Jim's Star Rating System for Culling Images
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Then use Photo Mechanic for only tagging and star rating your photos. The idea is that you import the photos from your SD card to the computer using Photo Mechanic. I've never been won over by Photo Mechanic because it costs $150 and I was concerned that it would mess up my workflow too much, but I've actually found it to be a very easy addition to my workflow. It's simply a companion app that does fast culling (sorting through photos from a shoot). Photo Mechanic is not an editing app, so it's not a replacement for Lightroom or Photoshop. Photo Mechanic is a third party app that is primarily used by professional sports and event photographers who want to quickly import, tag, and rate photos.
I've been testing out this workflow and I've actually found it to be extremely fast and simple. Dozens of you wrote back and asked how photographers can use Photo Mechanic together with Lightroom for the fastest possible workflow. Last week I published a video on the Improve Photography Youtube Channel showing that Lightroom import is 600% slower than other competitive programs.