File renaming, thumbnail refresh
One function that I really miss from 3Pro is the simple batch rename of selected files. At the moment I have to go to another program to rename files which is a real pain. Surely this is a simple feature to build in? Renaming one file at a time? Who on earth ever does that?? I'd even be happy to hold the shift button down as I press F2....
Also the problem with refreshing thumbnails in the background has still not been addressed. 3Pro was almost instantaneous when updating the thumbnails of modified files and now there is a clunky and infuriating refresh as you scroll down, where some of the thumbnails don't even appear to have been built. This time and patience waster is not acceptable in 'Pro' software. Get it working in the background guys - even Microsoft can do that! I want to upload images to the machine and C1 to have my thumbnails ready to go as I scroll down the preview pane, whether for 50 or 500 shots, and for those thumbnails to reflect batch adjustments instantaneously (almost), just like v3.
I have 4 processors, I expect the software to use them!
v 4.5.229
Windows XP
Also the problem with refreshing thumbnails in the background has still not been addressed. 3Pro was almost instantaneous when updating the thumbnails of modified files and now there is a clunky and infuriating refresh as you scroll down, where some of the thumbnails don't even appear to have been built. This time and patience waster is not acceptable in 'Pro' software. Get it working in the background guys - even Microsoft can do that! I want to upload images to the machine and C1 to have my thumbnails ready to go as I scroll down the preview pane, whether for 50 or 500 shots, and for those thumbnails to reflect batch adjustments instantaneously (almost), just like v3.
I have 4 processors, I expect the software to use them!
v 4.5.229
Windows XP
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There is a way:
Make selection then right click and select Batch rename as someone pointed out to me.
Yep it's crummy. If you want a prefix and sequence number you will have to live with a space betwen them. Every other piece of software that has any pretension to being a browser is better!
I am doing a final trial on Photomechanic as my front-end for selecting, tagging, renumbering and caption/keywording of RAW files.
At present I am still trying to find a way of stepping through images and making changes quickly as I go. Unfortunately every time you go go to a different part of the screen like tools or viewerr to use eye-dropper to set whitebalance and the browser loses focus so you have to use the mouse to relect it - AFTER EACH IMAGE! You just then need a RAW converter which is what I originally bought with C1(actually its predecessor). And it so slow to respond to user input!
One of the beauties of PhotoMechanics is that you can embed all the text data you need into the RAW file so it stays with it but with C1 I have even got different IPTC results depending on whether I created a TIF or a JPG using the same raw image and embedded IPTC Text! And yes I do take a backup before I do anything to the RAW files but they are the second level of security, the primiry is the keyworded/captioned RAW file - it has everything I need in 1 place.0 -
Thanks Martin - having been through the beta stages I'd given up on this feature, and there it is! I don't mind clunky software per se as long as it does what you need it to do, but there's still a long way to go before C1 4 is a pleasure to work with. And yes, that loss of focus is infuriating. A result of the programmers growing up with one hand permanently attached to the mouse I suspect!
Will be interested to hear if Photomechanic works out for you...0
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