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Catalogues - file size and maximum images they can handle?

Robert Wilde
I'm all new to C1 Pro 7.

1. I heard that the catalogues currently can't hold many images - 1600 or less. Is this true? I'm referring to the article on Captureintegration.com, where they were talking of a catalogue containing 1600 images as regarded as large.

I would face difficulties is I had to work with a large number of small catalogues.

2. How much disc space does a catalogue need per 1000 images. I understand that a lot of data is stored in the catalogue, enabling it to offline browsing and even offline editing.

My main computer is a retine MBP 2.6 with a 500 Gb SSD drive, so file size is currently a concern.


Thanks!
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  • Drew Altdo
    This is not the case at all. Currently instant access is limited to 10,000 files but that only references a single folder. A catalog could have many times that amount in total. The real limitations are based on your hardware and not the software.

    The blog mentions;
    From my initial testings Capture One 7.0.2 seems a bit more responsive and stable running a catalog with 1600 images. We have confirmed that Canon tethering works, sRAW & mRAW works, the new Canon 6D now tethers, and that X-PRO 1 files can be viewed/adjusted.


    This does not state that number as a limitation, it simply mentions that is how many images they have in their specific catalog. What is not mentioned (that I could see) is the spec of the machine or the size of the files. Using a machine that only meets the minimum system requirements for Capture One 7 accessing 1600 IQ180 RAW files at one time could certainly cause performance conflicts as this potentially access' upwards of 128GB at once. 😉
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Hi I wrote that article. I have noticed going over 2000 images with mainly MKIII RAW's has given us some stability and performance issues, this may be from running 10.6.8 which from what I have read is not optimized for v7. We're all updating to 10.8 soon so then we can give a truly accurate response on catalog performance.

    My computer here at work:
    2 x 3GHz Quad Core
    13GB of RAM
    3 TB drives
    ATI 5770 with 1GB of VRAM
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