Managing files and sessions?

Ussama Hanna

• 7. Mai 2010 17:14

Hello,
I'm fairly good with understanding the concept of referenced masters and file management with raw image applications, however, I do find myself scratching my head with C1.

My set up is this:

I have an external drive that I copy all my raw files from my cf card to. I consider this my primary storage for all original files.

I have a second drive where I used to run my Aperture library and would "reference" the raw images to.

With C1, How do or what is best practice regarding such a setup? in other words, I have my original raw files on drive number one and I now have a drive that is cleaned out just to use with C1.
So if I can start and dedicate drive just for C1 that would be nice.

Other than that really, I find C1 to be superb and reliable!!

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • 7. Mai 2010 18:04

  When you look at Capture One in an Aperture way, you might get confused (as you are when you do vice versa). So for a moment forget about reference masters and libraries.
  
  CO is folder based. When you open a folder with images from the Library tool tab, CO 5 creates previews and adjustments files in a sub folder of the folder for each image the first time. The image file is never altered.
  A CO 5 Pro (or DB) session is a concept in which a capture folder is grouped with a trash, output, 'move to' within a session folder. It is a way to organize your image by topic, client, project, period or whatever. In addition, there are Albums (kind of view) and Favorites (shortcuts) to a session.
  There is always a default session which is stored in the user's Pictures folder. You can stick to that session (not creating any other sessions, basically ignoring that concept) and open any image folder from the Library tool and live happily ever after.
  
  So there is not Library file, like in Aperture or iPhoto, but a Library tool which is a kind of Finder or disk/folder browser. The session idea comes closer to the Aperture library in certain ways.

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  Ussama Hanna

  • 7. Mai 2010 19:09

  Thanks, I think I'm getting the idea now.
  
  I think what is throwing me off is that
  1) I create a new session upon launching CO, name it and set it's location to the empty external drive (thus not the one with the originals).
  2) I then see the folders under the sessions folder - Move-To/Output/Trash
  3) Then I go to Import and navigate to the drive that has my original raw files.
  4) Upon importing, it creates a folder? under the "Sessions Favorite"
  
  Now I did see that the session I created and the subfolder that was created for the raw files
  during import IS in the location I assigned and it's all contained in one place so that's good.
  
  What I imagined would happen is that any selected files for import would go to the "Move-To Folder"
  So essentially for now, I will work and make adjustments to the images as they appear under the favorites
  until I get a grasp of this.
  
  I did watch the tutorials online but just may take a few tries before I'm settled into the workflow.
  
  I'll plug away at it and appreciate the help.
  
  Cheers
  Sam

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • 7. Mai 2010 20:12

  Sam,
  What you could try is - when you create a new session - create a tethered session type. You can select the Type in the New Session dialog. The difference with a non-tethered session is that it also creates a capture (session) folder. Next, you can import to the session's capture folder.
  
  The folder to which the images are imported are always added to the Session Favorites for easy navigation.
  
  The Move-To folder is meant to move image to (temporarily) that you like to have out of the way or want to focus on, like for the keepers or non-keepers, separate the brides from the brooms images, separate the elephants from the tigers, you get the picture?
  
  Note that all move (and delete) operations with images done from CO5, also (re)moves all adjacent files like preview and adjustments with it. Nice!

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  Ussama Hanna

  • 7. Mai 2010 20:18

  Great, yes that sounds like what I need.
  I also looked at Paul's post and between the two response I believe this is now making sense.
  
  I really want to master CO5 as I needed it's superior functions in tethering that Aperture did not provide me
  and no way will I touch LightRoom so I'm really working on grasping all this.
  
  I absolutely love the over all functions and layout of CO5 so I am thrilled about it.
  
  Thanks again!

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