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<blockquote data-quote="mjackson907" data-source="post: 50327" data-attributes="member: 6177">I used to shoot film when I was in the military, but stopped for a while.&nbsp; Now that i'm married and have wonderful new daughter, I took the DSLR plunge.&nbsp; I'm curious about how most of you do things, i'm still so lost when it comes to this (though I am a huge computer geek and understand most software intuitively and build/repair my own and friends systems).Do most people tend to go and 1: compose the best shots you can, then quickly size up what you have by looking at thumbnails/quick view in windows and toss the garbage2: Open in capture nx2 and/or lightroom (which one is best for nef files viewing/editing)3: Do you convert the file to jpeg or do you retouch the picture first?&nbsp; Which of the two programs above are better for either converting/retouching?4: When you're done and you have a jpeg (or is tiff better?) do you have a file for the new file type and keep the un-edited nef...or do you have the un-edited raw file, the retouched raw file, AND the jpeg/tiff. 5: Is there a great tutorial for using lightroom 4 for an extreme newbie that will show the basic putting files on the computer to editing/saving your work?&nbsp; Sorry for all the questions, I just have so much I don't know when it comes to this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mjackson907, post: 50327, member: 6177"] I used to shoot film when I was in the military, but stopped for a while. Now that i'm married and have wonderful new daughter, I took the DSLR plunge. I'm curious about how most of you do things, i'm still so lost when it comes to this (though I am a huge computer geek and understand most software intuitively and build/repair my own and friends systems). Do most people tend to go and 1: compose the best shots you can, then quickly size up what you have by looking at thumbnails/quick view in windows and toss the garbage 2: Open in capture nx2 and/or lightroom (which one is best for nef files viewing/editing) 3: Do you convert the file to jpeg or do you retouch the picture first? Which of the two programs above are better for either converting/retouching? 4: When you're done and you have a jpeg (or is tiff better?) do you have a file for the new file type and keep the un-edited nef...or do you have the [B][U]un-edited raw[/U][/B] file, the [B][U]retouched raw[/U][/B] file, AND the [B][U]jpeg/tiff. [/U][/B] 5: Is there a great tutorial for using lightroom 4 for an extreme newbie that will show the basic putting files on the computer to editing/saving your work? Sorry for all the questions, I just have so much I don't know when it comes to this. [/QUOTE]

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