Import Catalog From Lightroom: Virtual Copies
(Sorry, another Lightroom->C1 question)
In my Lightroom catalog I've a fair number of Lightroom "Virtual Copies". From online research these maybe look similar'ish C1 "variants?". When importing the LR catalog what will happen to the virtual copies? (whilst they are in come respects only edits that can be re-done, they are mainly crops set to exact dimensions and I'd not want to lose them)
Thanks (again)
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Virtual copies will not be imported. What I did was save them as TIFs first.
Importing a catalog from Lightroom seemed like a good idea at the time but in the end I abandoned the endeavor and decided to import my images to CO directly from disk. The reason for this was that not all adjustments are imported. Simple things like B&W conversion as well as some others. As a result, I had many images which in some cases were only partially edited and I had to figure out what was missing. I did not find any editors that could guarantee a complete import. Skylum said they were working on something for Luminar but I think they gave up or handed it to an outside company to figure it out.
I recommend bringing your catalog in from Lightroom slowly, perhaps a few folders at a time depending on their size. Once I imported a folder I compared LR with CO to make sure I all the images were brought in and fixing the ones that did not (virtual copies, images not using RGB color space etc). It was much easier, more relaxed and it gave me a chance to really review where I was and where I am as a photographer, a great exercise for me.
If you do decide on a direct catalog import, do a test first with a subset of images from LR (create a smaller catalog as a test). This way you know what to expect.
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Many thanks.
How virtual copies are handled is not a switch to C1 or stay LR but a consideration about how best to carry out the move. But LR can filter on virtual copies so I can be sure to catch them all.
I'll count the numbers first as virtual copies are quite space efficient whereas exporting creates a new photo which takes storage. Most of my virtual copies are created by first processing the original then creating a virtual copy and then the virtual copy is cropped to a strange/specific shape (for specific web site use). Whilst I have the virtual copies up on my web site they are exported as jpeg and pretty compressed versions.
But I'm more and more coming to the view that it is the original raw that is crucial - I don't spend hours processing an image and if I need to re-process it then I can, it's just the bulk numbers that takes time!
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Hi Psamathe,
I switched from LR to Capture One about 5 years ago, and I had at this time more or less 15k+ images. It took a long time - actually a full night - to import and create the previews (which is the longer step), but worked satisfactorily. I only lost some pictures in the move (maybe 30 or 50, I don't remember. When I had xmp files associated to the pictures, Capture One imported originals and virtual copies, but it was worthless as Capture One couldn't read most of the adjustments done using LR. So, to some extent, it was confusing to have an image and a copy coming from LR, but quite identical.
The best way would be to keep LR and its catalog for old pictures, and start with Capture One for the newest pictures. As a second step, you could rethink in Capture One some old pictures formerly developed with LR. It is a very good exercise, and you will see that the approach is quite different, leading to different results (most of the time better in Capture One).
Robert
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Many thanks.
Without wanting to start the "why I hate Adobe" or "Why I'm abandoning Lightroom" I now have a big time mistrust of Adobe so am wanting to completely move everything for my longer term security - and during "lockdown" (in UK) seems a good time to sort this out. So I'm hoping to move across and uninstall LR.
I don't know how others work but I'm "pretty useless" and my edits are generally quick. What takes time is that there are a lot of photos.
Also one mistake I've made with LR is that I e.g. have 150 photos of an amazing location and I'll go through them delete out the complete disasters (blurred, etc.), ignore the not particularly good ones, try developing the better ones (and maybe abandon after a try) and develop the good ones to the best of my ability and export the absolute best for the web. And through all that I've not rated of flagged the good ones. So on the move I hope to go through rating of colour coding them so I can quickly select the better ones or the ones I'm proud of, etc.
I'll probably start reprocessing some really amazing locations but wont get through them all but I'll set keywords to flag those not yet properly "ported" and it should help me become familiar with C1 (rainy days during lockdown).
(If that is a daft idea then I'm very open to suggestions).
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