Stay with Media Pro or switch to Capture One?
What a jam many of us must be in... This is hard to figure out. To stay put or to switch? I'll try to turn this into coherent questions. I'd really appreciate answers to any of these.
Key Words: Have weeks work into MP catalog metadata. I am seeing that C1 8.1 offers hierarchical key words. Does this feature work the same as with MP? I use it in MP for evolutionary taxonomies (e.g. plant orders, families, etc.)
Cross-filtering: Can C1 display thumbnails based on overlapping metadata? For example, in MP I would display a taxonomic category and then further filter the result by location and date. Is this multi-filtration possible in C1?
Catalog over Network: Can't find much on the feature that allows catalogs to be stored on a server and reliably accessed from different machines. Currently, I use goodsync for the MP catalog over a fast LAN, which has very good monitoring of file locks as well as sync delays, etc. I agree this is against the recommendations. Is the C1 server feature significantly more robust than my current approach, i.e. maybe corruption likelihood is further reduced?
3rd Workstation: I REALLY, REALLY need a 3rd workstation for either MP or C1. Please someone contradict me here. Achieving a 3rd workstation (seat) is just cost prohibitive. MP 199 versus 399... C1 299 versus 739. Can the one user (2 workstation) license be bought twice (for 4 workstations) and use the same catalog file on a network? Might be workable at $10/mo. (x2) for 240/year.
Fewer Workflow Apps: Would be dreamy if C1 could really replace MP, photoshop and Canon DPP, my current apps. I am a light Photoshop user, still on CS3. Have read that C1 can clone, use simple layers and most of what I do in CS3. Is this a real possibility?
Key Words: Have weeks work into MP catalog metadata. I am seeing that C1 8.1 offers hierarchical key words. Does this feature work the same as with MP? I use it in MP for evolutionary taxonomies (e.g. plant orders, families, etc.)
Cross-filtering: Can C1 display thumbnails based on overlapping metadata? For example, in MP I would display a taxonomic category and then further filter the result by location and date. Is this multi-filtration possible in C1?
Catalog over Network: Can't find much on the feature that allows catalogs to be stored on a server and reliably accessed from different machines. Currently, I use goodsync for the MP catalog over a fast LAN, which has very good monitoring of file locks as well as sync delays, etc. I agree this is against the recommendations. Is the C1 server feature significantly more robust than my current approach, i.e. maybe corruption likelihood is further reduced?
3rd Workstation: I REALLY, REALLY need a 3rd workstation for either MP or C1. Please someone contradict me here. Achieving a 3rd workstation (seat) is just cost prohibitive. MP 199 versus 399... C1 299 versus 739. Can the one user (2 workstation) license be bought twice (for 4 workstations) and use the same catalog file on a network? Might be workable at $10/mo. (x2) for 240/year.
Fewer Workflow Apps: Would be dreamy if C1 could really replace MP, photoshop and Canon DPP, my current apps. I am a light Photoshop user, still on CS3. Have read that C1 can clone, use simple layers and most of what I do in CS3. Is this a real possibility?
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Stay with Media Pro. By all means. 0 -
Why? That would really help if you wouldn't mind. I contacted support asking the same basic questions. They scarcely answered the questions but 'indicated' that C1 could do most of this. 0 -
HI,
Do you want "most of this"? If not, follow the advice. MP is old (based on older program) and practically free of bugs and very stable. It has A LOT of good features, and probably, the best DAM available. So, why settle for less? To save USD300? It's less than a medium quality lens.
The only problem with MP is with C1 poor integration. This is a P1 managerial decision (poor IMHO), as are most of P1 software developments. They have the best rendering engine in the worst MMI.
Your call!
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Okay thanks. This is really helpful!!! I agree about the price situation. That is not a big deal. I am more concerned about longterm prospects.
I was seriously spooked with the rumors that MP will ultimately be dropped as phase one moves toward adding more MP features into C1. That would create a catastrophic longterm problem.
The relationship between the apps is horribly confusing to me. Yes I hear that they do not integrate so smoothly. Is C1 being billed as an upgrade to MP? I feel like Phase One is saying that C1 is including more and more features found in MP.
Honestly, I do not even know where to learn which MP features are definitely not in C1, i.e. what I would lose by dropping MP and going to C1. Maybe I just need to see it in action alongside MP.0 -
I don't use MP and have never looked at it.
However from what I understand of these things MP is a MEDIA File management system not just a PHOTO file management system. So for the rumours to be correct C1 would become the first program that I know of that is considered by many to be primarily a RAW converter but includes full media file support.
A recent post in the MP forum threads seems to suggest a more likely alternative.
I'm pretty sure that whilst making and refining some major changes to the internal working of C1 the effort to keep MP in step would probably not make much sense in terms of resources and costs. At a certain point it will start to look more sensible to do so as the new coded settles down and stabilizes, though such a point may be not quite aligned with any initial plans for projected time scales. That's always a risk with a major development project in a world of moving targets and changing opportunities. And of course there is always the chance that things start to move on again and leave the past behind once again but for now it seems likely there is a future beckoning.
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