Advanced Capture One Pro: Library Management

Effectively manage your images with Capture One Pro. See how to select the right catalog structure; work with metadata, keywords, and file naming; and filter and sort your photos.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you need to know before starting
• Windows and Mac terminology
• A note about backing up your work

1. First Decisions: Catalog Types and Sessions

• Choose a session or catalog
• Choose a managed or referenced catalog
• Import files for a managed catalog
• Import files for a referenced catalog
• Import files for a session
• Integrate a session into a managed catalog
• Integrate a session into a referenced catalog
• Use the Import Session command

2. Master User Collections

• Understand the user collections area
• Create a project in user collections
• Add an album to user collections
• Add pictures to an existing album
• Add pictures to a project
• Configure a Smart Album in user collections
• Make a group in user collections
• Show info for albums and projects
• Set and add to a Selects album
• Export projects and albums as catalogs
• Import travel catalogs into a master catalog

3. Hard Drive Management with the Folders Panel

• The Folders panel
• Move files on the hard drive via the Folders panel
• Synchronize a folder
• Locate missing masters
• Work with your masters offline
• Show and hide the folder hierarchy
• Add a folder and move images into it
• Put a catalog on a network
• Make a referenced catalog managed

4. Metadata, Keywords, and File Naming

• Customize your file names on import (tokens)
• Create a file naming preset
• Create and apply a metadata preset
• Add metadata to your images on import
• Reset text completions
• Batch rename images
• Add keywords via the Metadata tool tab
• Edit mistyped keywords or delete them
• Delete keywords from an entire catalog

5. Filter and Sort

• Overview of the Filters panel
• Add and subtract filters from the panel
• Star ratings and color tags in Filters
• Use keywords in the Filters panel
• Use global filters
• Sort thumbnails by various criteria
• Save search results as albums

Conclusion

• Next steps