Comments on: A Status Update http://calevphoto.com/2009/12/19/a-status-update/ Photographing the Earth, one millimeter at a time… Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jscalev http://calevphoto.com/2009/12/19/a-status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 jscalev Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:47:07 +0000 http://calevphoto.com/2009/12/19/a-status-update/#comment-1041 Thanks! I am starting to get used to non-destructive editing and I have been able to move to using Lightroom as the basis for all photo management and editing. So far I like Lightroom quite a bit. Thanks! I am starting to get used to non-destructive editing and I have been able to move to using Lightroom as the basis for all photo management and editing.

So far I like Lightroom quite a bit.

]]> By: James Fitzell http://calevphoto.com/2009/12/19/a-status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 James Fitzell Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:53:38 +0000 http://calevphoto.com/2009/12/19/a-status-update/#comment-1040 You'll get used to the non-destructive editing. Using your example of "I typically use the RAW file as my negative and the JPEG as my currently edited version. If I change an image significantly – I’ll generally save it as a new file." you would: - import the RAW and start working, (that's always your "currently edited version") - If you change the image significantly then you create a snapshot and can flick between the two - if you need both versions within the one working session then you create a virtual copy based on the second snapshot - your "negative" is always unchanged (the RAW) and can be reverted to at any point - you never deal with a "physical file" up until you want it out of lightroom, at that point you export the file as appropriate (normally a jpg, I have presets for if I'm exporting to print, put online, etc) For what it's worth, I tick the "write changes to XMP sidecar" option, it's entirely a personal preference but it means that the lightroom database can be lost without losing your changes and it means my backup of my "negatives" also contains the backup of my edits (the XMP files). You’ll get used to the non-destructive editing.

Using your example of “I typically use the RAW file as my negative and the JPEG as my currently edited version. If I change an image significantly – I’ll generally save it as a new file.” you would:
- import the RAW and start working, (that’s always your “currently edited version”)
- If you change the image significantly then you create a snapshot and can flick between the two
- if you need both versions within the one working session then you create a virtual copy based on the second snapshot
- your “negative” is always unchanged (the RAW) and can be reverted to at any point
- you never deal with a “physical file” up until you want it out of lightroom, at that point you export the file as appropriate (normally a jpg, I have presets for if I’m exporting to print, put online, etc)

For what it’s worth, I tick the “write changes to XMP sidecar” option, it’s entirely a personal preference but it means that the lightroom database can be lost without losing your changes and it means my backup of my “negatives” also contains the backup of my edits (the XMP files).

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