How long do you spend editing your images?

[shabba]

I Use CS4 and I just edit the RAW settings when importing, i.e clarity, contrast, black level, vibrance, saturation and exposure (sometimes) oh and temp, also I like a bit of vignating. Prob under a minute per image maybe. Then save to JPG in a 'best folder' and move all the RAW's to a backup drive.

I probably need to get more into photoshop though, need to learn more about unsharpe mask etc. Sometimes I colour pop via layers, but thats it.

 

[Llama]

really depends on the photo, for a school art project, my good pieces i spend 2-5 hours on and somtimes more holiday snaps i will spend 1-10 mins on and if im doing anything arty about 30mins, all depends on the photo and the need i think.

 

[mrtoad]

depending on use
30 secs to resize at 6x4, click the sort everything button, and unsharp mask at same setting...save
holiday snaps

for this forum and any competitive outlet
up to 3-5 minutes depending on the amount of pp to get the desired effect/s
i use up to 4 types of software for various types of control
i am usually happy just using 1 but there can be 'faults' i wish to turd polish just to convince my self i have done all that is possible
cheers
neurotic crow

 

[Chaz Photos]

I use LR3 for nearly everything, and that takes well under 60s. However, my pre-auto-sensor-clean body leaves nice dust bunnies which take another couple minutes to get rid of.

Spend a few mins cleaning it and you save all this time

 

[martyp]

A couple of minutes really; set the WB (I know I can do it in camera but its so easy in LR3 I don't), crop/rotate if req, maybe a ND grad filter, curves, sharpness done.

Goes over that if I want to use a plug-in or do some cloning but not by much.

Shooting JPEG (rare), practically no time at all since I make sure its right in camera - quick little curve for a little more punch perhaps...