Clone a project structure and sub-folders

Kevin Smith

• 25. Mai 2018 17:25

Hi —

I apologize if this has been asked/answered, but I did a search and couldn't find anything...

When I process, my workflow has met create a new Project with the name of the shoot and then add an "All" album. I then add smart albums (no color, red, green) and add the imported images to the "all" album.

Adding this structure each time is kind of tedious. Is there an easier way? Can I clone a project with all sub-folders or set a macro?

Any advice is appreciated!

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  Jim_DK

  • 25. Mai 2018 20:42

  This might be something you can do with Apple Script. Maybe try posing in the scripting section and see if anyone has a solution.

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  Kevin Smith

  • 25. Mai 2018 21:38

  Great idea — thanks!

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  Jerry C

  • 26. Mai 2018 02:00

  This may be fairly simple, since you can export any (empty) group or project as a catalog and then reimport it as needed:
  
  Create a structure with a combination of groups, projects, albums, and smart albums, etc and do not populate it with images. Export the group or project as a catalog with a unique name and then import the catalog as needed. You would then need to rename the group or project as appropriate and drag it to the location you want in the User Collection.

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  Kevin Smith

  • 26. Mai 2018 03:53

  I had no idea one could do this. Thanks for the idea!

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  Eric Valk

  • 27. Mai 2018 02:05

  [quote="Jim_DK" wrote:
  This might be something you can do with Apple Script. Maybe try posing in the scripting section and see if anyone has a solution.

  
  Hi Jim
  I've been working on an Applescript to do this, however there iare multiple stumbling blocks in Applescript.
  

  • Applescript cannot access the "Recent Imports" collection (group) nor any of the albums inside it, unless they are the current collection
  • Even if "Recent Imports" or one of its albums are the current collection, Applescript throws an error if the "add inside" command is used on the variants in the collection
    • The same "add inside" command works perfectly if used on a variant in "All Images"

  
  
  There is a work around that will work OK for small number of images but will likely become slow in large catalogs.
  
  I suppose I should raise a bug report support ticket.

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