Capture One Pro offers users the option to import and export Capture One Catalogs. Rather than switching between multiple Catalogs, importing small working Catalogs and creating one main or master Catalog may simplify workflow and improve search queries.
The flexibility of importing and exporting of Catalogs will also be popular with location photographers. For example, Catalogs with the images and adjustments created on a laptop may easily be transferred to a desktop computer back in the studio or at home.
Imported Capture One Catalogs are duplicated and merged with the current open main or master Catalog. When there are source images located within the imported Catalog as managed files, they remain as managed images in the master Catalog. If the imported Catalog has referenced images, those will remain referenced also in the master Catalog. Any duplicated variants in the imported Catalog will be referenced to the original source files. The Catalog is imported in the background so that you may continue to work.
- Open Capture One and choose File -> Import Catalog -> Capture One Catalog… in the main menu.
- Navigate to the Catalog (<name>.cocatalog), select and click Import or double-click on the catalog file to be imported.
- If the master Catalog already contains one or more variants in the Catalog to be imported, a dialog box will ask you to choose which variants you would like to keep. Choose the option you prefer and checkmark the box to apply the choice to the conflicts of this type during import.
- Stop - will cancel the import process;
- All - will keep the variants of an image in the master Catalog and add the variants from the imported Catalog;
- Existing - will keep only the variants of the particular image in the master Catalog disregarding those from the imported Catalog;
- Imported - will replace the existing variants of the particular image in the master Catalog with the variants of this image in the imported Catalog
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Not available in express versions? I can only see option to import MP or LR catalogue? Thanks.
Hi Faisal,
Thank you for the comment.
In Capture One Express, there is no option to import Capture One Catalog by design. This option is available in Capture One Pro and brand versions.
The note says: "However, when there are source images located within the imported catalog as managed files, those are not imported but remain inside the original Catalog."
My question is exactly that, how can I import a catalog in that situation, from my laptop to my desktop, including adjustments, labels, keywords, and so on.
Thanks.
Hi Ramon,
Thank you for your question.
Relocating a Catalog depends on whether it has a managed or a reference file option.
Managed Catalogs (with images stored inside it) can be easily moved from one computer to another, while the procedure is a bit more complex for referenced Catalogs.
Please, have a look at this article for more details - How to move a Catalog?
support.captureone.com how to move a Catalog
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Hi, Lily, I need to import a catalog from Mac to windows, I have a backup of this catalog made in Macbook pro, but I don't have a Mac currently, I have a notebook with windows
"The Catalog is imported in the background so that you may continue to work."
I try to import the C1 Year 2023 catalog to the "all years" C1 catalog but all I see is a rotating beachball. I have the "all years" catalog on the SSD of a MacBook pro with 23000+ referenced images on two external SSD's. The "Year 2023" catalog also resides on one of the SSD's with it's referenced 3000+ images.
Did I miss something?
Hey Hank
I have exactly the same problem only that all my RAW files are on external drive and catalogs on the computer drive. When i try to combine 2 catalogs it start rendering something but as soon as dialog box appear "which variants i want to keep" the process stop. When I select any of the options from dialog box it render only folder structure but not the images and previews. Im not sure what I'm doing wrong..
I follow this process https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002518258-Importing-a-Capture-One-Catalog step by step and no images been added from catalog that i want to import only folder structure and user collections without images.
Did you figure out in your case what was the solution?
Many thanks!
J
Hi Jure,
Sorry for reacting so late. The problem was not enough room for all the combined data on the internal drive so I got a new external SSD which I dedicated to the C1 catalogs and then I succeeded in combining the two catalogs.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Henk
Hi -
I have imported several C1 catalogs successfully, but when I encounter the pop up that asks which duplicate file to keep (Existing, Imported, All, Stop), the import halts without any error message. I have tried moving catalogs, verifying and repairing ... and nothing works. Albums do all come in - just not populated with any images!
Thanks for any help!
Heidi
I'm having the same problem as Heidi laub and hen Peter. Have raised a ticket, #237261
Hi,
I exported part of the catalog from Mac studio, edited it on my MacBookPro M3Max, and then tried to merge the catalogs, but all that was done was to create a folder in the user collection and the edited contents were not transferred.
Please let me know if updating Capture One will solve this problem.
Could someone please tell me how to properly combine catalogs?
I really hope so!!
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