I am currently using Lightroom which I will drop it once the Affinity DAM is available. Is there anything I should be doing now to prepare for the change once Affinity DAM is available?
My current workflow is:
copy my SD card to my desktop
select photos
copy photos to a folder on my iMac using this folder structure for example: Pictures > Lightroom Photos > 2016 > 2016-03_description_of_event > filename.jpg (2016-03 indicates the year 2016 and the month of March. Filename.jpg is the camera generated filename. Sometimes the file is a .jpg other times it is a (panasonic) .rw2 file.
assign Lightroom keywords when importing into Lightroom
delete the photos I don't like and eliminate them from Lightroom and move the original image to the trash.
tweak the files I like, keeping them in Lightroom
export .jpg files only when I need to upload them to my blog or when I want to post them to Facebook or instagra, make a print etc.
My concern is that when I switch to Affinity DAM I will lose my keywording. Also I will not be able to access the finished image since it is stored in LR. I guess I should have been exporting .tiff files of my favorite photos but hesitated to do so since .tiff files are huge.
Do you have any suggestions on how I should improve my Lightroom workflow now to prepare for the change to Affinity DAM in the future?