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Is there a way to batch apply (and remove) an effect to multiple raw files

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Daniel Besso

Hello,

I have a simple question that unfortunately I cannot answer by searching online...

I have prepared some photos (around 50) for a customer and I put a simple white border effect in all of them, as final touch before exporting them to JPEG.

Now, the customer would like to have the set of photos delivered without the border as well. Is there a way to batch remove them avoiding to do it one by one?

I have clear how copy/paste setting works, but unfortunately you cannot select the specific effect you would like to paste, but just if to include or not effect as a whole (this is not helping me as of course the pics have different effects individually).

Thanks a lot in advance

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    I would create a version for all 50 photos. Select one of those versions, and either turn off or remove the Border Effect. Return to the Browser and select all 50 versions then sync the changed version to the rest. You can use the Filter bar at the bottom of the screen to show just the versions to make this a little easier.

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  • Daniel Besso

    Hello Brian,

    Thanks for your reply!

    I understand it in principle but I can't execute. I am trying the process on some pics with 1star that I will discard so I do not risk to mess up the good stuff.

    i started with 3 of them just to dry run the process. I selected the 3 pics, right click, create version. So far so good it has created a "v1" additional raw file per each of the 3 pics. I edited one, adding a border, then closed.

    Now I am stuck, I tried multiple ways but right clicking on the original or v1 files I always get "sync settings" grayed out. 

    I really do apologize to bother, but can you be a little bit more descriptive on what I am supposed to do?

    Thanks a lot in advance

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator
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    Use the Filter Bar to select just those 1 star image versions.

    Make sure the one you changed is the Super-selected image. It will have the brightest outline. Now the Sync button should be available or you can use the Paste Settings from Previous Edit command under the Settings menu.

     

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  • Daniel Besso

    Hello,

    I am getting close but I am still not able to do it in the right way... the problem is that when I click on past setting from previous edit it will overwrite all the picture setting and apply the source (previous pic). This is not intended as all the pics have been individually edited and should be preserved apart from removing the border. 

    I took a few pictures and just applied one random effect really visible to each one for the purpose of understanding.

     

    Now I create a version of each one by selecting all of them

     

     

    So far so good. Now as per instruction I select the first photo and remove the border. Then select all the versioned ones and click on paste setting from previous.

     

     

    As you can see it has not just removed the border but it applied to all the versioned photos the whole settings I had for the first picture, for example removing B&W, LUTs, etc.

    Where is my mistake?

    Thanks a lot for your patience

    Daniel

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    That’s true. I don’t know of any other way to do it. Sorry.

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  • Daniel Besso

    No problem, I will do one by one

    Thanks anyway

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  • Rick Sammartino Community moderator

    Hasn't something changed with this process? I'm sure you used to be able to specify an individual Filter. Now it's all effects or none.

    Maybe I'm mistaken, but if it's all or nothing now, you won't be able to affect an individual filter.

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    As far as I know, it has always been all or none.

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