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Gradual move from Aperture to Capture One

PJ
Hi all,

I'm contemplating a move to Capture One. I have downloaded the trial, and have played around with importing a large Aperture library. I have found a few issues, mostly to do with referenced files in Aperture which have become disconnected, so clearly I have some serious cleaning up to do in Aperture before I get too carried away.

My question is relatively simple. I'd like to start using CO for new projects. Is it practical to leave my Aperture universe alone for the time being, with a view to migrating older projects from Aperture in CO gradually over time?

If so, what might be the best approach? One option in Aperture, is to export a project as a library. I assume it's possible to import more than one Aperture library into Capture One - i.e., they become individual catalogues in Capture One? Can these then be 'merged' into a single CO catalogue (assuming I'd like to maintain just one catalogue for all of my projects).

Or, is there a better way to approach this?

Many thanks,

Paul
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  • gfingerl
    I actually did not test it, but in my opinion, importing several Aperture librarys do not have to be imported into seperate catalogs. They can all go to the same catalog. Because at first you are selecting the C1 catalog and after that you start the import von Aperture. Though I might be wrong, but it is easy for you to test that.
    I just did a cleanup of my Aperture Library at the beginning. It is easy to figure out which images are disconnected with the help of filters/smart albums. Then I would do a rebuild of the Aperture library followed by the import into C1.
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  • Tommy Weir
    I'm about six months in on my move from Aperture to C1.

    What I did was I had only referenced images in Aperture, I spent quite a bit of time cleaning up my Library ensuring all was labelled and rated and connected etc. I burned in metadata, all that.

    I then set up a single C1 catalog and imported my Aperture Library into that. It continues as one of my C1 catalogs entitled, imaginatively, 'Aperture'. I've kept that as it is and only imported new images into a new C1 catalog.

    In a way now, I think it might be a good idea before Aperture stops functioning to reload it and see about taking all my top rated images in Aperture and exporting them all off as 16-bit TIFFs, and archiving off the rest. If I imported those TIFFs into C1 as a 'Best of' catalog, it might be leaner and more effective way of harnessing all the input I put into Aperture and the relatively fresh knowledge I have of both the images and Aperture itself.

    In short, I'm looking at a C1 catalog of over 50k images I don't particularly need to look at every day. No harm in focussing things.

    I resolved to do things differently from here on. I'm trying a main catalog per year, only referenced images, obviously. I'm looking at mastering out TIFFs of my top ones each year and archiving the rest. I need some strategy to cope with the volume.
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  • PJ
    [quote="NNN635394991547550905" wrote:

    ... I need some strategy to cope with the volume.


    Don't we all. I never quite reached that nirvana in Aperture, and I doubt I will in Capture One - but that 's a topic for another thread.

    I've been working through the move over the weekend, watching webinars and perusing other tutorials. Moving files from Aperture seems to be a fairly painless process - I've been doing it in chunks, exporting a project as a library file, importing into CO and then performing a few 'consistency checks'. All is good so far. The catalogue versus referenced philosophy is very much the same in both applications and Capture One seems to have found all of my masters without issue. I had thought of using this as an opportunity to revisit my storage and workflow philosophy, but I'm finding it a handful just moving to a new platform without complicating matters, though I will probably use this as an opportunity to move all of my images to referenced (I bought into the Aperture universe when it was only a managed system, and have had mixed up managed / referenced ever since).

    As strikingly similar as they seem, I am now working through the differences. I had become quite used to applying keywords on import with Aperture, and I haven't quite figured out how to approach that in CO - though I'm sure there is an analogous and efficent process for these and other differences. I've also found myself becoming very interest in CO's raw engine for my Fuji X-trans sensor (compared to what I was finding with Aperture) - and have much to learn about presets, base characteristics, and other new terms.

    Thanks for your responses.

    Paul
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  • Boris Sheikman
    My Aperture library was managed and I imported it into Capture One. The result was a referenced Capture One catalog. All the edits that could be imported came through just fine - as promised. No images were missing either. I have been slowly reorganizing the imported referenced catalog into a managed catalog. Some images I have been deleting but most have simply been reorganized into a cleaner and tighter structure. The copy of my Aperture library that I imported is slowly shrinking to zero MB. This catalog will remain separate from a different catalog which will contain images

    I intend to keep my Aperture era images separate from my Capture One era images. It's more symbolic than anything but I suppose it makes life easier since there is less to sift through when looking for recent projects.

    Of course, I have an original untouched copy of the Aperture library sitting in another directory.
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    I think it is safe to start new images in Capture One 8 catalog. You can gradually move your Aperture library into the CO8 catalog. As others explained, there are a few strategies for that.

    Once you become more experienced with CO8 and how it import your Aperture library, you will get a clear view on the best strategy.
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