G10: My preferred workflow
VidarNM on Dpreview.com describes his image processing workflow.
- Shooting at ISO80 (results at DSLR level)
- Always with the Histogram on the LCD, especially paying attention to the highlights
- For shooting I only use these modes: M, P, Av and Tv - which one is depending on the situation
- While waiting for Lightroom to support the G10, I convert my raw images in DPP
- In DPP I use the following settings. Chroma NR: Default (I don’t touch it), Luminance NR: Off (zero!). In the raw tab in DPP I turn sharpness from 6 (default for ISO80) to 1!
- In DPP I only do basic adjustments to exposure and colors
- Conversion from raw to 16bit tiff
- I open the tiffs in Lightroom where I remove CA and lens distortion (the latter with a plug-in called PTLens). Before exporting to CS3, I do cropping and alignments + apply a little sharpening in LR: Amount 50, Radius 0,5, Detail 0, Masking 0.
- In PS I start by cleaning up the image (cloning, spot removal etc).
- Then I apply NR with NIK Dfine. Depending on the image Dfine will suggest a value after analyzing. Using the Dfine Layer at 100% sometimes work, other times I will have to decrease the transparency of the layer.
- Next stop is detail recovery (works very well!). I use a macro from DOP (outbackphoto.com) called DOP_EasyD Plus. It really provide detail and sharpness that you didn’t know were there!
- The Master Image is ready! From this I make different develops for whatever purpose. This is where the final sharpening (or any other special effects) are applied (not on the Master Image!)
- The End
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