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Tidying up folders.

Ted31
I have recently started using Capture One 4.1 and I love it! It deals beautifully with my Nikon D200 and D300 RAW files. I find I need to do very little post processing and the colours, especially the skin tones, are marvellous.
However, when I output my files - usually as TIFFs - the folder structure becomes overly complicated for me - a relative beginner at all of this. When I use Lightroom,for example, I finish up with a folder containing my original RAW files and a 'Converted' sub-folder which has my TIFFS or JPEGS in it - which I find adequate for my needs.
Can any experienced user offer me guidance on how to tidy up my folders safely - or any general advice about how to deal with this?
Thanks in anticipation...
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Ted,
    Welcome to the forum and Capture One. I am not sure if I understand where it becomes complicated for you, I'll try to give some directions to make it more simple.
    CO4 outputs TIFF or JPEG files by default to the Capture One Library \ Output folder. You can select any other folder you like.

    There is currently no option to link the output folder to the folder that keeps the raw files, though this is a popular feature request. My tip is therefore: Don't forget to check Phase One's download site after 15 October, when an updated is released.
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  • Ed11
    Use the process recipe tab to create your output folder.
    The process to follow could be:
    1. create a project folder to store your original raw files
    2. download your camera files onto your HD into the project folder
    3. backup your raw files on DVD / Blue Ray and store them on a save place. Not in your own house if you do it professionally.
    4. Startup C1
    5. select the folder of your original files
    - ths will create the subdirectory CaptureOne\Cache\Proxies
    - this will create the .cop proxy files in the directory, which are smaller representations of the original RAW-files.
    5. Go to the recipe tab to create your output folder
    6. Adjust your images to your liking.
    - this creates the .cos files in the CaptureOne\Settings subdirectory which contains all the alterations you've made
    7. Process your images, either one by one or as a batch
    8. create a second backup on are portable HD of all the files except the .cop-files.
    - the easiest way is to create a backup.bat file in your project folder with the command:

    xcopy *.* k:\project-001 /d /s /EXCLUDE:c:\copexclude.txt
    [color=#BF0040:3a3lvnug](The first time when you execute this it will want you to create the directory on your backup HD)[/color:3a3lvnug]
    This creates/copies all the files out of the project directory onto HD k: (or whatever) of a newer date, the .cop files are not copied.
    You should create a notepad text file (copexclude.txt) on root of drive c: which contains only one line:
    .cop

    Everytime you have made some alterations or processed some files, this simple .bat file backups your project in a very simple way.

    Execute the backup.bat file by double clicking on the file in the explorer.

    Copy the .bat file to every new project directory. Make the necessary alterations: change for instance k:\project-001 into k:\project-002 or whatever name suits you best.

    This is about it. Learn it by heart.

    Ed
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