X-Equals – image, workflow, technology, business

We’re going from start to finish in this series, and in part 4 we’ll offer a download of our structure for stress testing and commentary from all of you out in the field. You’ll get detailed descriptions of why, how, and when we do what we do when setting up the core system for managing both archival and derivative files and all the considerations that go into it.

We have broken all sections down to stand alone or as a complete system:

1. Data {Part 1}
   
2. Folders {Part 2}
3. Filenames {Part 3}
4. Derivative Files {Part 4}

Whether you adopt all four parts into your workflow, or just pick portions that you can make your own, this series is written to support both approaches and is modular in nature.

Fundamental storage and organizational topics include:

• welcome to the future of storage: The Cloud (ie. Amazon S3)
• data types (archival vs. derivative)
• why_we_use_underscores – instead of S P A C E S
• setting up a folder hierarchy that is simple, reusable, and works across multiple media
• walk through a sample workflow from start to finish
• create and manage single and multiple catalogs
• name, manage, and deploy thousands of files with parameter-driven batch processing
• tame the Lightroom Import and Export dialogs
• automate the creation and coordination of multiple file formats
• download our folder hierarchy with sample files {located in Part 4}
  

|Brandon Oelling
x=photography+consulting – image+workflow+technology+business

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