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If your computer freezes or crashes down unable to process a gazillion of images you just shot – this episode is for you! New York Photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV has a great video with tips and tricks on how to minimize your wait upload time and save your computer from dreadful processing!
David teaches: “Digital photography has made it so easy to take lots of pictures. Fast motor drive, and more megapixels can add up to tens or even hundreds of thousands of images over time. That’ll really slow down your computer. If you don’t manage all those files the right way, here’s a tip that will significantly reduce the strain on your computer when working with a lot of photos. I’m hoping you shoot everything in RAW already, and you probably use a program like Lightroom Photoshop or my new favorite “capture one” to process those files. If you put all of your images into those programs, you’ll find that they choke up and slow down over time.”
“The key is to only bring in your best images, so use a separate viewer program to look at your photos first, and bring only the ones that you need into the converter. A program like Photo Mechanic will let you flip through even your highest res images very quickly. I can go through thousands of frames in probably 10 or 15 minutes.”
“What I do is multiple passes through my images, picking fewer and fewer photos each time. On a typical concert shoot I could take over 4,000 pictures easily. After doing this process I get it down to about 40 or 50. Now I’ll only take those final images, and bring them in to capture one, where I can take my time and work on each one until they’re perfect. So after a hundred concerts instead of having 4,000 images I’ve only got 40. HUGE difference. So edit down your images and only tone up the ones that you need. Your computer will thank you for it!”
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