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Image/File Numbers

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Hi everyone,

 

So i am new to capture one and have a question about file names/image numbers. I was working with a client shooting tethered in to capture one and noticed when the camera is disconnected or unplugged the file count restarts and I'm having newer images numbered and showing under images shoot in the beginning of the shoot. 

How can I fix this so the count isn't started over?

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  • SR

    You can change the sorting order to "date".

    The file numbering for my Sony a7R3 adds 1024 to the counter when I switch the tethered camera off and back on. Often this results in duplicate image numbers and confusing sorting in Finder. The new file naming in CO uses the "camera counter" token but it does not reflect the real image count. Does anyone know how to use camera's image counter?

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Hi there, 

     

    Did you manage to find a solution at all?

    I am semi-new to Capture One (using a canon 5D) and have just come about this issue on a big shoot.

    It has proven super confusing when shots have been exported into finder, for client to pick tops - with no order and if I export in digital counter the numbers then don't match up to my CO photo name... I wondered if you managed to fix this issue at all, from when you re-start or switch the camera on/off again? Thanks so much!!

    Or can Capture One help please? Thanks

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  • SR

    I handle this by renaming the pictures with Exiftool.

    For images copied from cards (but before opening them in Capture One) I use the following command. It reads the camera counter and renames the ARW files on disk with pattern YYMMDD-######. It does not alter the data.

    exiftool '-filename<${createdate}-${shuttercount}.%e' -ext ARW -d %y%m%d -r -P -overwrite_original_in_place DIR

    DIR = your folder with the images. Note that if you have already the images in Capture One, you should not rename them outside CO or you are in trouble.

    For tethered images, I copy the image counter to a temporary metadata tag (I use the Getty tags) and then use it for batch renaming the files.

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    Thank-you SR, will look into it and give it a go :) 

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  • SR

    Kelly,

    If you are using using Canon cameras use fileindex tag instead of shuttercount. File extension CR2 or CR3. Be sure to test the command first with copies of your files or without the overwrite_original... option (which skips the backup).

    exiftool '-filename<${createdate}-${fileindex}.%e' -ext cr2 -d %y%m%d DIR

    But first check your file naming settings in your camera. It's been a while since I was using Canon, but there should be an option to not start over the numbering when you shut down the camera or switch cards. And I think there are two different counters: one for tethered shooting and the other when you shoot to memory cards. After you have your file names fixed, you don't have to use CO's file naming counters when you export (process) your images unless you want to.

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