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    HmJ got a reaction from marcelo_valente in Share your workflow!   
    Hi all. Great topic. Frustrating issue. Working in Lightroon CC (6), I had following workflow till now with all successive cameras (Nikon D200, D7000, D800 then Fuji X-T1 / X-T10 / X100T):
    manage one single LR catalog with ~40000 pics, mostly RAW import RAW from memory card at import rename to YYYYMMDD_original_name.RAF at import sort into monthly folders (ie. 2015-01 till 2015-12 to limit number of pictures per folder) at import generate Smart Previews at import generate 1:1 Previews apply basic keywords let previews generation finish or start already editing: discard about 20% straight away, over several passes spread over months can reject up to 50% develop best pics copy paste development if necessary (export best pics) Notes:
    I now edit with an iMac 5K 27" 2014, all pics and previews on SSD importing 100 D800 NEF (36 MP) takes 9 minutes 50" importing 100 X-T1/X-T10/X100T RAF (16 MP) takes 13 minutes 17" (+30% more time for -50% less pixels) D800 NEF imports were already ~+30% slower than D200/D7000's  
    Yes I know I'd better take keepers only for starting, but that's not always possible (wildlife or shallow focus issues) and creatively I need the editing process. Sometimes my workflow is so frustrating slow that I'm even looking at changing my Fujis! But of course the issue is LR, not Fujifilm.
     
    Now moving to this new workflow: taking RAW + jpeg fine
    manage one single LR catalog with ~40000 pics, mostly RAW import RAW + jpeg from memory card at import rename to YYYYMMDD_original_name.RAF at import sort into monthly folders (ie. 2015-01 till 2015-12 to limit number of pictures per folder) at import generate Smart Previews at import generate 1:1 Previews apply basic keywords apply a saved filter on jpegs only let Smart Previews generation finish or start already editing: discard about 20% straight away, over several passes spread over months can reject up to 50% after editing finished generate 1:1 previews to all pics develop best pics copy paste development if necessary (export best pics) (delete jpegs)  
    I checked that the iMac 5K was performing as well as a similar 2560x1440 desktop PC with similar specs, SSD as well. I checked that splitting my library across multiple catalogs didn't improve import speed. I checked that starting from fresh LR install with no presets at all didn't increase speed as well.
     
    Honestly I still enjoy LR offer but not Silkypix, ACR & Photo Mechanic. Capture One is an option but needs substantial time investment and money.
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