ImageReasonStorage, Media, and Workflow
Does my post-production plan actually fit the available hours?
Enter your capture count, keep rate, editing speed, and revision allowance to see a full time budget and whether it fits your deadline.
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Plan
Calculate a result to generate a copyable plan.
A delivery date is not just an editing estimate
A delivery date is not just an editing estimate. Capture volume, the number of images kept, review speed, export work, and revision allowance all consume time. This planner turns those assumptions into a visible budget, so the first decision is whether the promised result fits the available hours before a schedule problem becomes an emergency.
Cull 1,200 captures at 800 images per hour, keep 15 percent, edit 180 finals at 25 per hour, then add one hour for export and two hours for revisions. The plan totals about 11.7 hours. If only eight hours are available, the shortfall is not solved by hiding it in a rate. Agree whether to reduce keeps, simplify editing, change timing, or add capacity.
This is a planning calculation, not a certification. Confirm the relevant camera, lens, card, printer, contract, location, or workflow constraint in the real setup before relying on the result.
Compare the chosen crop and output at the intended physical size and viewing distance. A proof is more informative than a generic PPI or quality label because it includes the actual subject, processing, paper, and display context.
FAQ
- Can I use this to promise a delivery date?
- Use it to expose assumptions and capacity. A real promise still needs agreed scope, review timing, access, and contingency.
- Why no universal best setting?
- There is no universal best setting because the relevant tradeoff changes with the subject, light, movement, output, and the part of the image that matters. This tool makes the stated tradeoff visible rather than hiding it behind a generic recommendation.