Resizing:
1. Open RAW file in PS using ACR. Perform all adjustments including
sharpening and export to PS from ACR.
2. Fill in File Info (opt-cmd-I on a Mac) with caption, copyright
(make sure you click the box to show copyright symbol in top bar of
image file when open), keyword info. Insert date and location info
in screen 6 of File Info.
3. Save file with appropriate name as TIF in folder hierarchy on hard disc.
4. Activate home made action for jpeg file which will be 4x6x96dpi.
4a. Action goes this way on full size file:
Image>Image Size
Change longest dimension to 6", change dpi to 96. Hit return.
File is resized to 6" in longest dimension and 96dpi.
5. File>Save As:
Select JPEG from pull down menu and location from folder hierarchy.
Save at compression 7. Close image.
Do not save image to same folder that has Tifs. You'll just have to
hunt it down and drag it into the jpegs folder if you do. Or resave
into the correct folder and hunt down the jpeg in the tiffs folder
and throw it out. Tiresome options.
Go on to the next image file and repeat.
6. Burn CD or DVD of RAW capture as part of regular housekeeping and
separate CD or DVD of corrected keepers.
When I wish to submit an image to the gallery I open a new email in
Eudora, attach the desired jpeg from the jpeg folder hierarchy,
insert title and info in the message area of the email and send. I
have the gallery address set up as a nickname in eudora so I don't
have to hunt it down every time, either.
Since creating the jpeg is part of the normal processing of the image
file I have created two Actions in PS to do that - one for the verts
and one for the horizonts. The horizonts action is activated by
hitting the F7 key, so all i have to do it navigate to the correct
jpeg folder and save. Vertical jpegging is activated with the F8
key. I also have an Action that clicks the copyright box and inserts
the copyright notice in the appropriate field.
Unless you're not using PS I don't see how resizing can be hard. But
you do need some order and method to your process. Even in Elements
resizing is a cinch, although the menu has a slightly different name.
And I find I don't need to resharpen for a jpeg until I get it down
to the size for my web page which is really tiny.
As for keywording - now that I upgraded to Tiger I found that
Spotlight searched the keywords in the image jpegs, which stay on the
hard drive all the time.
So I can use it to find all the images which have, for instance, a
particular boat, or kind of boat etc. Very nice... Cmd-F never
indexed that deeply.
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Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography
http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/
