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Any way to Process Output and Overwrite Files?

K. Adam Christensen
Here's my use case:

1. I process my photo and use the Process Recipe to export some images.
2. I later decide to do an edit and I want to re-process the file

What I find is that I will get a (1) suffix added to the file. What I want to do is overwrite the exported image. Is there a way to do that?
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    [quote="NN635790973675498599UL" wrote:
    Isn't there ANY way to force C1 to overwrite an output file in a Process Recipe?

    No.
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  • NNN636614172164384267
    +1 for adding this as an option. Hide it if you have to, but not having this option is causing us to waste more time than it's worth. Also, I see no way to "Request a Feature" through the link mentioned.
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  • Ian Wilson
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    [quote="NNN636614172164384267" wrote:
    +1 for adding this as an option. Hide it if you have to, but not having this option is causing us to waste more time than it's worth. Also, I see no way to "Request a Feature" through the link mentioned.

    To request a feature, you can submit a support case in the same way as you would for help on a technical problem, but make sure you clearly say it’s a feature request in the subject line.

    Ian
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  • Jens_A
    [quote="NNN636614172164384267" wrote:
    +1 for adding this as an option. Hide it if you have to, but not having this option is causing us to waste more time than it's worth. Also, I see no way to "Request a Feature" through the link mentioned.

    +1
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  • WPNL
    Did file one years ago, somehow P.O. doesn't see the use in this... apparently
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  • Mike Katz
    [quote="WPNL" wrote:
    Did file one years ago, somehow P.O. doesn't see the use in this... apparently

    Yes I did as well.
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  • NNN637030216516469003
    Hello guys,,
    I don't often edit processed files in another application and so do not use a workflow that might, for example, export a tiff file, see that processed in PS and put back in the "originals" folder alongside the original raw file or perhaps in an associated sub-folder for both the original processed/exported file and the PS version.

    So for my understanding, what amount of checking would be required to allow an overwrite automatically EXCEPT for any instances where the previously processed file had already been further processed outside C1 but saved with the same name?
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  • Pietro Iglio

    I agree that overwriting could be dangerous, but the original image could be moved to the Catalog Trash. So, in case of accidental overwrite, you could restore the previous image.

    In addition, I'm really missing the ability to export a new format directly into the catalogue. If I'm not interested in keeping the RAW or TIFF for some pictures, I might export them as JPEG or DNG directly into the catalogue: I could compare the original and the JPEG, and remove the original once I'm happy with the lower resolution version.

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