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Import Dialog / pictures are not selected defauld

Friedrich Dunst

In the import dialog, the photos should all be selected automatically, that used to be the case and makes sense in most cases.

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  • Boris Tomsic

    Yes, it used default to all selected, but I think it just depends what you get used.
    Though it may be more suitable that way for you, maybe not for others. I'm 50/50, depends what I'm doing.
    Now it's simple just to check [Pick All] near bottom-right of dialog box. No big deal

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  • Friedrich Dunst

    Hello Boris,

    it is not such a big deal (but it's annoying), but I think 70 to 80 % would it prefer, otherwise I'm sorry.

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  • Boris Tomsic
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    Ok, fair enough.
    When they make changes like that, which sometimes may not be what I like, I presume it was in response to user feedback and the majority wins, or has someone just made an educated (or uneducated) guess or assumption?
    I wonder whether it would be worthwhile having a default option setting for this in Preferences?
    All the best.

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  • Friedrich Dunst

    I know many photographers, have held courses and training courses for photography in general and Photoshop Lightroom. I do not known anybody who select any of the individual photos in the import dialog. But maybe there are a few who work like that... whatever.

    I would at least welcome a jackbox in the settings, otherwise it's always annoying.
    All the best

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  • Boris Tomsic

    Just came across this:
    https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/4413018832657-Capture-One-22-15-0-0-release-notes

    under "Improvements"

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  • Friedrich Dunst

    Thanks for answering,

    That doesn't help me, I know it's changed from version 15.0.0. Maybe we can do a survey before the next change... then we'll see what makes sense in practice and for the majority and what doesn't,,, Thanks

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  • woefi

    ...I'm really not sure if it speeds up culling if the checkbox is not checked... Has someone benchmarked this?

    I would like to have it just stick to the last setting I used -> in THAT catalog.

    Now, I'm more worried that it doesn't even remember that I made the sidebar bigger to read the full name of the import path and tokens... ;(

     

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    @Wolfgang Stoiber

    "...I'm really not sure if it speeds up culling if the checkbox is not checked..."

    Good point. The new approach must be for people who have more rejects than keepers, otherwise it would be easier to deselect the rejects.

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  • woefi

    My problem is, that I keep the photos on the card for a long time, sort of as a first stage backup.

    I bought two 128GB CF-Cards for a video job where I filmed in 14bit RAW (MagicLantern 5DIII) so I have plenty room for my 24MP RAWs (such a card could hold over 5000 still shots, it would take CO half an hour just to check for duplicates if I didn't split them in folders in-camera)

    So for culling, I really would love to see a "text-only" version where I only check the files by date/time/number and the computer doesn't need to read the preview.

    For example Lr is also very slow but has the advantage of a sidebar which organises the shots by dates:

    You can collectively check on or off a single day and be off fetching a coffee. You know you don't need the files from last month's shooting.

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  • SFA

    Wolfgang,

    You can filter by date (and other things if required.) 

    For one example "Month in year"  - "is after"   "[your selected month and year]"

    I also tend to keep files on memory cards. I use the date filter when the card starts to fill up if I have been using it for some months.

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  • Heinz-Josef Kral

    Would you please make the pick all option configurable in preferences, that way each user can choose to have it checked or unchecked at import.

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  • Per Lok Larsen

    >>Would you please make the pick all option configurable in preferences, that way each user can choose to have it checked or unchecked at import.<<

    Yes , Please

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  • SFA

    It seems that, whichever way the "default" is set, remembering to tick a box that sets the alternative option is a major problem for many users.

    I cannot imagine that this would not also be a problem if the "default" choice was settable by users in the Preferences. It would upset those people who sometimes want to work one way and sometimes the other - but forget that they have control over the option. 

    It may be best to add an option to ask the user at the time the import process is invoked whether they want to start with all images selected or no images selected and then take the next step for processing after that decision has been made by the user.

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