As Capture One allows you to continue working while images are imported in the background, the importer offers some useful additional options. This includes notifications during the importing process, as well as erasing the images from the card after copying and ejecting the card from the Finder/Explorer.
Starting from Capture One 21 (14.1.0), all these options are presented in a separate After Import tool of the Importer window. In previous versions of Capture One, all these options were available at the bottom of the Importer window.
From the fly-out menu, you can choose one of the following options:
- Notify When Done if you want to be notified when the import is completed
- Open Collection When Import Starts to start working on the imported files after those are imported
- Never Open Import Collection if you want to continue working without any distraction even after the import is completed
In the After Import tool, there are also 2 checkboxes:
- Eject Card - when you checkmark this option, the card will be ejected after the import is completed
- Erase Images After Copying - the images on the card will be erased after being added into a managed Catalog
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Why the option "Erase image after copying" is sometimes not enabled ?
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Im having the same issue. Wont let me select Erase images after importing. Nikon D850
Hi Jasques,
Thank you for sharing the issue you faced.
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It would be great to be able to Erase Images After Copying even from a folder in Finder/Explorer (not just from cards).
A lot of my imports are done from a folder (eg. Desktop).
But C1 Importer has no option to automatically erase those files afterwards...
Being able to run a custom post script would be perfect, so a user can configure whatever is necessary.
It's nice that these people from a year ago got help from tech support but can we know the answer too? Erase Images after Copying seems to be grayed out at all times. Tried clicking on everything else in the Import Images dialog and there doesn't seem to be any way to turn it on.
Without a way to move or delete the files after copying you have to remember to go back and delete the duplicates.
I'm running Capture One 22 Pro on Windows 10 Pro
Use case : you take photos with your smartphone. To import them in C1 you
- upload it to your Dropbox from your phone
- go to your computer
- import in C1 from Dropbox.
If you do it several times, you ends with a dropbox full of images, with some imported, some not. As C1 does not erase them, you don't know which one has been imported and you have to manually clean up your Dropbox (and damn C1 that make lose your time)
Is there a way to force "Erase Images After Copying" to remain selected by default all the time? I keep forgetting to check the option and am constantly having to cull duplicate images.
I know it used to be possible in previous versions.
the option "Erase image after copying" is not enabled (SONY cfEXPRESS Card). Why is that?
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