Raw workflow with CS3, Lightroom, Neatimage, PTlens

The Swede

I'm getting ready to process 400+ raw files from a recent trip. Many were taken with the Sigma 10-20 and at higher ISOs, so they will need distortion correction (PTlens) and noise reduction (Neat Image). I have adjusted them to my liking in Lightroom, and now need to perform the other operations. This is what I have in mind:

1. Import into Lightroom and adjust as desired. Turn off noise reduction and sharpening.

2. Export as tiffs and batch process in PS for distortion and noise.

3. Re-import tiffs into Lightroom and perform sharpening and export as jpegs.

Is this how any of you would do this or should I use Bridge? Should I hold off on adjusting the files until I re-import them as tiffs? Can I create a droplet and have Lightroom start this process on export?

It seems there should be an easier way. Maybe we just need plugins for Lightroom :wink

arodney

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. You've got to make the round trips in LR to do other functions, those finished rendered images are now included with the originals in the database. Might want to make a collection or in some way make it easy to find originals and new iterations.

arodney

Should I hold off on adjusting the files until I re-import them as tiffs? Can I create a droplet and have Lightroom start this process on export?

I'd do all the big rendering work on the originals before going into Photoshop. After you render, try not to do any further so called corrections in LR, you'll have to make a copy of that 2nd image with the new metadata instructions.

In the Export dialog, there's options as to what you want LR to do After Export. You can call up a droplet for example.