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p.4 #11 · p.4 #11 · Physical knobs for Lightroom controls (using MIDI controller) | |
MikeEvangelist's initial post motivated me to push forward with a physical controller, and I wanted to provide a recap in case that helps others.
- Purchased Behringer BCF-2000 (new from Amazon but thought about shopping eBay)
- Downloaded BC Manager (and donated). Used this software to reprogram all of the BCF buttons to one touch, and to reprogram the middle/right set of buttons (edit store learn exit) so they would be available other settings of my (presets or LR keys)
- Downloaded MIDI2LR (and donated) and used this very easy interface to program each button and slider to an LR function/slider or preset.
- Used MikeEvangilist excel template as a rough guide as to which functions I wanted to be available on the BCF-2000
- Purchased a Logitech G900 and programmed the two buttons on the left side to scroll through the Basic LR options (Temp Tint Contrast Highlights Shadows Whites Blacks Clarity Vibrance Saturation) and the scroll wheel left/right click to increase or decrease +/- the level of that selected function. For example, I click one of the left buttons until Temp is highlighed in LR and the push the scroll wheel left or right to increase or decrease the Temp slider in LR, by 50K. I also programmed the right side buttons to advance to or go back to the next photo.
WORKFLOW:
- use Photo Mechanic (PM) to do the initial "Tagging" directly off the CF card. - I create a folder in PM for that game/shoot and copy Tagged photos to that folder.
- use LR to import the folder, create 1:1 previews, change file names to describe the event ('Mesquite HS Away - 1.cr2 for example) and add Keywords that are universal to this set.
- use mouse and keyboard to run through photos and either reject it or crop it.
- Once the photo set has been narrowed down to those that I want to edit further, I shift to the BCF-2000 and make these PP adjustments, in LR Develop mode. I use the mouse for Temp settings because I haven't yet spent the time to understand how to better scale Temp on the BCF slider. The mouse allows me to make 50K incremental changes, but the BCF slider moves in 400K increments. I have had some good advice from other FMers on how to fix this but haven't had time to implement yet. I also use the keyboard or mouse to advance to next photo.
I have processed about 2000 photos in the last two weeks with this system, and I am glad I did this. Yes, I could have done it cheaper or more elegantly, but I am happy with the setup, and I will make changes to the BCF and my workflow process, over time.
Thanks to all have contributed to this idea and helped me along the way. I am a big fan of the FM community.
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