Improve Capture One
Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.
Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.
Which device are you using?
iPad Pro
What problem do you see this solving?
There is no easy way of transferring the work you've done (rating, grading, edits...) on iPad on the go to a desktop session without an overcomplicated system of iPad shortcuts and scripts or having to use the cloud which is very slow especially when dealing with large amounts of images. Also it would be great if you could specify where the images are stored rather than straight into the app. It's a bit unnerving not being able to locate the files on the iPad.
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Every time I use the iPad!! I really want to be able to just take the iPad if going on a small trip and needing to travel light. But when I get back and want to continue on my desktop there's no easy way and straightforward way of doing it. It makes it almost pointless to use the ipad in the first place.
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Current workaround
Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals? Right now I'm not doing too much work on the iPad because I don't want to have to redo it on the desktop or have to process out hundreds if not thousands of EIP files when there should be a much simpler way of transferring the edits I've done. |
It would be great to have the ability to sync only the iPad capture session “metadata” to the cloud. Then, once that session is on the Mac, it can retrieve the raw photos from the SD card and combine them with the files connected with the correct settings and ratings from the session on my Mac. This would significantly speed up daily processes, as you would not need to transfer huge files over the cloud, only the session information.
Current workaround:
I choose the most important photos on the iPad and export these as EIP files. Then, I send them over Airdrop to my Mac and import them manually into the new session. After that, I import the rest of the photos from the memory card to my computer.
This is doable, but it takes up a lot of time and slows down my daily workflow. It actually slows down so much that usually I just manually import all the raw files from the SD card and start editing and rating from zero.
Hi 382987704118
Thanks for letting me know about future plans. I think this is critical to realistically be able to use the ipad a viable transferable tool.
Normally I either shoot straight into Capture One when tethered or load cards in. The structure the sessions accordingly with subfolders. this is where I do the bulk of my editing, selecting and a good portion of my grading pre retouch.
right now I'd love to use the ipad when on the go, then continue the rest of my work on the laptop of desktop for quicker and more efficient work. Btu I'd like a simple solution for transferring all the work I've already done on the ipad to the desktop session.
But right now it seams the only way to have all this work carry over from the iPad is to export EIP files, which seams like a very convoluted way of doing things. Ideally you'd just transfer a session file of some kind that would carry over all your ratings, tags, edits and grading.
Sessions can end up being very large and exporting EIPs just isn't efficient for most.
Regards,
Sam
Excellent news, Evi! I've been making the Shortcuts approach work, with a blank session, but that means regenerating all the previews on desktop, not carrying edits/rate/tags across, and dealing with some general fussiness...but it's worked well enough for me over the last 8 months or so since I moved to running an iPad on location.
DaVinci Resolve's archive option could be a good prototype for how to do this. Hoping that the workflow might end up looking something like:
1. select a bunch of files (or an album)
2. select 'Export'
3. right next to 'Filename', there ought to be an 'Archive' option, with possible options 'session' or 'catalog'
4. select target folder (anywhere the Files app lets you select--whether it's an external drive, cloud service, network folder, on your iPad, etc).
5. hit button, watch progress indicator creep across the screen as the folder/.cocatalog gets created
Hello 1904421690053, thanks for the feedback!
We're working on making it easier to move files between your iPad and computer and we're also thinking about adding external storage support for iPad, but we don't know when they'll be ready.
What kind of photography do you do and how do you work with your photos?