The Raw files from my camera repeat after 9999 images. When I try to edit a new RAW that has the same file name as one previously entered, it doesn’t allow me to process it. Even though the new Raw is from a different date. I have to load it, then see it was processed previously, then rename the new RAW, then reload. There has to be a better way to make the software edit the file no matter how many times before it has been processed. After all, it’s exporting it as a unique new file name. Any help?
First of all change the numbering/naming settings in your camera.
And beside that you have to rename your files anyway. In your case with the date/time in it.
George
ps.
How is it possible that the camera writes files with the same name??
Cameras can take 10’000 photos before they recycle image names. In order to prevent duplications, a new folder is created after IMG_9999 or before that, depending on how the camera is set. Counters can be reset manually or per camera setting too.
PureRAW can process several files having the same name and will ask for renaming before processed exports create a name conflict. In order to be able to do this, the source files need to be in different folders.
Having tested just that, I’ve seen that PR6 does as expected: It applies the default preset and any setting can be changed before an image is added to the queue for processing.
I don’t see the issue here (PR on macOS Sequoia) or don’t understand @ccarl2005‘s.
In alignment with sane naming conventions, I recommend to rename images upon copying from the camera or card.
I usually replace IMG (DSC etc.) by YYYYMMDD and this works in most cases. But I had to use other renaming patterns while using two cameras concurrently..
Let me clarify. I understand that the file structure in the camera itself has sub folders to separate identical file names. However, when I am about to process I put selected images into an empty folder on my PC in order to load into PureRaw4. This folder has only images that I want to process. Yet, it won’t allow me to reprocess an existing RAW a second time, and if I have a newer raw with an identical name it still recognizes the first as a thumbnail in the “processed “ queue. It seems to me you should be able to put any RAW file through processing at will over and over should you choose. I don’t save the dng processed files once they import into PS. So why does PureRaw4 have them saved somewhere? Additionally, the export name is linked to the date of capture which should be enough to differentiate files.
Do you say that every image is in a separate folder??
What camera do you have? Any camera I know off starts with 0 after reaching 9999 and in a new folder.
Filenames must be unique within a folder.
If so, they have unique names.
But I see you are working in pure raw?
George
This is how I tested in a slightly different way on my iMac
Dragged files, all having the same name, from several distinct source folders to the PR window and PR processed them as expected. This is different from dragging all images (for processing) to a folder. PR does not need unique names.
For individual customising and processing, files need to be customised before they are put in the queue. I collect edits before I let PR waste my time with one by one processing…and once the files were exported, they seemed to have the edits I had added.
The PR user interface is not the one I like best, it involves too many changes of views for the degrees of freedom offered by PR. Due to the UI implementation, one needs to be specially careful about what goes where and errors can happen more easily under these conditions.
Note that I tested on Mac and things can be different on Win. But as on Mac, Win folders need unique file names for items in ‘em. And then, PR will not see the same file names (which does not matter as described above) and the issue you describe should not happen.
hmmm…
And how will that be possible?? In one folder.
George
well and again, you can drag as many identically named files into PR.
doing the same with an intermediate folder will not work because macOS and winDOS do not allow it.
What I am saying is that in camera every image in a subfolder has a unique name, 0-9999. Then they repeat in another subfolder. But that’s how the files work on the camera. Completely different on a PC because of culling and reorganizing by date, subject. In any case, PR4 doesn’t use the in camera folders.
A unique filename is path/filename. DxO is storing path and filename.
George
Filename conventions are the same on the camera as on the pc.
Are you telling that you have 9999 files on your card in 1 directory and another let’s say 9999 in another directory?
I hope you don’t edit on the card.
And what camera do you have?
George
Can you explain what you’re doing? I don’t get it.
George