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Chapter 4 Workflows and Parameters > dpBestflow Workstation Setup - Pg. 60

Wo rkflo Ws a n d P a r a m e t e r s Whetheryourworkflowisbasedonseparateapplica- tions, or all-in-one CatalogingPIEware, is an impor- tant distinction that will determine the workflow sequence. Theworkorderwhenusingseparateworkflowapplicationslookslikethis: Theworkorderwhenusinganall-in-oneapplicationlookslikethis: Difference between Separate Applications and an All-in-One Application ACatalogingPIEwareapplicationshouldallowyouto putyouroriginalcapturefilesawayimmediatelyafter theingestionstep.Additionalworkcanbedonetothe files,whichiswhythearrowgoesbothways.However, the original capture files do not need to be touched except to rename or delete files. They are archived as sourcefilesforanyadditionalwork.Theadditionalwork willbecapturedbythePIEwareapplicationdatabase, althoughinthecaseofLightroom,theadditionalwork, whichisrepresentedbyXMPinstructionsets,canbe pushedbackintotheoriginalcapturefilesatanytime. 60 dPBestfloW WorkstatIon setUP Themainconsiderationsandcomponentsnecessaryfor good computer workstation performance for digital imaginginvolve · Processor(CPU)speed · ThenumberofCPUsorthenumberofcores(mul- tipleCPUsoneachchip) · Thespeedoftheinternalandexternalharddrives and how they are connected to the CPU · TheamountandtypeofRAMmemory · Thecapabilitiesofthegraphicscard(GPU)