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Restoring from previews

shmar10
I lost some images on my drive, but Capture One is still open and all the preview and thumbnails are still there. Is there any way to restore these images from the previews inside of Capture One?
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  • Anonymous
    shmar10,

    The quick answer is No.
    The Thumbnail files are tagged .C1w and are only 1K files. The Previews or .C1p are a bit larger, but the file type is only pertinent to Capture One. Both of these file types are derived from the original RAW image files. If you've truly lost your RAW files, then there is little hope to recover.

    My shoot-from-the-hip attempt suggestion is...
    In Capture One select a Thumbnail so that a Preview image is displayed. Try to enlarge or an F9 to full screen display. Now do a ScreenGrab PrtScrn and go to Photoshop and paste into New image. Make adjustments and then a Save As...
    Results will vary but see what size images you can salvage and save.

    Best of Luck,

    kdc
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  • shmar10
    KC, Thanks for the reply. I thought about doing the screen grabs too. I guess I'll try it and see what happens.
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