Landscape advise for a learner (Part 2)

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I posted a thread a while back - very new to dSLR and on the way to the dark peak for a walking holiday.

This http://www.flickr.com/photos/16817419@N05/with/10007914336/ is a small selection from the 800+ pictures I took. OK only a start but I was well happy with the improvement from my point and shoot days:). Any comments on my landscape "composition" will be very welcome.

Is there an easy way to extract JPEG and Raw files to different folders after uploading to computer? Ctrl and clicking worked but it's very hard on the eyes.

Cheers Steve
 
Jayst84 said:
There's probably an automated way to do it, but I would just sort by filetype then drag and drop half the folder.
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On the 7k1 you can send the diff types to different cards. As you can on many cameras. If I ever used jpeg id choose to do this. That way the folders are separated
 
Jayst84 said:
Yep, that's the easy way, however I believe the OP is on a 20D which is single card.
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Why 8s he shooting both? It it old pics before he knew about raw? Im not starting the old raw vs jpeg argument but raw is better. So unless you have a specific need then only shoot raw
 
barratt1988 said:
Why 8s he shooting both? It it old pics before he knew about raw? Im not starting the old raw vs jpeg argument but raw is better. So unless you have a specific need then only shoot raw
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I always advise beginners to shoot raw and jpeg, if they are not yet into raw processing (which some find daunting) then they can use the jpeg, and in days / weeks / months to come when they get into raw processing they can go back to the files they have.
 
zendog said:
Is there an easy way to extract JPEG and Raw files to different folders after uploading to computer? Ctrl and clicking worked but it's very hard on the eyes.
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If you're using Windows then, in Explorer, select the option to view files "By type". This will group all the JPEGS together and all the raws together.
Then use Shift-Click to highlight the block you want to move (click on the first file then Shift & Click on the last file to be moved).
You can then drag the block of files to a new location.
 
barratt1988 said:
Why 8s he shooting both? It it old pics before he knew about raw? Im not starting the old raw vs jpeg argument but raw is better. So unless you have a specific need then only shoot raw
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Lots of people have a specific need, or need the JPEGs in a hurry but would like the Raw files for later to have a play with.

We all have different needs, desires, ways of working. If there was only one 'right' way, the forum would be pointless, a simple FAQ would be enough to learn from.

I can count on 2 hands the number of times I've shot Raw & JPEG, but on all those occasions I found it absolutely necessary.
 
Phil V said:
Lots of people have a specific need, or need the JPEGs in a hurry but would like the Raw files for later to have a play with.

We all have different needs, desires, ways of working. If there was only one 'right' way, the forum would be pointless, a simple FAQ would be enough to learn from.

I can count on 2 hands the number of times I've shot Raw & JPEG, but on all those occasions I found it absolutely necessary.
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I agree there are certain time relative situations where you may require jpeg. Personally my only bug bear with jpeg is people shooting is as they say they dont require raw as they get it right in camera. Because that isnt the reason to shoot raw. Personally I only shoot raw as I want all the info all the time and im very rarely in a rush to get photos out to print
 
Many thanks Krisstiffer :clap: :clap: :clap:

People knock windows but it is all in there - somewhere!

I shot JPEG and RAW as I wanted to be able to show the pictures on the TV's of the various branches of family I called in on along the way. Very patient they were too.

Learning Photoshop Elements and PP'ing the RAW's is a project for the winter.

Having said that I cannot see a downside to having both. Memory is cheap enough and with Krissferf's help the file handling is easy. Or am I missing something?

Cheers
Steve
 
zendog said:
Many thanks Krisstiffer :clap: :clap: :clap:

People knock windows but it is all in there - somewhere!

I shot JPEG and RAW as I wanted to be able to show the pictures on the TV's of the various branches of family I called in on along the way. Very patient they were too.

Learning Photoshop Elements and PP'ing the RAW's is a project for the winter.

Having said that I cannot see a downside to having both. Memory is cheap enough and with Krissferf's help the file handling is easy. Or am I missing something?

Cheers
Steve
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Wouldnt you want to show your family the final edited pictures? An edited raw will look better than a camera jpeg any day of the week
 
I think he means show them before he got home - so he wouldn't have processed the raws at that point
 
assuming you've got them all on one card , as James said the easiest way to do it is to ask your computer to sort by file type then just cut and paste half the folder with the mouse (its a lot quicker than ctrl clicking each one)

Some single card cameras can be set to put them in seperate folders on the same card, but I don't think the 20D can (certainly ive never found a way)
 
barratt1988 said:
I agree there are certain time relative situations where you may require jpeg. Personally my only bug bear with jpeg is people shooting is as they say they dont require raw as they get it right in camera. Because that isnt the reason to shoot raw. Personally I only shoot raw as I want all the info all the time and im very rarely in a rush to get photos out to print
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It's a mindset, If I could set a customised 'style' in my camera, shoot an accurate WB, then I'd be delivering exactly the same image I can get from PP without any post work. Obviously the prep and shooting would have to be tighter, but then isn't that a genuine part of the photographic process anyway?

When we shot transparency film it's exactly how we worked :shrug:.

I don't get upset by the 'straight out of camera' brigade, I pity them because they don't see the distinction between getting it right in camera and SOOC being a final image. Of course we should all aim to get it right in camera, but the capture medium is far from perfect, and that's why we have PP.

Anyway that's wildly off topic, the OP has a good reason to shoot Raw and JPEG, and now he has instructions for an easy way to move just the JPEGs.
 
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