![]() Open Lightroom & go to the import screen (it’ll look similar to below). Now you’re ready to load them into your editing program! I use Lightroom, but I’m sure this method will work for other programs as well. Now we’re ready to choose all the ones that are tagged! Click “Edit” at the top of the screen, then “Select Tagged.” You can also use the shortcut keys listed next to it. It will take you back to the original screen of thumbnails & you can see which ones are tagged by the check marks next to them. Once you’ve tagged all the images you like, click the X at the top (top left for Macs, top right for PC’s). □ Below you can see where you tagged images– on the bottom right hand corner of the image there will be a check mark for those that are tagged or an empty box for those that aren’t. Huge time saver! Don’t worry– when you load them into your editing software it’ll be the RAW files. This process goes really fast because Photo Mechanic opens the images in a JPEG form rather than RAW files. If you don’t like it, just press the right arrow to go to the next one. ![]() Then you click the right arrow to go to the next image. Once these images are open, I click ‘t’ on the ones I like to tag them. Then, double click on the first image & it will pop up larger in a separate screen, like below: Once you find the folder you want, double click on it, and you’ll see something like the image below:ĭouble clicking on the folder opens all the pictures in that folder. Then I don’t have to search through folders– it’s just right there & ready for me. ![]() If you keep all your photos in a few general folders like I do, then you can drag & drop those folders from the “Navigator” area to the “Favorites” area right above it. When you click on one, all the folders underneath the main folder will pop up and you find your pictures that way. The area under “Navigator” lists all the folders that I have as favorites on my computer. Below you can see what my screen looks like. When you first open it up, the directions are right in the middle of the screen– super helpful! A “contact sheet” is the pictures that you want to cull through.ĭrag & drop is an easy method, or you can go to the left side of the screen like I do since I often don’t have the window open already. There are tons of ways to use it, but this is what I’ve found beneficial for me. ![]() This speeds up that process– previews pop up instantly & then you only load your favorites into Lightroom.Ī new program is a little confusing at first so here’s a quick tutorial in getting started. It’s culling made easy!Īt first glance it seemed like some older website, but really, it’s a fantastic, simple tool that has taken hours off of my wedding workflow! I used to load all the images from a session into Lightroom and choose my favorites as I edit, but that took several seconds for each picture to load, which adds up to extra HOURS for weddings. She is awesome & totally a wealth of information! She’s a busy momma as well, so I knew she’d have some great ideas to speed up my workflow– and she totally did! Two words: Photo Mechanic. Earlier this year I met with Amanda Hedgepeth to pick her brain on workflow, getting published, and business in general. ![]()
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