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| I. Capture image and save in both RAW and JPEG formats | |
| II. Copy all images from CF card to computer's hard drive | |
| III. Use The Rename to rename all files to identify all with this event | |
| IV. Use Adobe Bridge to | |
| A. Edit the metadata of all images | |
| B. Rank all images as one star. (The scale ranges from 0 through 5 stars.) | |
| C. Move all JPEG files to a separate folder | |
| V. Produce Online Photo Gallery (continuing in Adobe Bridge and working with the JPEG folder) | |
| A. Review all images and rank all as either zero stars or two or greater stars. (This way, I know which images have not yet been reviewed yet -- the 1 star images.) | |
| B. Filter: display all two star or better images. (There is no need to process the bad pictures.) | |
| C. Move all of the good pictures to a new folder. | |
| VI. Use Adobe Photoshop to individually enhance each image. | |
| A. Use PTLens to correct lens defects | |
| B. Correct: spots and flaws, shadows and highlights, brightness and contrast, colors. | |
| C. Use SkinTune to make final color corrections for skin color. | |
| VII. Review all images from Bridge. Revisit any that need further corrections. | |
| VIII. Return to Photoshop | |
| A. Make alternate versions of images as needed: black and white, sepia, composites, and other special effects. | |
| B. Crop and make web-sized versions of all good images. | |
| C. Emblazon "Drew Faber Photography" onto each web-sized image. | |
| IX. Use Picasa to create online photo gallery | |
| X. Use WS_FTP Pro to upload gallery to DrewFaber.com. | |
| XI. Making Prints of Selected Images | |
| A. Open desired RAW file in DxO Optics Pro | |
| B. Make adjustments as needed. | |
| C. Create a TIFF high-resolution version | |
| D. Open the image in Adobe Photoshop | |
| E. Adjust contrast, color, shadow, highlight | |
| F. Use SkinTune to make final color adjustments | |
| G. Use Kodak's GEM and AIR Dimensional to air-brush the skin tones as needed | |
| H. Save | |
| I. Crop and make a JPEG copy at 300 dpi based on the customer's desired print size. | |
| J. Upload the high-resolution JPEG to photo lab for printing on professional photographic paper. | |
| XII. Archive | |
| A. Automated backup of all new files occurs at 11:30pm to external hard drive. | |
| B. Within 2 months all files are backed up to DVD. Two copies are made. One copy stays here. The other copy goes to another location. | |
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