Hi Guys

So I have been taking photos and then I rush back in, upload them to the pc and see what I have. From there, I jump willy nilly into editing.

I may adjust the brightness, the exposure, add or remove some contrast and then no doubt I do other changes that should have been done last. Sometimes I know that I have amplified issues and made things worse.

I do not know when to crop to size? Do I do that first so I am working on smaller files?

Do I adjust basic colours etc first and then look at composing and cropping?

I need an efficient and authorized workflow plan because what I am doing is not working!

I work in RAW at first, adjust the white balance and then convert to jpeg so i can work in GIMP. I may have to change that and I realize that I may have no choice...... I need someone to suggest how they approach the whole editing thing, step by step.

If you can spare the time to post your editing plan or ideas, it would be of great assistance.