Rename a Folder in a Catalog

Frank Werner

• March 06, 2013 10:55

Hi,

sorry if this has been asked before. When I work with a catalog and I want to rename a folder in my structure in C1 7 the rename function in the context menu is greyed out.
Can I rename a Folder in C1 itself. Or only make a new diretory and move the files into it?

Thanks
Frank

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • March 06, 2013 11:14

  Hi Frank,
  
  As far as I understand the Rename a folder feature is active in Sessions only at the moment, not in Catalog.
  
  I assume you have a disk folder in the Folders section of the Catalog. Moving images to a new folder and delete the old folder from the Catalog seems to be the workaround. Note that deleting a folder from the Catalog leaves it still on disk. It is only removed from the Catalog.

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  Frank Werner

  • March 06, 2013 12:52

  Hi Paul,
  
  thanks for the confirmation, I just wondered if I don't understand something right.
  
  Frank

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  Robert Wilde

  • March 18, 2013 01:06

  I can't rename a folder?
  
  Really?
  
  I mean this really another strike against the horribly useless C1 catalog.
  
  Who has ever heard that you can't change a name in a database.
  
  Phase One, do us a favor: remove the catalog (which is a hurdle, not a feature) or give us a catalog that works.

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  Robert Wilde

  • March 18, 2013 01:09

  Phase One, you just added three unnecessary steps to my workflow.
  
  1. Delete folder from catalog (as I couldn't choose a name besides date on import)
  
  2. Change folder name in OS X.
  
  3. Re-import.
  
  This boils down to never using C1 for importing again
  
  I'll continue importing with DPP, including all name settings, and then put it into this useless catalog (otherwise I couldn't process the images).
  
  I hope the catalog is going away soon.

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  Luke Miller

  • March 18, 2013 13:17

  This is how I do it in Windows:
  
  Right Click on the Folder name in the C1 Library
  
  Select "Show in Explorer"
  
  Rename in Explorer
  
  Right Click on folder in Library
  
  Select "Locate"
  
  Navigate to Renamed Folder
  
  Click OK

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  SFA

  • March 18, 2013 14:24

  [quote="Hegel 59" wrote:
  I can't rename a folder?
  
  Really?
  
  I mean this really another strike against the horribly useless C1 catalog.
  
  Who has ever heard that you can't change a name in a database.
  
  Phase One, do us a favor: remove the catalog (which is a hurdle, not a feature) or give us a catalog that works.

  
  
  Are you using C1 Express?
  
  If not you don't have to use the catalog feature.
  
  Grant Perkins

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