Digital Archiving Workflow for Beginners
Tutorial Details
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Completion Time: 1-2 hours
- Program: Adobe Digital Negative Converter
- Requirements: RAW Files, Hard Drives & DVDs
In this video, we take a look at how best to import, convert, rename and archive digital photography files. Solutions for backing up images and working with a Digital Asset Management system are also explored. It’s a great introduction to your media workflow!
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What to Expect
Today we’re looking at how to store, backup, and protect your images while keeping them easy to find at a later date. Here’s a quick look at what to expect:
- Importing
- Converting to Adobe DNG
- Renaming Files
- Keywording
- Archiving to DVD and Hard Drive
- Digital Asset Management Software
It’s worth noting that this is the setup that works for me. It might be a little overkill for your needs, but I hope that you’ll find the video useful and pick up a few new ideas!
What is Your Workflow?
Does your digital archiving workflow include a few different or original steps? We would be fascinated to hear how you manage the process – feel free to share in the comments!
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I’m using windows and write me a batch-script to import, convert (to DNG) and rename (with Exiftools) in one flow.
It saves me a lot of time. You can find some details on my site (sorry only in german).
http://www.totalmedial.de/2010/04/19/automatisierter-dng-workflow-mittels-batchverarbeitung-unter-windows/
Is it just me… or does sound only work for the video intro?
The first 2 minutes and 54 seconds, there is no sound =(
Is there a reason you dont just use Amazon S3? Your basically guaranteed safe there too.
Im gettin sound from only 1 side… so bugging ! noise is comin from other side rly hard to concentrate LOL
Has this been fixed yet? =P
Great video Simon, I like the way you name your files, think I might use the same convention for my own