topic Re: Saving edited images in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:03:38 GMT

Hi everyone! I'm the brand new owner of a Canon 90D. I love the image quality I'm getting so far, but I'm having a few problems with editing- if, after copying files from the SD card to computer storage, I try to edit too many at a clip, they won't all save. I'm able to get them all done by editing/saving in batches (and I never delete the original images off the card before they're all saved, or try to edit them on the card- learned that the hard way!), but I'm wondering if this has to do with the size of the files- previously, the cameras I used produced files that were a third the size this beast makes. Is there anything I should be doing to be able to save the files with more ease?

Re: Saving edited images

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:14:13 GMT

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Can you describe in more detail your process? What editing software?

Recommended process is to copy images from card to computer and then when images are downloaded to computer you can edit using your software.

Re: Saving edited images

rs-eos — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:17:16 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by "edit too many at a clip, they won't all save".

Also, so as to help you out better, what software are you using to do the editing?

Having said that, here is my personal workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop.

Images (RAW and JPEG) imported via Lightroom from the camera's media to my data RAID (RAID 10).
Most edits performed in Lightroom which autosaves your changes as you apply them. It also keeps the original images unmodified.
For more complex projects, I edit in Photoshop which then adds a copy to the Lightroom catalog.
Time Machine (macOS) used to perform backups to a second RAID (RAID 1).

As new cameras come out with more and more megapixels, or if you shoot in RAW (highly recommended), more data is needed to store each image.

What type of storage do you have on your computer?

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:18:09 GMT

Thank you! It's good to be here. Here I'll admit I am, um, not much of a computer prodigy- I'm editing the pics with Microsoft 10. Problem is when I try to edit too many at once, it won't save them all. Could the software need an update?

Re: Saving edited images

rs-eos — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:21:26 GMT

Do you mean Microsoft Windows 10? If so, that's the operating system. What software are you then using to edit the images? Microsoft Paint? Something else?

I suspect that if it's something like Paint, you have ultimately opened up several photos? And thus have multiple documents to now manage?

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:23:03 GMT

Hey there- problem is computer will stop saving editing images if I try to do too many at once- if I save in batches, it's okay. Computer is new and has 280 GB of space left. I am wondering if the ancient Microsoft 10 I'm using to edit might be the issue.

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:24:13 GMT

Definitely Microsoft Office 10.

Re: Saving edited images

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:25:42 GMT

You have a 90D. It is a very powerful camera. It really needs a better editing software than (I am guessing) Windows Photo.

I suggest you download and try the free Canon software Digital Photo Professional from the Canon support site.

And, as I described above, treat the download process and editing process separately.

Also, set the camera to shoot RAW.

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:25:52 GMT

Microsoft office 2010, I mean.

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:28:02 GMT

Thank you! Yeah, I'm really just feeling my way around this beast- I got my last DSLR in 2008 and it's a whole new world now.

Re: Saving edited images

rs-eos — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:28:57 GMT

Office wasn't designed to edit photos. As John pointed out above, try Canon's free software instead.

While not free, I can also highly recommend Adobe Lightroom.

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:30:45 GMT

Many thanks! Lots to learn with this new machine. 🙂

Re: Saving edited images

BurnUnit — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:11:00 GMT

IF you are editing RAW image files . . .

and IF you are using Canon's DPP4 RAW editing software . . .

DPP4 is a bit vague in it's descriptions of "SAVE" and "CONVERT & SAVE". Clicking SAVE will only save the edits you've made for a particular RAW image file. After editing, if you wish to create and save a jpeg copy of the image you need to do a CONVERT & SAVE. This can be done to a single file or you can choose multiple files and batch convert them.

Your PC should have a bit more "oomph" than the most basic models might have. It helps to have a decently fast processor (Intels seem to work better than AMDs for some reason) and maybe some more RAM. You may or may not need to add a graphics card of some type, especially if you're making lots of more complex edits and regularly converting large batches of RAW files.

Also, at one time, things seemed to get bogged down if you put a more than 50 or so RAW files in any one folder. I think this may have been more of an issue with earlier versions of DPP.

Re: Saving edited images

olympiarocks200 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:09:05 GMT

Thank you- I'm in for quite the learning curve here I suspect. Between the art, the science, and the technology, photography will give your brain a killer workout!