Any help with these questions would be great.
So I have a nice RAW image a little work to adjust a few things here and there, but is it best to tweak the curves, colour etc. in 12-bit Raw or after converting to 16-bit TIFF?
I have my TIFF, in theory should this be upresed NOW to the max size / resolution prior to working on it? (I know this is probably not possible due to file size on most computers in practice, but curious)
Now I have a "master" tiff, and I do various things, curves, perhaps some blending etc. I have a Tiff which then might have a couple of layers, background, Curves, Dodge & Burn, Noise Control etc. I save - Big File!!!
Then I want to make a few versions, a print, I resize the image in genuine fractals, maybe need to tweak the curve, apply all the sharpening, perhaps a grain effect. Save as a layered (incase I want to change things - bin this later or after the client has seen the image), and as a flattened which I use to make the print. May be another size of print too - plus of course a couple of Jpegs for the web.
Suddenly I find one image with a couple of version is several hundred Megs even over a Gb of files space. Is this how it is and I just need lots of HD space, or am I missing something that may be useful.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Steven