Synchronize adjustments between catalog and sidecar subfolders

BeO

• 2023年01月12日 17:24
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A catalog with referenced images in my own system folder hierarchy, I want to create and synchronize manually (or keep fully synchronized) the adjustment files (.cos, .comask) in the sidecar folders CaptureOne/Settings.

Then I can use a (any dummy) session or the catalog to make changes to the image edits or metadata and keep the adjustments in sync.

No request to copy or move of the image files, just a plain synchronization of the adjustments in both ways. 

Thanks.

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  BeO

  • 2023年01月12日 17:38

  

  Maybe similar to the Load Metadata and Sync Metadata (XMP files).

  I am coming from sessions, either keeping the the session folder structure or moving the images with subfolders to my final image directory structure and then add the images folder to a catalog. I want to search in the catalog make changes and synchronize to the CaptureOne/Settings files.

  Or vice versa, edit in a session and sync to the catalog adjustments. 

  Benefits:

  - I have adjustments and metadata redundancy (in the catalog and as individual files per image), being a very good backup

  - I can through away my catalog (even if it is corrupted) and reimport all my images including adjustments with no loss since the last synchronization because all data is in the cos and comask files. Only need to recreate the catalog previews.

  - I can move or just remove parts of my directory structure e.g. to a long-term archive (similar as with sessions, the folder are self-contained) and have the full information travel in form of .cos and comask files alongside each image

  - C1 catalog and session based workflows are much better integrated than today

   

   

   

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  BF

  • 2023年01月16日 15:37

  

  I would find this useful as well.

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  BeO

  • 2023年01月17日 06:48
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  Thanks BF.

  Interestingly, the opnsource raw developer "darktable" actually can store the edits in its catalog as well as in its sidecar files simultaneously.

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  Thomas Kyhn Rovsing Hjørnet

  • 2023年02月09日 10:20

  

  This would be very useful. It would also allow for a workaround for issues with unresponsiveness when using larger catalogues, as you could then work with small ad hoc/temporary catalogues and sync all edits back to your main catalogue afterwards.

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  BeO

  • 2023年02月09日 13:09

  

  Thanks Thomas for another use case.

   

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  ernst.w

  • 2023年02月27日 09:59

  For me the idea of a workaround like Thomas Kyhn wrote sounds very interesting!

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