Hello (& Backing up of sessions?)
Firstly I would like to say Hello!
I am totally new to C1 Pro; after spending some time with the free trial, I have left my Adobe subscription and I’m going to begin the migration to sessions, which are really going to suit my wildlife photography hobby :)
However I do have a beginner question if I may. So I am familiar with how a catalog workflow works & how it give the option to back up its catalog file on exit for example (I then manage the back up of the raw files separately)... However I wanted to find out how back up best works for sessions?
Would I be right in saying as session are actually essentially folders on the system, which include the original files, any adjustment files & exported files, then the best way to back them up would to do as I normally would any other files using my back up program ‘Chronosync’, where I basically have it set to copy my working photography drive (this is where the sessions are going to be stored) to any of my other back up drives?
Hope this makes sense, again hello & I look forward to getting to know you all :)
Thank you.
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A session is a folder that contains other folders PLUS a database file ending in .cosessiondb. It looks something like this:
That's my session named "Tethered".
For maximum safety you want to back up the entire Session Folder. Be aware that folders that are not inside your main session folder may also be known by the session. The contents of those folders should be backed up, too. That would be part of your "back up of the raw files separately" strategy.
The database contains the metadata that enables search within a session without having to scan potentially thousands of issues. It also contains the locations of session "favorite" folders that may exist outside of the session folder structure.
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Thank you very much for this, very helpful and appreciated :)
Only one thing if I may, you mention to be aware of folders that may not be in the parent ‘session’ folder, but may still be associated to the session, where would I find these folders? As am I not right in saying my raw files associated to that session would be within one of the folders in the parent ‘session’ folder?
Apologies, but thank you, just want to check my understanding before I go doing something wrong and not backing up properly aha :)
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I keep my photos on an attached SSD. The session is on my internal drive. When using a tethered camera the images are written to the Capture folder in my session. I select and edit within the Session folders. When I'm done I move the edited images to a folder on my "photos" drive. The move is done from within Capture One. I typically mark the destination folder as a "favorite" of that session.
So what does that have to do with your question? If you look at the Library tab in Capture One you'll see a section marked "Session Favorites". Those are the folders I've marked as favorites. The may exist outside of the Session Folder structure. That is a way to keep track of them.
But mostly I don't care. I backup my entire "photos" drive. Within a session you can access any folder on any attached disk, even if the folder contains images edited in some other session. Those external folders don't "belong" to any specific session as far as I can tell. If I am incorrect I hope someone will correct me.
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Right okay, I think I understand now, so what you mean by folders that may be related to the session but not under the parent ‘named session folder’ possibly stored elsewhere, in your example your referring to the fact you store you proceed (completed) files outside of the session and not within the ‘output’ folder?
If my understanding is correct, that does make sense to me and is definitely worth considering, however I think to begin with then I may keep things simple and just keep everything related per session, stored within the actual session folders (all sessions will be on an attached ssd... and then that way all I need to do I create a complete copy of that ssd drive, which will ensure everything related to each session is backed up, from the original raw files, to the outputted (edited) jpgs?
Again thank you for your help with all this, it really is appreciated :)
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