Experiments with C1 Catalog function
(In Windows 10 and C1 8.3.3)
I have been using C1 for a couple of years now in sessions with Lightroom (using a Lightroom plugin to send raw files directly to C1 and then back) and am now experimenting with C1 catalogs with the goal of retiring Lightroom and Photoshop (PhotoLine to be used as a cheaper substitute to run some plugins and other layer work C1 can't do).
Here are some things I have found which argue against abandoning Lightroom:
1. While C1 will handle GPS data, there's no integration with maps. My cameras don't have GPS. Although Lightroom does have a map function, I currently import images from my camera card into Zoner Photo Studio, using the map function there to assign GPS data and assign preliminary keywords, then import in Lightroom. Looks like this is a workflow step I'll have to retain if I switch to Capture One Catalogs.
2. C1 is less flexible than Lightroom when working with external applications. In the C1 Browser, right-click on a thumbnail brings up the Open With option, which on my system lists nine applications and browse. There appears to be no way in C1 to promote an application to the list or demote an application on that default list. The Lightroom export application list can be easily altered and can contain many more applications. (To continue to use some plugins after abandoning Photoshop, their standalone exe files have to be used.)
3. It is dangerous to attempt to store multi-layered TIF files in a C1 catalog. If the Regenerate Previews function is run in C1 after the file is sent back from Photoshop or Photoline, the image is flattened. At a minimum, C1 should mark such files with a warning to prevent the destruction of valuable work while allowing their storage in the C1 catalog database.
Hopefully some of the experts here who have abandoned Lightroom can offer advice.
Thanks.
Bob
I have been using C1 for a couple of years now in sessions with Lightroom (using a Lightroom plugin to send raw files directly to C1 and then back) and am now experimenting with C1 catalogs with the goal of retiring Lightroom and Photoshop (PhotoLine to be used as a cheaper substitute to run some plugins and other layer work C1 can't do).
Here are some things I have found which argue against abandoning Lightroom:
1. While C1 will handle GPS data, there's no integration with maps. My cameras don't have GPS. Although Lightroom does have a map function, I currently import images from my camera card into Zoner Photo Studio, using the map function there to assign GPS data and assign preliminary keywords, then import in Lightroom. Looks like this is a workflow step I'll have to retain if I switch to Capture One Catalogs.
2. C1 is less flexible than Lightroom when working with external applications. In the C1 Browser, right-click on a thumbnail brings up the Open With option, which on my system lists nine applications and browse. There appears to be no way in C1 to promote an application to the list or demote an application on that default list. The Lightroom export application list can be easily altered and can contain many more applications. (To continue to use some plugins after abandoning Photoshop, their standalone exe files have to be used.)
3. It is dangerous to attempt to store multi-layered TIF files in a C1 catalog. If the Regenerate Previews function is run in C1 after the file is sent back from Photoshop or Photoline, the image is flattened. At a minimum, C1 should mark such files with a warning to prevent the destruction of valuable work while allowing their storage in the C1 catalog database.
Hopefully some of the experts here who have abandoned Lightroom can offer advice.
Thanks.
Bob
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It is dangerous to attempt to store multi-layered TIF files in a C1 catalog. If the Regenerate Previews function is run in C1 after the file is sent back from Photoshop or Photoline, the image is flattened.
Please tell me this isn't true. I just recently regenerated all my previews to accommodate a new monitor and there are (were?) numerous layered tifs among the thousands of files.0 -
[quote="OldRadioGuy" wrote:
(In Windows 10 and C1 8.3.3)
3. It is dangerous to attempt to store multi-layered TIF files in a C1 catalog. If the Regenerate Previews function is run in C1 after the file is sent back from Photoshop or Photoline, the image is flattened. At a minimum, C1 should mark such files with a warning to prevent the destruction of valuable work while allowing their storage in the C1 catalog database.
It appears my original assessment was wrong. The problem is the PhotoLine TIF formula. Both C1 and Photoshop flatten a layered file created with PL. Multi-layered TIFs created in Photoshop remain intact after running sync in C1.
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Whew. Thanks. 0
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