Settings Files (.COS and .COP) in Output Folder?

NN114055UL

• July 15, 2009 23:54

Need some help regarding the behavior of the Capture One Pro (v. 4.8.1) filing system.

I understand the purpose of the .COS settings files and .COP settings files associated with my original raw image files. But why are these files also created in the 'Output' folder where I create TIFs consolidating all of the modifications that I have made to my raw file? Since the TIF file contains within itself all of modifications previously made what purpose do the .COP and .COS files serve in that folder? I am finding my image filing system becoming cluttered with these files!

Chuck

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • July 16, 2009 10:22

  Once you open your Output folder (or any folder with displayable files) in CO4, the Capture One subfolder with COS/COP files will be created. You can remove the Capture One subfolder is you accidently or incidentally opened the Output folder.
  
  Note that with CO 4.8.1 you can adjust and process also TIFF and JPEG files like you process RAW files. This is maybe not relevant if you own the raw files, but gives you a single workflow in case you have to work through TIFF or JPEG files you don't own the raw files for.

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  NN114055UL

  • July 16, 2009 17:19

  [quote="Paul_E" wrote:
  Once you open your Output folder (or any folder with displayable files) in CO4, the Capture One subfolder with COS/COP files will be created. You can remove the Capture One subfolder is you accidently or incidentally opened the Output folder.
  
  Note that with CO 4.8.1 you can adjust and process also TIFF and JPEG files like you process RAW files. This is maybe not relevant if you own the raw files, but gives you a single workflow in case you have to work through TIFF or JPEG files you don't own the raw files for.

  
  
  
  Thank you for the informative and helpful reply. Now I understand why COS/COP files would be created in a folder where I previously would not have thought that they would be necessary.
  
  I guess that I can delete the folders with the COS/COP files where they are not necessary in my work flow. And, in the future, I just may not open the Output folder from within Capture One. Again, thanks!

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • July 16, 2009 17:51

  [quote="NN114055UL" wrote:
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  I guess that I can delete the folders with the COS/COP files where they are not necessary in my work flow.

  
  Yes.

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