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Obscura Flow follows a continuous method rather than a collection of tools: each step produces what the next one needs, and the last one loops back to the first.
In short
A photographic archiving workflow chains eight steps: import, catalog, document, organize, archive, back up, preserve, restore. Each produces what the next one needs, and the loop closes when a verified restore confirms the chain holds.
Every skipped step is paid for later, and always at a higher price than it would have cost at the time.
Step by step
Eight steps, in the order they are actually practiced.
Copy, move, or reference folders, Lightroom catalogs, and existing media, with SHA-256 deduplication and resume after interruption.
Turn scattered volumes into projects, collections, and a browsable gallery, with full-text search and saved searches.
Enrich EXIF, IPTC, and XMP, apply structured indexing and a thesaurus, and let on-device AI suggest captions, objects, and faces.
Structure projects, nested collections, series, and versions, with RAW+JPEG pairing and persistent inventory numbers.
Create compressed packages documented by a SHA-256 manifest and sealed with an Ed25519 signature, with optional AES-256 encryption.
Follow the 3-2-1 rule to S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, a NAS, or a local folder, with resumable uploads.
Audit fixity over time, validate formats, and identify files at risk of obsolescence before they become unreadable.
Recover a reliable state for a set or a single file through verified restore, without accidental overwrites.
Questions
Yes. Lightroom Classic catalog import (.lrcat) preserves originals, ratings, captions, color labels, keywords, collections, virtual copies, and stacks without changing your Lightroom catalog.
No. The app is non-destructive: enriched metadata is written to XMP sidecars, never into the original files.
Each archive includes a SHA-256 manifest and an Ed25519 signature. Scheduled fixity audits and format validation reveal drift or corruption.
Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, any S3-compatible storage, NAS, and local folders for a 3-2-1 strategy.
Verified restore extracts a local or off-site archive after signature checks, with conflict options and overwrite safeguards.
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