- Joined
- Jul 6, 2018
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- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
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- Lightroom Version Number
- 8.4.1
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- Windows 10
This negative copying project is at its beginning. It would be nice to get off to a solid start with regard to cataloging and processing copied negatives because it is so easy for the Lightroom catalog to get out of hand and detract from the goal of creating new photo artistry from old negatives. This methodology will be different from the one utilized for original digital images taken with the camera. That method consists of importing the raw files and converting immediately to DNG, and then processing the DNG files. The original raw files get backed-up by the import check box to" make a second copy." The proposed methodology for copying negatives is thus:
1. Import images into Lightroom without copying to DNG.
2. Apply a preset that simply reverses the tone curve.
3. Export the image to TIFF with the option checked to add that image to the LR catalog.
4. Proceed with processing the TIFF image. The reasoning for not processing the raw file, is that after reversing the tone curve, some of the development sliders work in reverse. That does not happen with the TIFF file. Do you like this plan or have any other suggestions?
1. Import images into Lightroom without copying to DNG.
2. Apply a preset that simply reverses the tone curve.
3. Export the image to TIFF with the option checked to add that image to the LR catalog.
4. Proceed with processing the TIFF image. The reasoning for not processing the raw file, is that after reversing the tone curve, some of the development sliders work in reverse. That does not happen with the TIFF file. Do you like this plan or have any other suggestions?