Consolidate pictures into Capture One Catalog
Hello,
I am a newbie, so sorry if this question is out of place or evident. I am importing pictures from Aperture and I would like to consolidate all pictures into a single Phase One catalog. My way to do that is to move the pictures from the folders into the Catalog, but this is a very tedious process, since it is impossible to select more than one picture if these are in different folders. Is there a command to "consolidate" all pictures into the Catalog? Thanks
I am a newbie, so sorry if this question is out of place or evident. I am importing pictures from Aperture and I would like to consolidate all pictures into a single Phase One catalog. My way to do that is to move the pictures from the folders into the Catalog, but this is a very tedious process, since it is impossible to select more than one picture if these are in different folders. Is there a command to "consolidate" all pictures into the Catalog? Thanks
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Hello,
I am a newbie, so sorry if this question is out of place or evident. I am importing pictures from Aperture and I would like to consolidate all pictures into a single Phase One catalog. My way to do that is to move the pictures from the folders into the Catalog, but this is a very tedious process, since it is impossible to select more than one picture if these are in different folders. Is there a command to "consolidate" all pictures into the Catalog? Thanks
Hi, I'm also migrant for Aperture, been here a few years however.
I fear that you may be going about this in the most difficult way possible.
The best way of importing images from Aperture is to start with an Aperture Library with all the images stored as referenced files, that is not stored inside the the Library file but stored in folder already visible in OSX finder. Based on your description, I think you have this already (but its worth checking through your Aperture library to make sure all the images are referenced)
In Aperture, empty the trash and perhaps do a Library rebuild to make sure the library database is "clean". Make a careful note of where the Aperture Library is.
Then, stop Aperture and start Capture One. Perhaps best if you start with a new, empty, catalog. If you have a large Aperture Library, it's a good idea to shut down all unnecessary applications like browsers, email and so forth.
In Capture One, click on File>Import catalog>Aperture Library and then select the Aperture Library that references all your images.
This should import all the referenced images (as refernced images, without moving them) from the Aperture Library, and many of the image settings and keywords.
Images will arranged in User collections which will more or less match the Projects, Folders and Albums in the Aperture Library.
If you have more than 5000 or so images or so this will take a while. Depending on the number and size of images, and the capability of your Mac, even more than an hour. Let it run overnight if needed.
Do NOT, unless you absolutely must, halt or stop Capture One while it is importing - if you do, the catalog may be corrupted - in this case I would advise discarding the catalog and starting over.
When it's done importing, waitt for the preview generation to finish. Then check the Capture One log for images which could not be imported. Also compare the catalog to the Aperture Library to see if there are missing images.
Some image types cannot be imported, like gifs and I think multilayer tiffs, and some can be imported but never editted, like JPGs with less than 512 pixels on any edge (e.g. 640x480)0
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