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Will Capture One xmp side car files clobber existing ones from other product?

cayenne
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HI all,

I'm evaluating C1 right now. I want to create a new catalog and import (leave files in place) images I already have on my drive.

 

These images are being used by other software that I"m comparing to...that is On1 Raw.  So, there are xmp side car files already in the directory there alongside the images.

IF I do the import of these files into my new C1 catalog, will it create new side car files with .xmp extension and overwrite the existing ones there?

 

Is there. a way to prevent this, I want to compare the same images edited by both applications to compare them...but I don't wanna wipe out work that is already there.

 

In the preferences I see check boxes for the xmp side car files, so to me apparently C1 uses them to keep the edit information?

 

I would have thought all edit info would be in the C1 catalog file...?  But confused seeing this in the preferences and wanting to be careful I don't clobber what's already in that directory.

 

Thank you in advance for any info!!

C

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  • Permanently deleted user
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    Capture One does not store it's adjustments in sidecar files.   It may copy metadata to sidecar files, but only if you ask it to.  Edit: and I think it overwrites the XMP file in that case, but am not positive.

    Look at the Image tab in Preferences.  The preference you are interested in is Auto Sync Sidecar XMP.  If you set it to none Capture One wont write sidecar files unless you ask it to via the menu, Image -> Sync Metadata.

    If you use a catalog Capture one keeps all of its adjustments and metadata in the Catalog.  If you use a session you'll find a Capture One folder in your session folders.  All adjustments, masks, metadata, etc., for the images in your session folder are stored somewhere in that Capture One sub-folder hierarchy.

    A "session folder" is any folder you visit when a session is open, not just the Capture, Selects, etc., folders.

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  • Manuel Werlberger

    Also, it is difficult to actually compare settings. For instance the clarity tool in Loghtroom behaves totally different from the CO1 one. So even the same setting for sure produces totally different results. Also for instance the color tools work different. So a side-by-side comparison is difficult. What might be interesting though is a comparison of default settings.... maybe.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Hi,

    I would suggest to import only the RAW files, and not the .xmp (discard .xmp files in Capture One). Then, if you want to compare, process a "test" picture in Capture One and compare it to the result you obtained in On1 RAW. In any case, don't try to apply the same values or positions to adjustment cursors in Capture One as those in On1 RAW : the algorithms are completely different, and the tools as well.

    When I moved from Lightroom to Capture One, I also tried to "compare" images processed in both softwares. No way, IMHO, it's always a very good experience to 're-think' a picture in a new software, and not to try to obtain the same result.

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  • cayenne

    Thank you all for the helpful replies!!

     

    @Robert Farhi:  

    "I would suggest to import only the RAW files, and not the .xmp (discard .xmp files in Capture One)."

     

    Is there a way when setting up and import, when you point it to a directory, to have it ONLY import the RAW files and not the .xmp files that are in that same directory too?

     

    Again, thank you all for the help!!

    C

     

     

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Preferences, Image tab.  Set Auto Sync Sidecar XMP to None.   I think Capture One will then ignore XMP files unless you ask.

    I'd make a couple of test imports to check that out.

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