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Just experimenting with a some little video clips that show a before and after and how my workflow gets me where I want to go...
As poor conditions continue to plague new data acquisition, it does afford me more chances to practice with my newer workflow within #pixinsight
Data from #northamericanebula that was captured by me early in 2021 just with reworked processes.
This flowchart is based on David Allen´s GTD and a flowchart which I found on the web made by the company "FreeAssociates". You can find the original chart here: freeassociates.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/gtd-processing...
Infographic that illustrates a comparison between an existing workflow, and a more collaborative and "agile" project workflow.
Got my mini travel photo editing process set up and tested today. Shoot with the m4/3 Panasonic GX8, transfer to iPad Mini via SD adapter, edit with Lightroom mobile, upload to web via whatever means necessary.
(except the tagging interface on the Flickr iPad app is atrocious)
Not sure whether this will interest any of you or not, but just felt like sharing some of my thoughts through the post-processing stage of photography as have been getting a few emails from people lately about this.
The key to any post-processing is a good canvas on which to start from - this means you need to get it as "right" as you can in camera. Of course, using RAW formats make this a lot more forgiving, but I still believe it's a good thing to aim for! The less post-processing you do, the better quality your photo is also. Of course, that also depends on how creative you want to get. I'm not saying my images are anywhere near "right" in camera - actually I think there's still a long way for me to go there and I do get lazy quite often! It's still something I try to aim for anyway. Composition's probably the one thing you can't get away so easily with being lazy on :)
Left to Right, the top photograph is the original RAW photo without any adjustments. In my opinion (for what I like) the photo is flat and there's very little contrast between the bamboo and the middle tree, which is something I wanted to highlight, as when I was there, it's what struck me the most about the scene. The photo on the right was my first attempt at post-processing this image and I didn't like it. The colours just didn't do it for me, and the more I did, the worse it got! I also felt it was all too busy as the bamboo is a very strong feature with too much detail. The image just feels a bit uninteresting - there's nothing in particular that intrigues the viewer. I decided to leave the image and come back to it later, starting again from scratch.
The bottom two images are the ones I've posted on this photostream. The B&W attempt was born out of having been so disappointed with my first colour attempt. I felt I needed to just try something completely different as wasn't sure how to make the most of the bamboo without it being totally overpowering. I think this B&W stage helped me reorganise and refresh my outlook on processing a colour version (I find B&W tends to do that, for me at least). The final colour image is what I've finished with - it's not as "realistic" as it could maybe have been, but I've decided that this interpretation gives the effect I wanted. For me, it's intriguing and enchanting, which is honestly what I felt, being there (even though it didn't exactly look like that!). This image ended up being a lot more complex to process than I first thought - probably a lot to do with the weird lighting the bamboo gives, and the texture of it.
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The fact an SVG image is an xml document comes handy. In the past our workflow has been defined by the icon theme spec. We worked on individual files for every icon size. That becomes problematic when you tweak an aspect of an icon and you have to keep the change in sync with the other versions (It shows itself in the tango-icon-theme emoticons, where you have clearly different colors between the various sizes).
During the suse hackweek I've cooked up a php script that would take a two-layer SVG, where in one layer there would be rectangles defining the size and the other the actual artwork and call inkscape to render the objects into PNGs.
And since I'm now working in a team that deals with ROR a lot, I've found a scripting language that I very much like, ruby. I'm no hacker, but man do I love the simplicity of it.
My parents' Sony RX100 next to my Microsoft Surface Pro. The perfect "Portable yet Powerful" combination for a photographer!
Photograph as seen on The Hugehog Blog.
a workflow chart describing general content creation process as shared by professional media and hobbyist bloggers alike.
IOGraphica overlaid on my photoshop document for 31.5 minutes. I've been working on this for a few hours, so this is an incomplete mouse track.
My new photo project about workflow of my friend and fashion designer Alena.
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You can download this workflow from David Allens website: www.davidco.com/pdfs/gtd_workflow_advanced.pdf
or you may try the D*I*Y Planner Templates, which is a collection of very good templates, includying the one you liked: www.diyplanner.com/templates/official/classic
There are also other great gtd workflows that are similar to this one:
smerino.bol.ucla.edu/gtd/gtd-1.html - Collection
smerino.bol.ucla.edu/gtd/gtd-2.html - Daily Reviews
smerino.bol.ucla.edu/gtd/gtd-3.html- Weekly Reviews
elementkstaff.com/Student_Course_Materials/bnu/images/gtd...
blogs.salon.com/0002007/images/workflow_diagram3.gif
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Modern infographics options banner with paper circles with arrows. Vector. Can be used for web design and workflow layout
Como,Vincenzo Castella's exhibition. 180x300cm LightJet prints: scans by CastorScan
N3 LightJet prints 180x300 cm on Kodak Endura Paper
Scans by CastorScan
Stampe digitali LightJet 180x300 cm su carta Kodak Endura.
Scansioni da negativi colore Kodak Portra 160NC 12x20 pollici (30x51 cm) realizzate da CastorScan su scanner a tamburo.
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We work with artists, photographers, agencies, laboratories etc. who demand a state-of-the-art quality at reasonable prices.
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CastorScan uses the best scanners in circulation, Dainippon Screen SG-8060P Mark II, the best and most advanced scanner ever made, Kodak-Creo IQSmart 3, a high-end flatbed scanner, and Imacon 848.
The image quality offered by our Dainippon Screen 8060 scanner is much higher than that achievable with the best flatbed scanners or filmscanners dedicated and superior to that of scanners so-called "virtual drum" (Imacon – Hasselblad,) and, of course, vastly superior to that amateur or prosumer obtained with scanners such as Epson V750 etc .
Dainippon Screen SG-8060P Mark II exceeds in quality any other scanner, including Aztek Premier and ICG 380 (in the results, not just in the technical specifications).
8060's main features: 12000 dpi, Hi-Q Xenon lamp, 25 apertures, 2 micron
Aztek Premier's main features: 8000 dpi, halogen lamp, 18 apertures, 3 micron
ICG 380's main features: 12000 dpi, halogen lamp, 9 apertures, 4 micron
Some of the features that make the quality of our drum scanners better than any other existing scan system include:
The scans performed on a drum scanner are famous for their detail, depth and realism.
Scans are much cleaner and show fewer imperfections than scans obtained from CCD scanners, and thus save many hours of cleaning and spotting in postproduction.
Image acquisition by the drum scanner is optically similar to using a microscopic lens that scans the image point by point with extreme precision and without deformation or distortion of any kind, while other scanners use enlarger lenses (such as the Rodenstock-Linos Magnagon 75mm f8 used in the Hasselblad-Imacon scanners) and have transmission systems with rubber bands: this involves mild but effective micro-strain and micro-geometric image distortions and quality is not uniform between the center and edges.
Drum scanners are exempt from problems of flatness of the originals, since the same are mounted on a perfectly balanced transparent acrylic drum; on the contrary, the dedicated film scanners that scan slides or negatives in their plastic frames are subject to quite significant inaccuracies, as well as the Imacon-Hasselblad scanners, which have their own rubber and plastic holders: they do not guarantee the perfect flatness of the original and therefore a uniform definition between center and edge, especially with medium and large size originals, which instead are guaranteed by drum scanners.
Again, drum scanners allow scanning at high resolution over the entire surface of the cylinder, while for example the Hasselblad Imacon scans are limited to 3200 dpi in 120 format and 2000 dpi in 4x5" format (the resolution of nearly every CCD scanner in the market drops as the size of the original scanned is increased).
Drum scanners allow complete scanning of the whole negative, including the black-orange mask, perforations etc, while using many other scanners a certain percentage of the image is lost because it is covered by frames or holders.
Drum scanners use photomultiplier tubes to record the light signal, which are much more sensitive than CCDs and can record many more nuances and variations in contrast with a lower digital noise.
If you look at a monitor at 100% the detail in shadows and darker areas of a scan made with a CCD scanner, you will notice that the details are not recorded in a clear and clean way, and the colors are more opaque and less differentiated. Additionally the overall tones are much less rich and differentiated.
We would like to say a few words about an unscrupulous and deceitful use of technical specifications reported by many manufacturers of consumer and prosumer scanners; very often we read of scanners that promise cheap or relatively cheap “drum scanner” resolutions, 16 bits of color depth, extremely high DMAX: we would like to say that these “nominal” resolutions do not correspond to an actual optical resolution, so that even in low-resolution scanning you can see an enormous gap between drum scanners and these scanners in terms of detail, as well as in terms of DMAX, color range, realism, “quality” of grain. So very often when using these consumer-prosumer scanners at high resolutions, it is normal to get a disproportionate increase of file size in MB but not an increase of detail and quality.
To give a concrete example: a drum scan of a 24x36mm color negative film at 3500 dpi is much more defined than a scan made with mostly CCD scanner at 8000 dpi and a drum scan at 2500 dpi is dramatically clearer than a scan at 2500 dpi provided by a CCD scanner. So be aware and careful with incorrect advertisement.
Scans can be performed either dry or liquid-mounted. The wet mounting further improves cleanliness (helps to hide dirt, scratches and blemishes) and plasticity of the image without compromising the original, and in addition by mounting with liquid the film grain is greatly reduced and it looks much softer and more pleasant than the usual "harsh" grain resulting from dry scans.
We use Kami SMF 2001 liquid to mount the transparencies and Kami RC 2001 for cleaning the same. Kami SMF 2001 evaporates without leaving traces, unlike the traditional oil scans, ensuring maximum protection for your film. Out of ignorance some people prefer to avoid liquid scanning because they fear that their films will be dirty or damaged: this argument may be plausible only in reference to scans made using mineral oils, which have nothing to do with the specific professional products we use.
We strongly reiterate that your original is in no way compromised by our scanning liquid and will return as you have shipped it, if not cleaner.
With respect to scanning from slides:
Our scanners are carefully calibrated with the finest IT8 calibration targets in circulation and with special customized targets in order to ensure that each scan faithfully reproduces the original color richness even in the most subtle nuances, opening and maintaining detail in shadows and highlights. These color profiles allow our scanners to realize their full potential, so we guarantee our customers that even from a chromatic point of view our scans are noticeably better than similar scans made by mostly other scan services in the market.
In addition, we remind you that our 8060 drum scanner is able to read the deepest shadows of slides without digital noise and with much more detail than CCD scanners; also, the color range and color realism are far better.
With respect to scanning from color and bw negatives: we want to emphasize the superiority of our drum scans not only in scanning slides, but also in color and bw negative scanning (because of the orange mask and of very low contrast is extremely difficult for any ccd scanner to read the very slight tonal and contrast nuances in the color negative, while a perfectly profiled 8060 drum scanner – also through the analog gain/white calibration - can give back much more realistic images and true colors, sharper and more three-dimensional).
In spite of what many claim, a meticulous color profiling is essential not only for scanning slides, but also, and even more, for color negatives. Without it the scan of a color negative will produce chromatic errors rather significant, thus affecting the tonal balance and then the naturalness-pleasantness of the images.
More unique than rare, we do not use standardized profiles provided by the software to invert each specific negative film, because they do not take into account parameters and variables such as the type of development, the level of exposure, the type of light etc.,; at the same time we also avoid systems of "artificial intelligence" or other functions provided by semi-automatic scanning softwares, but instead we carry out the inversion in a full manual workflow for each individual picture.
In addition, scanning with Imacon-Hasselblad scanners we do not use their proprietary software - Flexcolor – to make color management and color inversion because we strongly believe that our alternative workflow provides much better results, and we are able to prove it with absolute clarity.
At each stage of the process we take care of meticulously adjusting the scanning parameters to the characteristics of the originals, to extrapolate the whole range of information possible from any image without "burning" or reductions in the tonal range, and strictly according to our customer's need and taste.
By default, we do not apply unsharp mask (USM) in our scans, except on request.
To scan reflective originals we follow the same guidelines and guarantee the same quality standard.
We guarantee the utmost thoroughness and expertise in the work of scanning and handling of the originals and we provide scans up to 12,000 dpi of resolution, at 16-bit, in RGB, GRAYSCALE, LAB or CMYK color mode; unless otherwise indicated, files are saved with Adobe RGB 1998 or ProPhoto RGB color profile.