My Work Flow

This is a short description of my usual work flow when I get home with a memory card full of pictures.

First I create folder hierarchy like this:

year/month/day

Then from within DigiKam I copy the raw pictures into that folder and create a subfolder for storing the jpeg versions in.

Once the pictures are in place I go through them deleting any that I don’t like. I then apply tags for the location and contents of the picture.

Tags Sidebar

I open each picture in turn in the editor. Generally the pictures start out looking dark and lacking contrast.

Starting image

I generally perform the following steps:

• I run the auto correct tool (colour -> auto correct). Usually I use the autolevels options which improves the contrast of the picture.

Auto correct tool

• If necessary I’ll then use the brightness control (colour -> brightness). I use this to further tweak the brightness and contrast of the picture.

Brightness tool

• I run the colour effects tool (colour -> colour effects) and use the vivid option to increase the colour saturation of the picture.

Colour Effects

With this done I save the modified picture as a jpeg.

Saving

The end result

Final picture

I’m still working on refining my work flow but this is how I’m currently processing my pictures.

BTW I’ve recently downloaded the latest version of Digikam (version 0.10). One advantage of this version is the fact that it works on Windows. I’ll write more about it later.