how to shoot motion), but I considered the results to be very positive. I've managed to save several test .look files, as well, both on video footage and still images (JPGs, to be specific).
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I always shoot RAW, and my usual workflow is to start in Aperture (I'm a Mac user), do some basic RAW adjustments, then export a 16-bit PSD and get down to the real work in Photoshop. SpeedGrade doesn't yet seem to support PSDs natively, so in order to create a .look which is appropriate for my image, it currently looks like I need to export a JPG (down to 8-bit sRGB, ugh) from Photoshop, then open THAT in SpeedGrade, do my work, save my .look, go BACK into Photoshop, and use the .look file there.
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I could live with that if -- IF -- the .look file actually gave me my expected results. However, the only time the .look behaves exactly the same in Photoshop as it does in SpeedGrade seems to be if I open the image as a JPG -- thus losing all my layers, adjustments, smart objects, etc. When I apply any of my .look files to a PSD, they come entirely too dark, every time. Many of them have simply turned an image into a large 22 megapixel black rectangle.
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So my question is this: How do I make a SpeedGrade .look file behave predictably in Photoshop, in a 16-bit-per-channel PSD file? I'm OK with changing the color space if I have to (even if it's to sRGB, the bane of my existence) -- but I need to see the same thing in SG that I do in PS. Is this possible today, or am I waiting on the next SG release? Or, and I assume this to be the case -- as I'm a software engineer by trade, and know that this is almost always the case! -- is this a case of user error? And if so, what can I do to correct my user error?
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Or, sacrilegious as it may seem since I have all of Adobe's tools, are there other Mac-based products I can use to create color look up files compatible with Photoshop?
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In case it matters, here's my platform:
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Canon 5D MkII, latest firmware, always shoot RAWApple Aperture 3.2.3. Mac OS 10.7 (late 2011 MacBook Pro 17", 16 GB RAM)Adobe Creative Suite 6 Cloud Subscription (photo, illustration, video tools installed; no Flash nor web tools)
Maya :: Photoshop / Unity - Looking For Texturing Workflow
Feb 11, 2014I'm working on a hobby project for a game in Unity3d. When it comes to texturing my Maya models and bringing everything into Unity, I often find myself lost in a very tedious workflow. How to organize the texturing process between different applications.Here is what I'm doing right now:Â
1. export UV snapshot from Maya and open it in Photoshop
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7. export another set of texture maps from PS to meet the requirements of Unity (diffuse with gloss in Alpha channel ect)
8. assign and test everything in unity and make prefabs for my developer
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As you can see I spend a lot of time on exporting up to 6 versions of one texture for different purposes for Maya and for Unity. Everytime I want to change something, I have to manually go in and re-export and refresh those textures. I'm trying to use actions in Photoshop and a Mel script in Maya to make that easier, but still it's a lot of tedious work spent on just updating images.Â
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I actually started off using PSD networks in Maya. I would create my material, let Maya create a PSD file with different layer sets assigned to my shader and let it all refresh at once without having to export. That sounds like a reasonable workflow, but I stopped using it, because networks with layer sets only support flattened Photoshop data, so no layer effects and non-destructive editing from within PS. And every once in a while my PSD network would break and corrupt my PSD files, making it impossible to save them or open again.
