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workflow suggestions please for high volume projects.

dmcgoldrick
hi, is C1 PRO capable of doing the following high volume work in a short time scale................
take approx 1,500 RAW images to edit initially and quickly reduce down to approx 500.
correct (to a good standard but not completely finished) these 500 and produce.......
1. web size images watermarked with a copyright text onto the image (not just into the meta data)
2. slide show images
3. some black and white images
4. jpeg (or tiff) suitable for printing various sizes at a lab or onto inkjet printers

all this looks possible (not sure about adding the copyright info)
BUT has anyone experience of how long this takes to do on an average apple g5 ,1.8, 1gb ram.
or is it best to continue using photoshop cs... mainly using jpeg images and just raw for low volume work.........
all ideas suggestions very welcome.
regards
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Dave McG
Scotland
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  • stevemaller
    You should D/L the trial version and do some timings. C1Pro will do all that (watermarking is pretty simple, but should do the copyright thing).

    You might benefit from more RAM, though. I do this sort of thing on my Powerbook G4. Takes upwards of a minute per image.
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  • Jörgen1
    What camera do U use to take tha 1500 pictures ???
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  • dmcgoldrick
    2 x Canon 20D. Shoots over 200 RAW on each 2g card so 7 cards required.
    one camera shooting with 70-200 lens, the other with 17-40.
    taking the shots is not any problem.......just the processing !!
    regards
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  • dwtech
    I'd say C1 would be way to slow for you. It can do all you ask, aside from embedding a text © on the image (a really easy PS action). But since most of what you're asking is regarding processing power of C1, I'd say you'd be pulling your hair out waiting. C1 Processing is by far the slowest processor I've come across. Great files but painfully slow. And C1 is the best capture software by far and a solid editing program better than most.
    I am in a similar shot count scenerio as you are for a catolog client. I can't even come close to delivering their requested TIFF's from a 5 day job right away when I am using powerbooks on location. I did a test with the iMacs (Power PC and Intel) in hopes that I could get a bump from them to help but there wasn't a reall benefit over the powerbook. I have to come back from location and load everything on my Dual G5 Powermac with Raptor RAID's to process. And the bigger captures get file size wise, the worse it gets.
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  • pmirror
    [quote="dwtech" wrote:
    C1 Processing is by far the slowest processor I've come across. Great files but painfully slow.


    nikon capture is slower, imho. but NC is result better at high iso than C1Pro.
    aperture is another choice but its not that easy to learn.
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  • ph1_user
    Is has been posible to add copyright text to you images since version 3.5
    This is taken from a knowledge base aritcle:
    Add notations (Mac only)
    Another feature enhancement is Add Notations. The photographer can add copyright, watermarks or logos (or other graphic elements) to an image.
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  • Leigh1
    C1 is quite slow at processing but it allows the user to quickly make adjustments to a large number of images. I've had success with setting up C1 to process 1000 1Dsmk2 files overnight for delivery the next day. My philosophy is to minimize the time I have to spend adjusting the files (which C1 does) and then let the computer do all the time consuming work on its own time.

    On the other hand, I find it slower to set the images in Adobe's Camera RAW for processing, but it is much much faster at actually doing the processing. It would be my choice if for some reason I didn't even have until the next morning to get the processing done.

    WF
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  • dwtech
    Agred on the editing and adjustments in C1, far better and faster than ACR. I should clarify that for me, on location a typical start time of processing is around 11pm and I usually have 500-1000 images from that day. So, doing the math, you can see how it becomes problematic when my call times are 5 or 6 am. But I do like how I can queue everything up and let it roll in C1-
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  • Leigh1
    I use a Powerbook during the shoot and then transfer the files to a much faster G5 tower for processing overnight. That way I won't be held up the next morning if the processing isn't quite finished when it's time to shoot (and sometimes it isn't). So, if you have more than one computer I would recommend using one during the shoot and one for processing. Or, if you prefer, transfer half the images to the second computer and let them both process overnight. Just some ideas...

    WF
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  • dmcgoldrick
    thanks to all for the suggestions..............perhaps pocessing times are about to improve with the new intel chip mac's ?
    no funds at the moment to make upgrade !!!!!!!!!!
    regards
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  • dwtech
    WF-
    Your workflow is the same I use when I am able to cart along my G5 tower, it's the jobs that have to be soley done via powerbooks. Shipping the G5 is costly, and damaging to the computer (I'm open to any suggestions around this) either through airlines or ups/fedex. I, too, was hoping to get an iMac since you can get an iLugger case for $100 and you can carry it on the airlines. But neither the PPC or Intel iMacs right now offer a processing bump over the powerbook worth the expense IMO. Hopefully when/if C1 goes universal binary that'll become a viable solution for me.
    But I do have one powerbook processing as much as possible while shooting but I don't like splitting them up since then I start getting into a clunky workflow and have to be concerned that I keep all the files synch'd up and managed. It just doesn't work for me all that well when I'm cooked from multiple long days on set/location and late nights editing/processing. Bottom line, yes one can get around the processing times by a bunch of possible workarounds (multiple computers, post days on the G5) but it's still clunky and prone to mistakes/user error.
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