Create a Session from a Catalogue

Brett Styles

• February 15, 2024 07:09

What problem do you see this solving?
Sometimes you create a catalogue and find it is relevant to keep adding to it as the topic is the same i.e. Travel. After a while, the catalogue is quite large(50K+ images) and it would make more sense to split this into smaller more manageable sessions or catalogues but there is no easy way to achieve this. The catalogue then becomes slower to load and when it needs upgrading you need to select each album and upgrade it.

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
It is frequent as I have a few catalogues that are now too big

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
Sometimes I will export images and reimport but this has its issues and is not very time-efficient

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes

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  BeO

  • February 15, 2024 07:54

  

  In your description of the workaround you mention "reimport". Does that mean that you want to create smaller more manageable sessions or catalogues for temporary work and reintegrate that work later back into the catalog? 

  I desire (1) a function in the catalog which creates the typical session files under each folder (the "CaptureOne" folder), i.e. "Settingsxxx" and eventually "Cache", so that I can edit the images with any arbitrary session, and (2) a function in the catalog to sync back the changes made in that session (i..e. reintegrate the changes in .cos, .comask and eventually xmp files).

   

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  Walter Rowe

  Moderator

  • February 15, 2024 11:16
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  Brett Styles

  Can you explain your statement "you need to select each album to upgrade"? A catalog upgrades once. You don't need to select each album in the catalog. Do you mean you need to open each catalog to upgrade it?

  I made a video some years ago that addresses this topic. You can export from a catalog into an existing session. You would need to create each session before you export into it. The process would duplicate the images because you use "Export Originals" and include adjustments, but it works as you want.

  Migrating Images from Catalogs to Sessions in Capture One

  https://youtu.be/iMb8DlmjH90

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  Brett Styles

  • February 16, 2024 04:55

  Thanks Walter Rowe the video was very helpful as a workaround to solve the issue.

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  Brett Styles

  • February 16, 2024 04:57

  Hi BeO, No just want to split the catalog into smaller more managable parts.

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