Lee Jones wrote:
> There's a lot of effort expended on batch work flow to allow for
> the conversion of entire folders (hundreds) of images at a time
> with addition of IPTC metadata (e.g. your copyright notice).  It
> varies by company but all the big players address it.  They are
> coming from a point & click mind-set, so it's not command line
> oriented, but it isn't too bad.

Total batch processing isn't the answer either.  Each image is different and
needs to be thought about separately.  However, some tasks are common, and
the correction curves I use are similar most of the time.

When scanning negatives for example, you always start by finding the black
level (of the positive image).  The while level is not so obvious since the
brightest point in a picture isn't always white, and with negatives they can
be caused by dust anyway.  The correction curve I need to use with my
scanner and common negative film brings up the light level faster at the low
end.  I don't know why, but every scanner I've ever used blotches out shadow
detail by default.  I'd like a choice of a few previously set up curves with
maybe a control input or two on some of them without having to enter the
curve in separately each time.  This is the kind of thing I'd rather write
my own code for.  Then there is color correction with the tactics and
reference varying greatly between pictures.


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