Copying adjusted files

Linus_

• 29. März 2015 14:25

Hi,

I am new to C1 8.2 and have some beginner questions (I did not find an answer in the otherwise excellent tutorials on the site).

I frequently want to physically copy a raw file (say, from the selects folder to another folder that I have declared as a session favorite) to which I have already done some adjustments. There does not seem to be a simple copy/paste option, is that correct? I have tried the Export option in the file menu, and this does indeed copy the file, but does not maintain the adjustments already made, even if I tick the check box that says it should do so.

Is there a better possibility available? Thanks for your help everyone (and sorry if this is elementary).

Best, L.

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  Ian Wilson

  Moderator

  • 29. März 2015 16:17

  

  Hi, Linus
  
  I'm not quite sure what you are trying to achieve here. It sounds like you want to move the file into another folder, but still have it in the Selects folder. You have to remember that there is only one raw file. You can treat it in several different ways - for instance you might want to process the same original raw file into both a colour and a black-and-white version. C1 does that using variants - it never alters the raw file when you make adjustments, but it keeps a record of your adjustments in a separately. It can keep a record of two (or more) separate lots of adjustments, when you have more than one variant, but there is still just one copy of the raw file and that therefore can only physically sit in one folder. But you'll find that even if you create more than one variant, you can't just drag one of them somewhere else - if you try it you find that the raw file and all its variants will move.
  
  Ian

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  Linus_

  • 29. März 2015 16:59

  Thank you, Ian,
  
  from your answer it seems that using different variants, as opposed to different files, is the key when one wants to play with different versions of an image. I had not really understood the concept of variants, but it seems I should.
  
  Thanks for the advice!
  
  Best, Linus

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  Ian Wilson

  Moderator

  • 29. März 2015 18:15

  

  Yes - variants are great!
  
  Ian

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • 29. März 2015 19:19

  You can copy a raw file by moving it while pressing the Alt-key. This will leave the source file in its original location while placing a copy in the destination location, including adjustments.
  
  But using variants is much more elegant, as Ian noted!

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  Linus_

  • 29. März 2015 22:04

  Hi Paul,
  
  thanks for the hint, that's what I originally was after - but I have to admit, variants do the job more easily!
  
  Good advice, everybody, very helpful!
  
  Best, L.

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