[Digikam-users] Digital Asset Management (DAM) question: final formats, meta data and so on

[Martin (KDE)]

Am 21.09.2014 um 14:01 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> 2014-09-21 13:54 GMT+02:00 Pento <wq at allaboutvim.ru>:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Could you please share your DAM flow in details?
>> My one is:
>> 1. Import photographs from camera to ~/photos/YEAR/EVENT/raw
>> 2. Convert cr2 raw files to dng
>> 3. Remove all really bad pics and flag (red, yellow and gree) all other
>> 4. Batch convert dng files with some corrections (WB/sharp/contrast) in 16bit
>> mode to jpg **without compression**
>> 5. Make manual editing for some of them
>> 6. Move jpg files to dir one level above
>> 7. Remove dng files with red flag
>> 8. Comment, star, tag and so on to **jpegs**
>> 9. Export some images to public website (remove all metada, resize to 1024x,
>> add watermark, add tag "Public" to the origin)
>> 10. Do backup (rsync) of ~/photos every week to external drive
>>
>> So I store jpg files with metadata in it and dng ones  for **some of them**  in
>> separate directory
>> As you can see I don't use versions feature.  What is limitations of such DAM
>> flow?
> 
> There is a benefit to use DNG instead CR2 ?
> 
> In more generic approach, there is a benefit to use RAW instead JPEG ?
> For me now, excepted with some shots conditions. JPEG is always enough
> in 90%.

This is no simple yes or no question. If I shot a wedding or simmilar
fest I always use RAW (fix white balance, colour correction and use the
headroom of raw data). Same ist true for most landscape scenes. If I
have to shoot sport events I prefere plain jpeg (way less
postprocessing). I use RAW in about 90% an plain jpeg in 10%. I stopped
using both at a time.

There is a reason that user can switch between raw and jpeg. Same ist
true for full automatic mode: better you have an average full automatic
photo than none at all.

Regards
Martin