Roundtrip with Capture One

[HCS]

Hi,

I am looking for a good workflow, if possible automatic, to work with Capture One Pro. I've read Hert's reply to an earlier thread about integrating the preview with another raw converter (http://forum.idimager.com/viewtopic.php ... ew#p105816), but that's not all to me.

While this does work (or course), it requires handling of files and renaming them before i can "refresh" PSU. This is rather awkward, especially since sending files to a raw converter is so simple (press a button).

Are there any available scripts or a function already available (that i don't know of) to receive the files back from a raw converter with the push of one button?

I'd really appreciate that.

BTW, i also work with other raw converters, so a configurable option would be nice. Even if it is one button per raw converter.

[Hert]

Hi, the "problem" with RAW converters is that they store their edits as a set of parameters. CaptureOne uses cos sidecar files for this. Only CaptureOne will be able to store a file that has the edits applied to it. PSU allows the preview files. A preview file is basically a JPG files that is stored as a sidecar file of the original RAW that uses the .preview file extension. However, only CaptureOne (or DxO, or other RAW converter) will be able to save/export a JPG file that has the edits applied to it. It's not possible for PSU to write such a preview file. It would be possible though to write a script that renamed a jpg sidecar file, as exported with a RAW converter to .preview.

[HCS]

Hi Hert,

Thanks much for responding.

I get what you say. Even if i think it could be worked out, it doesn't matter.

What would be possible is that the raw converter of choice produces a jpeg in the image folder, or in a subfolder of the image folder and that PSU then is able to "absorb" that jpeg as the preview file (and not as any other regular jpeg).

I've been trying my hand at automating this myself (on a Mac), but haven't succeeded. I'm not a programmer (not even in the faintest of imaginations) and can do it manually on the command line using the mv command. But i don't want to do this manually each time. Let alone that if i send images to C1 from different image folders at the same time, this is going to be both time consuming and error prone.

I hope you, or anyone else, has dealt with this before (perhaps for some other external tool) and had written a script for it that can be used from within PSU preferably (or be so kind as to write one).

I appreciate your continued support greatly !

[Hert]

Would it help if I write a script for you that processes each selected RAW file thumbnail in PSU and checks for a corresponding JPG file and then renames it to the preview extension?

[HCS]

Would it help if I write a script for you that processes each selected RAW file thumbnail in PSU and checks for a corresponding JPG file and then renames it to the preview extension?

Hert, certainly!

But, then rather from a separate subfolder (something like C1_preview or so), otherwise it might rename other jpegs i'd actually want as jpeg. Or, even better yet, based on what i had sent to the external converter in the first place.

A totally different way of dealing with the external raw converter is to allow for a jpeg to be absorbed as version to the (name) matching raw, but with the possibility to add a special version placeholder (per raw converter), or a automatically assigned keyword or so. This would allow for a multi converter workflow (which i actually have).

[Hert]

Attached is a script.
This script will search for a matching JPG file for every selected RAW file. The JPG should have a filename like the RAW file and the .JPG addition. E.g. IMG-1234.CR2.JPG. When found, the script will rename the JPG to .preview and rebuild the thumbnail for the RAW file

Hope that helps

[HCS]

Hert, your support is out of this world !!

Thank you very much, i really appreciate this.

I will give this a try later this week and report back.

Thanks again!

[Stubb]

This looks a lot easier than the command-line renaming that I'm currently doing!

[HCS]

Hert, thanks again for the great support by writing this script

However, noob alert, i have not been able to test it, due to i don't know where to put it and how to invoke the script. Hoping you or anyone else can help me with this.

Thanks alot already!

[Hert]

Use the script as follows:
1. Download the file to your hard drive
2. In Photo Supreme, select the images that you'd like to process
3. Select Tools -> Scripter
4. Load the downloaded script
5. Run the script by clicking the run button in the scripter's toolbar.

Does that help?

[HCS]

Use the script as follows:
1. Download the file to your hard drive
2. In Photo Supreme, select the images that you'd like to process
3. Select Tools -> Scripter
4. Load the downloaded script
5. Run the script by clicking the run button in the scripter's toolbar.

Does that help?

Thanks Hert. No, unfortunately, i cannot select the script (which extracts like an *.action from the zip file) in the scripter when i choose open. Would i need to rename it? But, i understand there is no designated place to put the script, that is good.

Additional question, could i place this script in a menu or under a button somewhere?

[Hert]

ZIP file?? The script has a psc extension.

http://forum.idimager.com/download/file.php?id=3906

Additional question, could i place this script in a menu or under a button somewhere?

That's not possible yet.

[HCS]

Thanks yet again Hert.

I don't know what went wrong, i downloaded via the earlier link and received a zip file.

I'll try this one according to your instructions.

[Nordlicht]

Hello, I've tested the script and it's working well. But: How can i automaticly save the preview picture in the picture folder using CaptureOne?

[HCS]

Honestly, i haven't been able to try it yet, even though Hert was kind enough to whip up the script in no time.

In Capture One Pro, go to the Process tab, and open the process recipe of your choice (it's usually open, otherwise click the little arrow). Then, in the File tab, choose 'Image Folder' for Root Folder. This will output the jpg into the original image folder.