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How to Process 10,000 Frames Without Going Crazy

Ph: Kirill Gorozhanin
Geo: Teriberka


Usually, post-production rendering of studio images after trips feels like manna from heaven. 3, 5, or even 15 renders — not impressive at all. The thing is, from one day on the road, I end up with about 500−1800 raw frames. Multiply this by the number of days traveling. It amounts to a formidable figure.

How to work with such volume? Here, as with the visualization of voluminous scenes, only systematic work helps. Before we get to the stages, here’s the premise: we’ll consider processing using Lightroom, without LUTs, as I don’t use them. Let’s go:

  1. Import material and frame-by-frame review of the shoot with marking and deleting defective and unnecessary frames;
  2. Application of common parameters: crop ratio, details, etc.;
  3. Converting all images to black and white (why is this needed?);
  4. Frame-by-frame calibration of crop and perspective parameters with marking and deleting defects;
  5. Frame-by-frame work on tone with marking and deleting defects;
  6. Converting all images back to color;
  7. Frame-by-frame work on color with marking and deleting defects;
  8. Exporting the final material.

This is not a quick process, but it’s the most effective way to handle such a task.
2022-10-30 13:41 Gork Photo Guides