Exclude Duplicates on Import
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I would like to request a new "exclude duplicates" feature that can actually be used. The current implementation takes longer to exclude duplicates than it does to import the images in the first place. It's easier and faster to just delete everything and start the import all over again. I've raised this question before and compared it to how quickly Lightroom is able to exclude duplicates. The answer I got was that CaptureOne is doing a "deep compare," comparing much more than just file names, in order to determine what is a duplicate. Can it not do that? I've never once in my life needed a "deeper" compare than what Lightroom does but there's been many times when I needed CO to do this a lot faster than it does. At the very least, can "deep compare" be an option that can be disabled?
I'm having to wait on it to do this right now. It looked like it was going to take about an hour (where Lightroom would take about 30s) and I thought I would use the time to voice the issue. Lightroom is known for being sluggish and slow but it beats the pants off Capture One in this area.
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And, after sitting around all this time waiting on it to finish excluding duplicates, once it was done it just imported all the images anyway. Very frustrating. This feature is totally unusable. It's better to delete everything and start over.
There are a number of simple things like this that Capture One gets wrong. It's a great RAW editor but the UI/UX design could be improved a lot in some areas.
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Hi David,
Thank you for feedback on Capture One - we appreciate the time you've taken to contribute towards the development of the software.
I have forwarded your comments and suggestions on to our Product Management team as something to consider in a future release. Hopefully your feedback contributes towards a future version of Capture One.
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How exactly does C1 determine which files are duplicates and should be excluded from import? Apparently not just from the file name. Does it compare the capture date & time and the file type and file size like some duplicate file finder software I've used? Are those the only rules? The documentation Lily presented at https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002492617-Importing-images-into-a-Catalog#h_01EC56GPKE640N43382955PSVE says:
"Images that match key metadata in the Catalog’s database are removed from the importer’s browser and excluded from the import"
"key metadata" doesn't give me enough information. Please define "key metadata". I want to be able to understand with 100% certainty the rules by which C1 excludes files during import.
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This continues to be an issue with Capture One 21. Whatever search routines are being used to match data to images are woefully inadequate in performance. Aperture performed this analysis almost instantaneously; I haven't used Lightroom, but I gather it does so as well.
C1 tech support have responded in a timely fashion to my own reports, and apparently this has been passed to Product Management. Whether they consider it a priority is, of course, impossible to say, but, frankly, the fact that the current implementation of this feature is so inferior to what was available in software that was discontinued six years ago speaks volumes.
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How I miss Aperture ... I'm still mad at Apple for shutting it down
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