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Adding to Catalogue after "Open With"

Brian Grant
I use a C1 catalogue for my photos and often use the "Open With" option to edit the RAW file in an alternate app (Photo Ninja). When I close Photo Ninja I have a new TIF file saved but it is not in the catalogue - I have to do a manual import.

When using "Edit With" the saved TIF file is automatically added to the catalogue. I can't understand why the two options don't behave the same as far as adding files to the catalogue. Is there something I am not aware of? Thanks.

Using C1 11.2 / Windows 10 but this behaviour has been since C1 10 and probably before that.
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  • John Doe
    That's precisely why there are two options : one simply to open with another app, the other to edit with another app and bring the file back to C1.

    Why would be the point if they both behaved the same?
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  • Brian Grant
    They don't act the same - at least when using an external RAW converter.

    If I take a C1 modified RAW file and "Edit With" the RAW is converted to a new TIF file that is added to the Catalogue and then opened in the external editor with the C1 modifications.

    If I take a C1 modified RAW file and "Open WIth" the RAW is opened in the external editor without the C1 modifications and without a new TIF file being generated. When I exit the external editor a new TIF is generated but it is not in the C1 catalogue.

    I use "Open With" so that the RAW file is opened in Photo Ninja rather than a TIF. (It is a far more effective program when working with RAW files).

    This wouldn't be too much of a problem, but the Import Images tool is painfully slow when you ask it to disregard duplicates.
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  • John Doe
    Of course they don't act the same, that's precisely why there are two options, as I said.
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  • Brian Grant
    This might be easier if I asked a specific question.

    When I want to edit a RAW file with Photo Ninja - and use C1 "Open With" to do so - is there an efficient way to include the resultant TIF file in my C1 catalogue? Right now I manually "Import Images", but doing that (with a disregard duplicates filter) takes a lot of time.

    I suspect there is no way to have the new TIF auto-imported, but I'm also interested in how other people handle this situation.
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  • Tonyh-s
    I do similar with Capture One as the raw editor and Lightroom 6 as the manager. After I have processed the files in Capture One, I go back to the folder in Lightroom and 'Synchronize' the folder. That handles bringing all the new files back in automatically. I then just have to stack the original and the TIFF manually.
    Tony
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  • Brian Grant
    [quote="Tonyh-s" wrote:
    I do similar with Capture One as the raw editor and Lightroom 6 as the manager. After I have processed the files in Capture One, I go back to the folder in Lightroom and 'Synchronize' the folder. That handles bringing all the new files back in automatically. I then just have to stack the original and the TIFF manually.
    Tony


    That solves my problem - thank you very much Tony - you really made my day.

    Using "Synchronize" allows me to immediately import the newly created TIF rather than waiting 5 minutes when I use the Import tool with a disregard duplicates filter.
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