in the flow i have adopted i first process ALL my images in lightroom and then fine tune any images for my blog, site, prints for the client, etc... in photoshop.

now, i am trying to figure out when & where to photoshop the images i am using for my albums. at wppi i peaked in at kevin kubota's booth and thought i noticed an interesting feature... the ability to incorporate an image into an album design, and then edit that ONE image by itself in photoshop, after it had already been incorporated into the design [the edited photo would then be 'slipped' back into the design in the appropriate place... and i think this has something to do with smart objects].

for me this would be the ideal:

1. process all images in lightroom
2. select images to be used in the album
3. create the album design
4. fine-tune each image in the album independantly in photoshop
5. submit to the client for review

and, as a side note, has anybody here used kevin kubota's 'auto-album'? any comments?

What am I missing? If your design is in Photoshop layers...what's the problem?
You can just tweak each layer image as you want after you've designed the spread and then convert the spread to jpegs.

Of course, it depends on what you're using to design the spreads. As long as the output is Photoshop layered files...no matter how you got there (FotoFusion, Page Gallery, etc.) you still have edit control over any of the layers (images) in the design, right?

Is this making sense?

makes sense. is this possible with in-design? can i design an album with in-design & then edit the photos individually w/ photoshop?

i feel like i am making things too complicated. i just want my workflow to... well... flow.

Sorry, Gabriel, I don't use InDesign. Our design business uses FotoFusion and Photoshop only. We used to use Page Gallery and other template software but...for a number of reasons (mostly creativity), we do not use it anymore.

So even if we're using FotoFusion to do the page layouts, we can opt to have the spreads rendered in PSD layered files which gives us edit capability on each layer (image) even after the layout has been created.

Hope that helps.
john

i think the chicken did.... proven by multiple sources.

Yes that is possible and one of the great InDesign advantages.
You seperate the layout from the content.
I allways do my predesing with lowres JPEGs. After the Albumlayout is aproved by the customer i replace the lowres files with the highres, go to InDesign, right click the image that i need to work on, load it directly to Photoshop, save it there and InDesign automaticaly refreshs my album layout.

This was a long sentence, but i hope you could get my meaning.

Here is an example of a predesign using lowres-files.

http://www.storybooklove.de/album/ines_juergen/20080426

Took me about 3 hours to complete this album using predesigned templates.

In my eyes, InDesign is the best album design tool available.

Cheers
Juergen