Using a digital camera and a copying setup, I am starting to process some old film images. It is simple enough to invert the tone curve and set a bunch of presets for different exposures, Kodachrome, B&W, etc. But in the folder I have the original jpg image, which is a negative in the case of film, and when selecting an appropriate preset a DXO file is created with a .dop. What would be some of the options to delete the original negative image and just work with the new .dop file to save space?
Welcome to the forum @Dungeness
Wait before you start sawing the branch you sit on…
The .dop file is a settings sidecar file. It contains the settings you applied to your image. And it has to be where PhotoLab put it. If you delete the image file, you throw away your food, but keep the recipe so to speak. Keep all files for now.
Sidecars can be switched off in PhotoLab’s settings/preferences, but I suggest you don’t do that right now. Consider buying some external SSD instead.
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