so here I am thinking of what other things I can upgrade myself on...

and I know that photogs have been using a DVD slideshow during the wedding receptions. How do you put everything together so quicky even with assistant(s)? show everything in color unedited?

what does the workflow involve?

KK

I'm copying this from my Pictage thread.

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We (my asst - Tim) just download all the small jpg's into a folder and open them in Photoshop's file browser and grab our favorite 40 or 50 - do a quick edit on them and let them roll through in the Mac's screensaver program....I like the little zooms and fades

...there is no DVD burning in my way, although I do know of other photographers who do burn the DVD and then play it up on a big screen as part of the reception...I'm not into that so much (right now) but maybe I'll move back to projecting it.

I usually pick a selelction of 50-100 images during dinner. There is usually about 45 mins. of downtime, which is enough to grab some photos, do some quick edits, and set up the show!

i just put the card into my powerbook and then i just copy that straight from my card to iview. then i pull the ones i want to keep into iphoto and i use that to show a slide.

QUOTE (laphoto @ May 14 2005, 05:41 PM)

i just put the card into my powerbook and then i just copy that straight from my card to iview.

How long do you find it takes iView to import and create the thumbnails so you can view them?

My friend Sara tried that once and I had downloaded all my pics - edited them - and had my show playing while she was still importing images through iView. She may have been doing it differently though. I'm curious if there's a better way then what she was trying.

dj,
if i have a full 1gig card then it is less than 30 seconds.

Are you downloading the whole card?

yes the whole card. I just did another one yesterday and that is the fastest way for me to do it.

QUOTE (laphoto @ May 16 2005, 05:21 PM)

yes the whole card.  I just did another one yesterday and that is the fastest way for me to do it.

Do you mind telling us how you're doing it and with what brand/speed cards and reader. We have 80x Lexars and are downloading through firewire 400 (maybe that's our problem) but it takes us around 7 minutes for each 2 gig card. ..and that's only downloading!

If you can download a 1 gig card and create thumbnails in iView in under 30 seconds I need to know how! Downloading lags - but we must be missing something along the way.

Thanks man!

I just put my card in the slot on the left which has to have my pc card adapter. Then I pull my images straight from my card to Iview. Less than 30 seconds later they are there. I can not pull out my card until I pick the photos that I want. That is by far the fastest way that I know how to do slide shows.

ah hah! It all makes sense now!

What's actually happening is iView is generating thumbnails to view while leaving the full res images on the card. Once you pick your images it will pull those onto your computer for the show.

That makes sense! Cool! That would be really quick!

Yes that is exactly it. It is not an actual download just a copied thumbnail. Once I put the ones that I want into Iphoto then I can take that card out and put in the next one.

Cool...I've been following this thread for this exact info.

Sadly, my old Dell laptop doesn't have USB 2.0 so my downloads would still be slow. I know, I know...I could get a cardbus adapter, but I think I'll just go straight to a p-p-p-powerbook!

Floyd

I am pretty sure that you can do that even on your dell. As long as you have a card slot (I really wish I knew what that drive was called) but the adapter that I have is a IBM PC Card Adapter. I got it with the first card I ever purchased.

I think it's called a PCMCIA slot...