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View subfolders?

Kasper
Hi,

I'm pretty sure this is a lapse on my part - but I simply can't seem to select a top-level folder (in the Folders) section and view all images contained in subfolders. That's not right is it?
I archive all my images in a date/name based parent folder - and under that lives the RAW input files, the Selects and the final output etc. - right now, I need to click the little arrow to open up the parent folder, and then select the subfolder I want. There must be a way to see all images by just selecting the parent folder. Which setting am I missing? 🤓 😕

Thanks!
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Unfortunately, this is not an option offered by C1. You can't see all the images in the subfolders of the parent folder when selecting the parent folder. Contrary to other development softwares (no names !!). You have to open the parent folder to display the subfolders and the images they contain.
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  • Alexander
    Product Manager
    You can't by using folders, but if you go to 'All Images', given your folders are added as Session favorites or imported into your Catalog, you can use the filters to view certain subsets of your images.
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  • Kasper
    Thanks Alexander and Tenmangu.
    Ok so I realise it's not possible now in C1, and - yes - also that it's a feature in many other software.
    I think for me it's just such a key element in any archival system - which C1 also wants to be if you workflow is Catalog oriented like mine. I need quick overviews of massive amounts of images, sometimes buried in all kinds of subfolders. Ideally they would all be nicely categorised in Albums and Projects and what have you - but the daily truth is also that I'm keeping track of 10+ years worth of images. I don't have time to make collections for everything - neither do I have time to click 5-10 times to see what's inside some folders 😊

    So, Is there an official feature-request URL somewhere? It's such a small coding feature to implement.
    Thanks again!
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  • Ian Wilson
    Moderator
    Top Commenter
    [quote="KNCPH" wrote:

    So, Is there an official feature-request URL somewhere? It's such a small coding feature to implement.
    Thanks again!

    Yes - use the support case route. On the Help menu go to Capture One Support, and put feature request in the subject line.

    Ian
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  • Timothy Trim
    Isn't the point that in essence it doesn't matter where your files are.
    It is the metadata that makes them easy to search?
    I don't need to create an elaborate file structure to hold pictures if using a catalog/dam.
    I either create smart albums or just use All Images then use the filters in the browser, remember you can add or remove the metadata for which filters are displayed in that tool.

    Say if you file by a date bound structure then the use of All Images and the filters can drill by year then refine by month and day easily, or you can select multiple years. You can't do that with just a folder structure based by year/month/day for example. You don't even have to keyword or tag for that to work.

    What file structure are you manually (or automatically via the import tool) using to organise? That may help us to suggest how to use the software better. If you think about finder it only shows the files in the folder you have selected - that is exactly what C1 does with the folder tool.

    I recommend learning to use the filter tool. It will allow a view of everything or refine by date, camera, lens, aperture, focal length, shutter speed etc none of which requires any tagging or metadata entry against images.
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  • Peter Brockhausen
    Some people have had a life as photographer before CO, and may have one again after CO.
    Thus, they won't give up something, they are used to. Or, they won't spend much time in the future, to rebuild something, they have had before.

    Therefore, I totally understand these questions, how to use a catalog in combination with their beloved, existing file structure.

    And here, it is viewing the contents of subfolders.
    I use the "project" folder for this in catalogs.


    --peter
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  • Eric Valk
    I find that by using the features of the C1 catalog, I rarely use the "folders" part of the library, only when I am moving a file from one folder to another, or moving a folder.

    In all Images, all images are present, whether or not they are in some album or project or group.

    Filter Tool is easy to configure, but in some cases with very large groups of images with complex Metadata it can be slow to act and may also slow down other operations.

    If this becomes a problem, everything done in Filter Tool can also be done in Advanced Search, and it is better to move Filter Tool to its own tool tab to be only active when needed.

    I want to see every image? - Go to All Images
    I want see all images with a certain word in the name? - use Advanced Search
    I want see all images with a certain word anywhere? - use the simple search
    I want to see all images from a certain date? - use the Filter tool or use Advanced Search
    I want see all images with a certain Metadata? - use the Filter tool
    I want see all images with a certain keyword? - use the Filter tool

    I want some combination of all of these? - use advanced search
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Same here, and I encourage users of both C1 and LR that I know to use this approach, which makes finding images independent of catalog structure. I only use folders, albums, etc. as quick "filters" when I know images are in a particular entity. But when I'm not sure or want to search more broadly, it's invariably Search in All Images.

    The only downside is that one's got to be diligent about adding metadata, which I find many people don't do...
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