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Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.

Status Awaiting review
Workspace Feature requests
Categories Capture One Pro
Created by Евгений Сладковский
Created on Jan 6, 2026

Convert folder with photos to a session folder

I have folders with photos that are currently not managed by Capture One. These folders already have names that I like and are in the place that I like.

I want to create new sessions from existing folders. Essentially convert a folder with raw files to a capture one session.

It would be great if I could take my existing folder with raw files and convert it to a new session, so capture one creates usual folder structure inside of my existing folder and automatically moves existing files into Capture folder.

Current workaround

Right now I have to create a new empty session that I have to either put in another place on my disk or name differently than my existing photo. Then I have to move all files from my existing folder to new session/capture. And now I have a new session and old empty folder that I have to delete.

This is not a dealbreaker but it's just annoying that I already effectively have folders how I like them but can't just convert them to sessions.