Windows Media Player Duplicates of Edited Photos
I have used various software programs over the past few or more years but never came across the problem of edited photos being stored as duplicates on my camera's memory card in Windows Media Player format which I cannot open anyway. I'm not sure if it is a Microsoft or ON1 problem; however, I changed the Windows Media Player settings and deselected "send copy to Windows Explorer" with no success. Does this have anything to do with the fact that ON1 is Adobe based (I don't think any of the previous photo editing software I used were Adobe based). I am particularly concerned because they are loaded on the camera's DCIM card, which I fear will cause problems with camera operation.
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Photo RAW is not Adobe based in any way.
I'm not sure I understand your workflow that is leading to this problem. My first question is why are you editing the files directly on the SD card? Most user's workflow involves copying the files from the SD card to a drive on their computer then, editing that copy. It does not matter if you copy with Windows Explorer or via Photo RAW's Import command. Can you describe exactly what it is you are doing please?
Other than that we'll have to see if any of the Windows users here have any comment.
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My apologies for the confusion. Since ON1 doesn't require "opening" or "importing" a file, and my photos are all now set to RAW format, which requires you to edit them in some software program then save to a file, I click on Browse and select the drive on which the memory card is inserted. Then I click edit, make the adjustments, and save to a memory stick in another drive. The reason I don't create catalogues is that I already have my photos on a separate disk; I am concerned about the space it will take on the hard drive; and I still find the cataloguing/library system confusing and labour intensive. The photo is saved in JPEG format in sRGB to make it compatible with Internet for when I want to post my photos online (which is what I was instructed to do in a post processing photography course I'm taking), and assiged to the USB drive, no problem. However, when I go to my memory card, lo and behold, there is a copy of that photo (I'm not sure if it's the edited or raw version because I can't open it) in Windows Media Player format (the icon with the music note). I delete them but it is time consuming. So should I be importing them instead of browsing and editing them? Even so, it still doesn't explain why a Windows Media Player copy is showing up.
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Another photography student to whom I recommended ON1 is also experiencing the same thing.
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What happens to the original RAW files on the SD card when you've finished editing and "copying" them to the other drive. If you are reusing the card to take more pictures you're either going to run out of room pretty quickly or you're reformatting them or deleting the previous RAW files which means you are trashing your original photos and all you have left are the jpegs. You also have to buy a ton of SD cards and manage tracking what is on them. I keep all my photos on an external drive. I import (copy) them from the SD card to that drive where I do my editing.
Are you copying them to the memory stick or are you Exporting the edited file to the stick? From your description it sounds like you are Exporting them. That's the only way you can get the jpeg.
You don't have to use Catalogs. Their purpose is to make it easier to find your photos later as without them you can only use Advanced Search on the folder you are currently viewing in the Browser. You won't be able to search multiple folders for related photos.
Can you show us a screenshot of the Export settings you are using?
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I reformat them and, yes, I'm left with the JPEGs. I tried an external drive called Passport, and something happened to it that royally messed up my computer, not to mention taking up a lot of energy because I had to keep it plugged in - it backed up everything 24-7. I'm really just a hobbyist, not a professional photographer, so it's not as if there are any valuable pieces of art that could erroneously be discarded. I'm exporting the edited file to the memory stick.
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What is the file extension on the file that shows the music note? I see your original is CR2, but maybe that one is the .on1 sidecar file.
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It says it has a .on1 extension that it doesn't recognize.
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Fair enough on your workflow. I promise you the Passport thing was a fluke though. And backups can be configured to run on any schedule you care to set up.
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The .on1 file is where Photo RAW is storing your editing information and any metadata you might add to the photo. It isn't something that can be used by any program except Photo RAW.
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Re work flow, thanks, although I do like the catalogue idea; maybe when I get more comfortable with it. Re Passport, that's good to know, I will check out other external drives. So how can I change where Photo RAW stores editing information, or is that a given? Thanks.
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The program stores that data in two places. One is the .on1 sidecar file and the other is an internal database located in your user data for the program.
The internal database is susceptible to corruption and will be deleted if you ever have to use the Reset ON1 Photo RAW 202x function. When that happens if you do not have the sidecar files your edits are lost. That may not be such a big deal for you since you aren't keeping the edited RAW files anyhow. Metadata is another issue though. If you apply metadata to the edited and exported jpegs and you do not have those .on1 files that info will be lost permanently as well.
If that isn't a concern for you either then you can turn off the creation of the .on1 sidecar files in the Preferences > Files panel.
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