"OM Workspace" question

[Colin Franks]

I just downloaded the “OM Workspace” program, and intend on using it solely for culling after a shoot, as I have done with other Sony/Canon/Nikon “viewer” software.
Two little things that are making the viewing & culling process really slow & tedious with this are:

1) In the row of thumbnails at the bottom, you have to actually click on each file in order to delete it, and after you delete a file, it doesn’t automatically select or highlight the next file, you have to manually click on that one too (repeat ad nauseam).

2) When you do hit the delete key, you get an annoying confirmation (Yes/No) pop-up window which you then have to click, instead of the file simply being deleted by the delete key.

It sounds nit-picky, but it’s soooo much slower because of these two little things, and when you’re culling a lot of files, it’s frustrating. Is there a way to change one or both of those actions?

 

[Stu CC]

Just use the very old Windows Photo Viewer. No pixel smoothing/anti aliasing and just uses the Windows filer as a preview window. Plenty of sources on how to enable it on win 8 or later.

God knows why they disabled it.

However on a Mac??

Cheers

 

[Stu CC]

Of course if you're shooting RAW then...

 

[Colin Franks]

Yes, Raw, there's another kind? LOL.
Win10

 

[Bobapingu]

I just downloaded the “OM Workspace” program, and intend on using it solely for culling after a shoot, as I have done with other Sony/Canon/Nikon “viewer” software.
Two little things that are making the viewing & culling process really slow & tedious with this are:

1) In the row of thumbnails at the bottom, you have to actually click on each file in order to delete it, and after you delete a file, it doesn’t automatically select or highlight the next file, you have to manually click on that one too (repeat ad nauseam).

2) When you do hit the delete key, you get an annoying confirmation (Yes/No) pop-up window which you then have to click, instead of the file simply being deleted by the delete key.

It sounds nit-picky, but it’s soooo much slower because of these two little things, and when you’re culling a lot of files, it’s frustrating. Is there a way to change one or both of those actions?

I thought like you too and like you, I've found WS, clunky. Perhaps we need more time with it but I can't be bothered and went back to my Lightroom workflow which I know well and it's snappy. If you ever work out a good workflow for WS culling, please let us know. WS does have that sharpness comparison tool which sound promising on the face of it but I don't trust it to make the choice I would have made.

 

[Colin Franks]

I'm still using CS6 (ACR & PS) for my processing, so don't have LR.
*I've saved myself over $2000 in the last 8-10 years by not doing the subscription thing.

 

[Randall_p]

I use Workspace only and shoot raw. When I review the files I will select all in the row to be deleted and as selecting hold the ctl key so multipul file get highlighted, then hit the delete icon. If there is a large section of the row to be deleted I highlight the file at one end and while holding the shift key then click the other end of the row, hit trash can icon.

not certain if that’s what you’re referring to?

like you website and read the about page, keep well

peace

 

[Skeeterbytes]

I do not know how to cancel the delete verify prompt.

At the top you'll find five view options--the one to the far right is full frame and advances to the next frame automatically after deleting.

HTH

Rick

 

[Digital Dick]

If you are using a PC, Faststone Image Viewer works very well with jpegs and also works with raw images although a few seconds slower. It's free and can display up to four images on one screen and allows you to zoom in to compare fine details.

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[gary0319]

Two schools of thought....

I use it to cull out over 95% of my Bif JPEGS+ Raw images, 1500-2500 at a whack. However, I just click on a color code for my individual keepers as I go through. Workspace assigns the color code to both the Raw and Jpeg. I then just filter for the keepers and delete the remainder.

I just have an "select" mindset instead of a "delete" mindset.

 

[Skeeterbytes]

Clever scheme.

I've learned to color code for teams and star-rate for shot quality/interest. Group for export to jpeg once I'm done with edits.

Cheers,

Rick

 

[drj3]

If you are using Windows and don't have the Windows Codecs then download the Windows Codec pack so that you can view the images in file explorer. Click the View - Extra Large Icon to see the images and with the Shift key down, click start and end points for the delete and it will delete all the highlighted images or hold down the Ctrl key and click all the individual non-sequential files you want to delete.

If you don't have the Windows Photo app, then install that and it will open any of the files you are viewing with a click on the image. This will allow you to delete/print/edit/create a video of full size images. I would not want to use it for editing.

I do not use WS for this, not because of the deletion, but it is incredibly slow to load a large file folder and often locks the PC until the download is complete. It is fast on my computer once the images are loaded into WS.

 

[MNE]

I thought like you too and like you, I've found WS, clunky. Perhaps we need more time with it but I can't be bothered and went back to my Lightroom workflow which I know well and it's snappy. If you ever work out a good workflow for WS culling, please let us know. WS does have that sharpness comparison tool which sound promising on the face of it but I don't trust it to make the choice I would have made.

I have used Workspace, Lightroom, and Bridge to sort through a batch of images. I don't like using Lightroom because I don't want the images in the catalog or being forced to sync the folders. Bridge is working ok for me right now, and if you really need a closer look, you can open up the image in PS or Lightroom.

 

[Skeeterbytes]

Think the Bridge Review tool is pretty simple and intuitive--best I know of for sifting through an image set FAST.

Cheers,

Rick

 

[Colin Franks]

When I review the files I will select all in the row to be deleted and as selecting hold the ctl key so multiple files get highlighted, then hit the delete icon. If there is a large section of the row to be deleted I highlight the file at one end and while holding the shift key then click the other end of the row, hit trash can icon.

Yes, I've been doing that too, but even that is slow because you need to remember/keep track of the odd one which is a keeper, and usually go back to make sure. It's tedious compared to other viewers.

I've sent an email to OM to see if they can make these changes in the next update.

 

[Colin Franks]

Think the Bridge Review tool is pretty simple and intuitive - best I know of for sifting through an image set FAST.

Unfortunately my version of Bridge (CS6) won't display an image of the ORF file.

 

[Skeeterbytes]

Think the Bridge Review tool is pretty simple and intuitive - best I know of for sifting through an image set FAST.

Unfortunately my version of Bridge (CS6) won't display an image of the ORF file.

Same, CS6 only goes as far as the E-M1ii ORFs. Later cameras won't display w/o converting to DNG first.

 

[Colin Franks]

I just click on a color code for my individual keepers as I go through. I then just filter for the keepers and delete the remainder.

I just have an "select" mindset instead of a "delete" mindset.

I've tried that just now with five files. I clicked on the pink color mark for three of them, but then how do you delete all the non-keepers?

 

[Colin Franks]

Think the Bridge Review tool is pretty simple and intuitive - best I know of for sifting through an image set FAST.

Unfortunately my version of Bridge (CS6) won't display an image of the ORF file.

Same, CS6 only goes as far as the E-M1ii ORFs. Later cameras won't display w/o converting to DNG first.

OK, so I dumped a bunch of DNG files into a folder, and opened it up in Bridge, only to discover that the image quality is terrible on the large preview. (30" DELL). So I can't even determine which ones are sharp keepers and which ones are rejects.

Gah.

 

[gary0319]

I just click on a color code for my individual keepers as I go through. I then just filter for the keepers and delete the remainder.

I just have an "select" mindset instead of a "delete" mindset.

I've tried that just now with five files. I clicked on the pink color mark for three of them, but then how do you delete all the non-keepers?

In the color filter control panel there is an icon (last on right) that is to select all images that have no color tag. This will select all your non-keepers. I choose the all images view and click/shift the first and last images to highlight them all, hit delete...double dare panel comes up, and all gone.