export of original image
I am a relative newcomer to regular use of Capture One (C1). I recently updated to the new version and I am now enjoying using Sessions instead of Adobe Camera Raw.
After I export from C1 a Variant of a converted raw image, the new Variant file (.tiff or .jpeg) is recognisable in its folder by an image thumbnail. However, if I export the Original file and tick the box to 'Include Adjustments' the exported Enhanced Image Package file (.eip) does not contain an image thumbnail and the file is represented in its folder by the C1 logo along with the letters EIP displayed beneath. It is likely that I will wish to return to that file to fine-tune some of the edits. In order to differeniate between a large number of .eip files in the same folder, is it possible to add an image thumbnail to the exported Original file?
Thanks for your support.
All best wishes
Thom.
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If you browse that folder from within Capture One, it will display the image. The .eip format is peculiar to Capture One, and is a way of packaging up together the image, the thumbnail, the preview, and the adjustments, so that it can be easily sent to another Capture One user (or transferred by you to another computer, or another session, etc.)
Ian
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Hi Ian,
Thank you very much for your response. When I tick the ‘Include Adjustments’ box the Export includes a C1 Folder as well as an .eip file and an .xmp file and following your comment I can now find a thumbnail of the image via that C1 Folder in the Export package. However, sometimes rather than tick the ‘Include Adjustments’ box I use tick the ‘Pack as EIP’ box which gives just two Export items, the .eip file and the .xmp file. Is it possible to obtain an image thumbnail via the the .eip file?
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The .eip file is effectively a .zip file. If you changed the filename extension to .zip you would be able to see the contents and you would find a thumbnail and a preview in it, and other stuff.
But that all seems a rather unwieldy way of working. You'd probably find it easier to try going with the flow of the way Capture One does things. If you are using the standard session format with folders for Capture, Selects, Output, and Trash, you can put files you want to keep (and perhaps work on again) in the Selects folder. That way you can easily browse them from within Capture One.
You could also add other folders as session favourites (perhaps one called Processed, or something) and browse those.
In fact from within a session you are not restricted to looking at files in the Capture, Selects, Output, and Trash, folder (and any favourites you have added). You can actually browse any folder on your computer in the System Folders section of the Library tool.
One advantage of browsing the images from within Capture One rather than in Finder is that from within Capture One you will see the edits you have made, whereas Finder would not show them.
Ian
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Thanks Ian,
I have been using Photo Mechanic to browse files and trying to locate a single image from a page full of many .eip files is difficult. But as you indicate, this is really impossible without unzipping the files. Alternatively, I am considering an Export Recipe to include both the Original zipped file and a very small jpeg Variant which would act as a thumbnail alongside the .eip file (View by File Name).
All best wishes
Thom.
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