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Workflow / Favourites / Multiple Folder Selection

LSdigi.com
Hi all,

Just wanted to hear some thoughts about an issue I've been having. Quite often I find myself on big shoots with 30-50 shoot folders, which is fine because I have a script to automatically create specifically names folders like Shot01,Shot02 etc, however the annoying part is adding each folder as Favourite so Smart Folders would recognize specific tags. I have a shortcut to Favourite folder, but it still takes far too long and it's too repetitive / uncomfortable.

Another difficulty is when you do create / add 50 folders, somebody decides they should be named differently, which means renaming each one, or deleting favourites by right-clicking each one - MAJOR PAIN.

Now one way I see this being fixed, is an ability to select multiple folders on the LIBRARY view (as you can on FINDER or any other app), then just right click on e.g ADD ALL TO FAVOURITES, or e.g DELETE ALL FROM FAVOURITES. In my humble opinion, it would speed up the workflow significantly and make life so much easier on complicated and full-on shoots.

I realize this is sort of a "feature request", so I will add a relevant support tickets. Anyone else agree with me?

Thanks
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  • Peter Jones
    Hi

    If I want to rename a group of files/folders I use 'Bulk Rename Utility'. Highly recommended.

    Peter
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    I understand where are coming from. One question though: do you use templates for session or catalog creation?
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  • LSdigi.com
    Peter wrote:
    Hi

    If I want to rename a group of files/folders I use 'Bulk Rename Utility'. Highly recommended.

    Peter


    Thanks for the tip, it's good for finder renaming but the main issue is renaming or deleting / adding favourites within Capture One

    Paul_Steunebrink wrote:
    I understand where are coming from. One question though: do you use templates for session or catalog creation?


    Absolutely, I have set ups for 3 folder shoots, 10 folder, etc etc, however sometimes I need custom names according to set ups and complicated folder hierarchies, that's why I feel selecting multiple folders in C1 would be extremely beneficial!
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    OK, got it! 😉
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  • John394
    Hello,

    I am not sure if this is a similar situation...

    If I have 10 Shoot folders made to favorites in a session, I'd like to be able to select Shoot 2 & Shoot 7. C1 would then display the images in those 2 folders, then I could filter etc...

    I assume the only other way to do this is to create an album and then add the images from both folders...?

    I am new to dealing with the folder/filter/selecting in C1 and even though it's a nice program it seems like there's odd roadblocks to what is normal in finder/other programs selecting... Please correct me if I am wrong!!
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  • Dangerous Lee
    I have this same problem. I recently had to "Add to Favourites" on every subfolder in a session to get the colour tags filtering to work in the "All Images" album. It was a real pain to have to right click each folder; I just could not figure out why it would not let me select multiple folders.
    Just like John394, I too like to select a few folders and view the tagged images in only those, and creating a new album just for that is a hassle.
    For now, I have been changing my workflow to be more album centric, and avoiding the favourites altogether. Of course, that is only for new sessions, fixing up my old ones will be a daunting task 😂
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  • LSdigi.com
    Dangerous Lee wrote:
    I have this same problem. I recently had to "Add to Favourites" on every subfolder in a session to get the colour tags filtering to work in the "All Images" album. It was a real pain to have to right click each folder; I just could not figure out why it would not let me select multiple folders.
    Just like John394, I too like to select a few folders and view the tagged images in only those, and creating a new album just for that is a hassle.
    For now, I have been changing my workflow to be more album centric, and avoiding the favourites altogether. Of course, that is only for new sessions, fixing up my old ones will be a daunting task 😂


    This is where smart folders come in. Configure them to display e.g only GREEN tag images, so it will constantly look in every folder which is in favourites, so you can compare shots from multiple folders. Except from the current bug which doesn't update images and requires restart to show them (very annoying).
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  • John394
    LSdigi.com wrote:

    This is where smart folders come in. Configure them to display e.g only GREEN tag images, so it will constantly look in every folder which is in favourites, so you can compare shots from multiple folders. Except from the current bug which doesn't update images and requires restart to show them (very annoying).


    I guess that is another way... You still have to add and remove the color code on all the images that you want in or out of the Smart Album... Being able to just select the specific folders is just second nature in almost every OS and program out there. I don't know why C1 has gone against it since the beginning...?
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  • Dangerous Lee
    LSdigi.com wrote:

    This is where smart folders come in. Configure them to display e.g only GREEN tag images, so it will constantly look in every folder which is in favourites, so you can compare shots from multiple folders. Except from the current bug which doesn't update images and requires restart to show them (very annoying).


    Yes, that is exactly what I had to do. The smart album worked great, but I first had to individually favourite every folder. It would have been a lot faster to multi-select all the folders, then right click and add to favourites. Lesson learned; now, on import an album is created and I don't have to worry about favouriting the folder.
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  • Jim_DK
    [edit] Mac has an option to add multiple folders to favourites easily:

    Open a finder window with your shot folders
    Select all in finder
    Drag drop into the favourites area in Capture One from finder.

    Removing is harder I grant you, but I hope this helps a bit.
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Jim_DK wrote:
    To add multiple folders to favourites easily:

    Open a finder window with your shot folders
    Select all in finder
    Drag drop into the favourites area in Capture One from finder.

    Great tip, thanks!
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  • SFA
    Jim_DK wrote:
    To add multiple folders to favourites easily:

    Open a finder window with your shot folders
    Select all in finder
    Drag drop into the favourites area in Capture One from finder.

    Removing is harder I grant you, but I hope this helps a bit.


    Jim,

    I am probably missing something but this does not seem to work with Windows 7. Can you confirm that you would expect it to work before I head off to try some different ways to test it?





    Grant
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  • Jim_DK
    Was a Mac tip... (I've edited the post so it's clear).

    SFA wrote:
    Jim_DK wrote:
    To add multiple folders to favourites easily:

    Open a finder window with your shot folders
    Select all in finder
    Drag drop into the favourites area in Capture One from finder.

    Removing is harder I grant you, but I hope this helps a bit.


    Jim,

    I am probably missing something but this does not seem to work with Windows 7. Can you confirm that you would expect it to work before I head off to try some different ways to test it?





    Grant
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  • SFA
    Jim_DK wrote:
    Was a Mac tip... (I've edited the post so it's clear).

    SFA wrote:
    Jim_DK wrote:
    To add multiple folders to favourites easily:

    Open a finder window with your shot folders
    Select all in finder
    Drag drop into the favourites area in Capture One from finder.

    Removing is harder I grant you, but I hope this helps a bit.


    Jim,

    I am probably missing something but this does not seem to work with Windows 7. Can you confirm that you would expect it to work before I head off to try some different ways to test it?





    Grant


    Hi Jim,

    I had a feeling it might be ..... ☚ī¸

    Never mind. As I most often import into a session the work is usually done for me!

    😊



    Grant
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