Basic basic questions
I downloaded C)7 for its tethering abilities but quite like the PP interface for certain tasks. Cataloging also has its attractions, particularly a my current cataloging is catastrophic (Bridge, dump, then try to find...).
Time to change.
That said, I don't want to start cataloging before I'm quite clear on what CO7 does and what it can't do just to avoid having to re-do it.
Questions.
1. If I catalog images and then want to change can I then just dump the catalog and start from scratch?
2. If yes, how?
3. I work in CO, CS5 and Nik. If I make edits to filesdo I then hav two files, do I lose one copy or something else? I was planning on keeping images and edits and the catalog in one place but I want to be sure that if I edit a file in CS5 I get it saved to the catalog.
4. If it does save it to the catalog do I then have to open it up in CO7 in order to label it? I was planning on esentially having 2-3 quick labels to search against, eg green star for photo club entries, 1 star for family shots to upload but then I also need a way of differentiating between those that are just shot and those that have been processed. Remember, I won't always process in CO7. Thoughts, recommendations?
5. I process off a laptop (with a Cintiq Touch attached) so every now and again I take the photos off my laptop and archive in a NAS, how do I then change the catalog? Many folders will be off the laptop.
Sorry if these questions are rambling a bit, I'm trying to get my head around a new way of doing things as well as yt another new software.
Time to change.
That said, I don't want to start cataloging before I'm quite clear on what CO7 does and what it can't do just to avoid having to re-do it.
Questions.
1. If I catalog images and then want to change can I then just dump the catalog and start from scratch?
2. If yes, how?
3. I work in CO, CS5 and Nik. If I make edits to filesdo I then hav two files, do I lose one copy or something else? I was planning on keeping images and edits and the catalog in one place but I want to be sure that if I edit a file in CS5 I get it saved to the catalog.
4. If it does save it to the catalog do I then have to open it up in CO7 in order to label it? I was planning on esentially having 2-3 quick labels to search against, eg green star for photo club entries, 1 star for family shots to upload but then I also need a way of differentiating between those that are just shot and those that have been processed. Remember, I won't always process in CO7. Thoughts, recommendations?
5. I process off a laptop (with a Cintiq Touch attached) so every now and again I take the photos off my laptop and archive in a NAS, how do I then change the catalog? Many folders will be off the laptop.
Sorry if these questions are rambling a bit, I'm trying to get my head around a new way of doing things as well as yt another new software.
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[quote="NN635260457192494800UL" wrote:
1. If I catalog images and then want to change can I then just dump the catalog and start from scratch?
- Sure.[quote="NN635260457192494800UL" wrote:
2. If yes, how?
- File>New Catalog[quote="NN635260457192494800UL" wrote:
3. I work in CO, CS5 and Nik. If I make edits to filesdo I then hav two files, do I lose one copy or something else? I was planning on keeping images and edits and the catalog in one place but I want to be sure that if I edit a file in CS5 I get it saved to the catalog.
Catalogs are a File In / File Out workflow. If you edit a file in an external software, and the file is supported in Capture One, you would then need to reimport to see changes.[quote="NN635260457192494800UL" wrote:
4. If it does save it to the catalog do I then have to open it up in CO7 in order to label it? I was planning on esentially having 2-3 quick labels to search against, eg green star for photo club entries, 1 star for family shots to upload but then I also need a way of differentiating between those that are just shot and those that have been processed. Remember, I won't always process in CO7. Thoughts, recommendations?
-Not sure I understand the workflow.[quote="NN635260457192494800UL" wrote:
5. I process off a laptop (with a Cintiq Touch attached) so every now and again I take the photos off my laptop and archive in a NAS, how do I then change the catalog? Many folders will be off the laptop.
- Use the Locate feature of Capture One to redirect the catalog to the new location of the RAW file.0
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