^^what john said. Click the magnifying glass and it will take you to a new screen with the enlarged photo. You can use the arrow keys to cull through photos, click "t" on keyboard to tag images you'd like to keep (you'll see a check mark pop up by the image). When you leave this screen, there is an option to view all tagged images, and you can sort them from here. I'm busy at the moment, but I will go into detail when I shoot you back a PM
Diva, last suggestion. take a hammer and lightly smack your shutter finger a few times before a shoot. Obviously you don't to break any thing but hard enough so it hurts to push down on the shutter button. Problem solved! Please report back to us on the results...
Michael and John, see screenshot above - that's what I get when I click to go to the single, full size image. HOWEVER... that was on a directory that had already been uploaded/imported to the hard drive. When I used PM on a CF card in the CF drive, it read fine and behaved as expected. Maybe something was stripped when it was imported from camera? Not sure. Will experiment.
Charles, I agree I'm overshooting, hence why I asked the question - I think my frustration is a combination of that and workflow, and this thread has very helpfully given me ideas to address both. I won't to reduce the number of shots I deliver since I believe that's an appropriate number for my market, but I'd like to minimize the pointless extras that I don't NEED but seem to take anyway. Hoping I can curb my enthusiasm next shoot (although that one is way outside my comfort zone, and I bet I second guess myself!! :smack )
The least satisfying part of my time is in the culling rather than editing, however; way too many hours spent doing something I find pretty un-fun. Sure, I may spend more time editing than some of you, but I actually enjoy it (for the most part) so I don't consider it time wasted. Culling? Blech. Hate it. Worst part of the process for me. Borrrrinnngggg.
Computer is at 6g of memory (upgradeable to 8, which I'll be doing in due course), but new computer isn't an option right now, so I have to make the best of what I've got
Michael and John, see screenshot above - that's what I get when I click to go to the single, full size image. HOWEVER... that was on a directory that had already been uploaded/imported to the hard drive. When I used PM on a CF card in the CF drive, it read fine and behaved as expected. Maybe something was stripped when it was imported from camera? Not sure. Will experiment.
After some research, I realized that your expiration problem is because of having the trial version of Photo Mechanic and having the wrong date set on your images (in camera). Your camera's date is set to the future (in your picture it says it was taken on 6/28). This date is past the time PM expires, and according to this thread they have it programmed this way for security reasons. So your quick fix would be to correct the date of your images in camera and try it out again. It should work fine
Also, I agree with Charles that when it comes to a session, you need to evaluate everything when shooting. However, I don't discourage snapping away photographs. If you are able to capture "winners" by getting snaps at that right moment, it's valuable for your portfolio and the client. Taking pictures beyond the designated time, in my opinion, is where you can run into some trouble about the value of your work (per hour). Focusing on technique and a solid workflow has certainly increased value for my own work. Also PM has shed off about 2-3 hours of culling time, which has saved me tons of time and money!
Maybe keep track of your prep time, shooting time, culling time, retouching time, presenting time and then divide that into what you charged. YOU MIGHT GET A HUGE SHOCK! Like a buck or two an hour. That will make you shoot less.
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In addition to the above, imagine you're still shooting film and put an iou in a box equivalent to the No of frames taken / used as if still using the stuff.
btw - similar to wave01 I also use DPP and typically take 200 - 400ish frames (altho 550 yesterday) albeit not people - seem to load quick enough to me.
After some research, I realized that your expiration problem is because of having the trial version of Photo Mechanic and having the wrong date set on your images (in camera). Your camera's date is set to the future (in your picture it says it was taken on 6/28). This date is past the time PM expires, and according to this thread they have it programmed this way for security reasons. So your quick fix would be to correct the date of your images in camera and try it out again. It should work fine
Heh that is funny...I don't know how much security that provides. If the software is dependant on the date range specified in the trial then it sounds like you have a free version of PM forever as long as you reset your camera to the date range of the trial before you shoot.
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Charles, I agree I'm overshooting, hence why I asked the question - I think my frustration is a combination of that and workflow, and this thread has very helpfully given me ideas to address both. I won't to reduce the number of shots I deliver since I believe that's an appropriate number for my market, but I'd like to minimize the pointless extras that I don't NEED but seem to take anyway. Hoping I can curb my enthusiasm next shoot (although that one is way outside my comfort zone, and I bet I second guess myself!! :smack )
The least satisfying part of my time is in the culling rather than editing, however; way too many hours spent doing something I find pretty un-fun. Sure, I may spend more time editing than some of you, but I actually enjoy it (for the most part) so I don't consider it time wasted. Culling? Blech. Hate it. Worst part of the process for me. Borrrrinnngggg.
Computer is at 6g of memory (upgradeable to 8, which I'll be doing in due course), but new computer isn't an option right now, so I have to make the best of what I've got
After some research, I realized that your expiration problem is because of having the trial version of Photo Mechanic and having the wrong date set on your images (in camera). Your camera's date is set to the future (in your picture it says it was taken on 6/28). This date is past the time PM expires, and according to this thread they have it programmed this way for security reasons. So your quick fix would be to correct the date of your images in camera and try it out again. It should work fine
Also, I agree with Charles that when it comes to a session, you need to evaluate everything when shooting. However, I don't discourage snapping away photographs. If you are able to capture "winners" by getting snaps at that right moment, it's valuable for your portfolio and the client. Taking pictures beyond the designated time, in my opinion, is where you can run into some trouble about the value of your work (per hour). Focusing on technique and a solid workflow has certainly increased value for my own work. Also PM has shed off about 2-3 hours of culling time, which has saved me tons of time and money!
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In addition to the above, imagine you're still shooting film and put an iou in a box equivalent to the No of frames taken / used as if still using the stuff.
btw - similar to wave01 I also use DPP and typically take 200 - 400ish frames (altho 550 yesterday) albeit not people - seem to load quick enough to me.
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Heh that is funny...I don't know how much security that provides. If the software is dependant on the date range specified in the trial then it sounds like you have a free version of PM forever as long as you reset your camera to the date range of the trial before you shoot.