No way to remove a Virtual Copy created in a Project

DxO PhotoLab
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VERSIONS: PL 5.3.1 on Windows 11 Pro.

In a Projects, after removing all Virtual Copies the remaining Master Copy is still marked as a Master Copy.

Steps to produce:

  1. Add a photo to a project
  2. Create a Virtual Copy
  3. Select Remove and you only have the option to remove the virtual copy from the project
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Hi there,

This is not a bug.
I think there is a misunderstanding about how “Projects” work/do…

• “Projects” do not move and/or copy your images (Master or VC): when you put an image into a project, a “link” is made to the corresponding image, which belongs to a specific folder, somewhere on your computer.

• The same goes for VCs. If in a project you make 4 VCs, those 4 VCs are created into the image folder, while the project “only makes a link to them”.

• If you decide to delete all VCs for a given image (the Master) inside your project, only the links to the original VCs are deleted (the 4 VCs are still present in the original image folder). This is why in your project your image still show the “M” icon, because it’s a Master image with 4 VCs (but if you delete those 4 VCs from within the original folder, you’ll see that the “M” icon will disappear in your project…).

Steven.
:wink:

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