importing images
All images are imported and showing ass offline. Is it possible to remove the offline designation so that image can be exported after adjustment using process. How can I prevent the images to appear as offline when importing from camera?
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Catalogue or Session?
What make of Camera?
When you imported (via the C1 Import Tool?) where did you send the images?
Did you perhaps leave them at the "current location"?
Was the currently location the card in the camera (possible, I think, for some cameras in recent times).
Grant
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The camera is a Fujifilm x t3 in this case but my xt20 acts the same way. Current location. I thought the current location was the selected catalog. I am not sure what the final question means. The memory card from the camera was inserted in the computer's card reader slot to read in the images. Any suggestions??
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I'm going to guess that Current Location, in that case, is the SD card.
I'm a sessions user rather than catalogue user and it is entirely possible to have a session use an SD card as a data device. (Not a great idea though, unless one has a very specific purpose for doing so.)
I think it is equally possible for a Catalogue
The last question was about the potential for the camera installed card to be read as a Mass Storage device. Historically that has not been a possibility for C1 until very recently - notable for some Sony and Fuji bodies is certain in camera connectivity options are selected.
Basically it's a question about the location of the SD card - a variation of the previous question. (But with a confusing typo ...)
Do you still have the SD with the images on it? Or, maybe, a backup copy of the images somewhere else?
Grant
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The sd card is erased but I saved some of the images to a desktop file even though I can'r read them with C1. I tried importing from that file and they came in without the offline label. You look like you are on to something. What do I do to insure I am not using the SD card as the recent?
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Should read current location instead of recent. Can I see what C1 is using as the current location?
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Firstly, if you have formatted but not yet re-used the card you may be able to recover the files should you wish to try. Set it to one side if you wish to consider that.
Secondly ...
Well, I use sessions rather than a catalogue so the options are slightly different to using a catalogue.
For a session I can make everything self contained by importing from the card to a session folder structure in a single activity..
The equivalent for a catalogue would be a "Managed" file location where the files are imported to the catalogue's internal file structure. If you run with multiple catalogues that would be fine - the equivalent of sessions in effect.
If you wish to run a single catalogue it will soon get reher large for backup purposes, etc. So people normally use referenced files.
If I am travelling I may well be re-using cards and in any even want to be sure I have backed up sets of the files. So I first copy form the card to a disk and then so a second external disk for security.
If I was running a referenced catalogue I would then use the import program and the "Current Location" option to create a referenced folder (or set of folders) for the catalogue import unless I wished to rename on Import (as I normally do with a session workflow) in which case I would import from the saved files on disk to another location to get the renaming done as well as registering the files in the catalogue.
That would also be the way to work if importing directly from the SD card. (Unless you planned to keep the SD card as backup - with SD card prices these days that is just about becoming something to consider!)
Working with a catalogue means you can also have the process save a copy of the files to a backup location as well. So you get 2 copies and that should make the images on the card redundant IF you are sure you have imported all of them.
Those are the general principles I work to. There are a few details we can discuss once you feel comfortable with your understanding of the import options and wish to finesse your personal process to your needs. Hopefully a few Catalogue users will chip in with their preferences and experiences.
There are options for how you work - C1 it not en entirely rigid single process application in this regard.
Grant
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For anyone discovering this thread in the future ...
As a quick visual explanation of basic Import functionality working with Catalogues this Official Capture One Tutorial video by David Grover seems to offer appropriate useful guidance and is easier to follow than a written explanation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFwZmgqPhGo
I did attempt to paste in an active link to the video but it seems that is not possible at this time (or I am not aware of the steps required.)
Here is the same link as formatted in the relevent FAQ entry.
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Thank you so much for getting me on the right path. I was able to regen most of the offline files. I imported them again using my new understanding. The basic thing I was missing was I didn't properly set up a path to my main storage. While the images existed in the catalog there was no copy on disk so offline. Your patience in getting me going was a great help. Thanks again.
Bill
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You are welcome Bill,
It's quite a flexible system to cater for a lot of different needs so I can be a little puzzling at first. However I think once you have a feel for what it can do and how you can make it work the way you want it to work you should soon settle in to a smooth flow.
The key, in my opinion, is naming things for your own purposes. Folder and files for example. It makes things easier down the line and becomes an obvious visual prompt when checking that things look like they will work as you want them to work.
Grant
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