Keep Catalog but remove images copied in

FirstName LastName

• May 25, 2023 09:31
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I didn't realise that all of my images (organised in a user collection that is exclusively for 1 clients content) were stored within the catalogue file (now 38gb). I want to keep all my user collection folders (and the catalog as it is) but would like to export the in-catalog images to an external HD. Is this possible? Any help greatly appreciated.

 

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Lachy

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  BeO

  • May 25, 2023 10:42

  

  Something like this should do the trick:

  With the library tool in C1, locate your external HD and create a new folder. Then select the in-catalog images and drag&drop them from the browser window to the newly created folder. Do all this with C1, not with Windows Explorer or Mac Finder.

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  FirstName LastName

  • May 25, 2023 11:28

  Hey BeO that's awesome! And then after transferring do I delete the in-catalog images? And for the future, if I add images (intended for this catalog) into the folder I have created (before C1 import) and then use the copy to folder function, everything should be right moving forward?

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  BeO

  • May 26, 2023 05:19

  

   And then after transferring do I delete the in-catalog images?

  If you drag&drop then you're moving the files, no need to delete in In-Catalog.

   And then after transferring do I delete the in-catalog images?

  I copy the images from the card reader to the destination folder with Windows Explorer, then do the catalog import. For culling, I mark those images which I want to delete with the red color tag and delete them later. An easy workflow which works for me just fine.

   

   

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