hi,
i'm currently using pixort to help me cull and flag images, but am looking at photo mechanic in the hope that it will speed up the slower aspects of my wedding photography workflow.
here's what i currently do:
at wedding reception1.) manually copy raw files off camera cards (shot on multiple cameras) into one folder
2.) use pixort to move approx. 100 images to a slideshow folder
3.) import those images into lightroom for a quick process before presenting as a slideshow
then, at the office4.) copy photos taken at the reception into original folder
5.) use pixort to pick another 20 or so images to add to slideshow from reception
6.) import those into lightroom and process
7.) for renumbering purposes, import ALL photos from the day into lightroom and renumber them akk
8.) throw the slideshow photos into a web slideshow etc. (they need to display accurate numbers in case clients want to order prints from the slideshow)
9.) complete remaining culling and processing within lightroom
the sucky part of this is around steps 7-9. if i could complete the renumbering before images hit lightroom, i'd be laughing ... it would have the added (huge) bonus of allowing me to use a fast program for the "real" culling/flagging.
sooooo, questions before i start playing with a trial:
1.) how does ingest renumbering work when pulling images from multiple cameras, with one card reader? i want all images, from all cameras, to be numbered in sequence, as YYMMDD_NNNN. bear in mind that this renumbering needs to be performed at initial ingest, or immediately after, as i don't want to lose the initial processing i apply to the slideshow photos in lightroom because the files disappear
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2.) when ingesting images after the reception, is it possible to set the start number? even better, does PM pick up where it left off for the given folder?
if PM addresses those two concerns adequately, it might be the perfect tool for me.
bear in mind that i'm not interested in using anything apart from lightroom for processing ... although it's slow and the cataloging sucks, i'm fairly good at getting the results i want out of it now...