ACDSee Pro 2 and 2.5

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Overwriting existing file with Batch Process -> db info not preserved

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  • Marc Sabatella
    Moderator

    My default Batch Processing settings create a reduced-resolution "proof" copy that duplicates all IPTC/EXIF metadata and preserves db info too. If I run this on a batch of my original RAW files, my proofs are fine. But if I re-run the operation on a few selected images (perhaps because I've done further RAW processing), after getting the dialog asking me to confirm that I want to replace the file, the new version of the file does *not* preserve the db info after all - the ratings, keywords, etc are gone. The IPTC & EXIF info 8are* preserved. If I delete the old proof and run the operation again, that works.

    I am *not* using the new 2.5 "embedded metadata" facility, and if I were a betting man, I'd be wagering that this has something to do with the problem.

    Posted On September 14, 2008 - 04:35 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • John Radcliffe
    Member

    I think I saw the same issue at the weekend, but had forgotten until reading your post.

    I was testing out Batch Processing to "optimise" Exposure/Contrast and Shadows and Highlights, as I frequently do this after taking a batch of photos to give me images that are "good enough" for initial viewing. After v2 was released I noted a slight change from the beta version, and I wanted to see if any changes had been made in v2.5. I processed 100 images with v2.5 and compared the results to those from v2: generally noticeably darker, with more contrast and highlights more frequently blown. I wasn't pleased; nor that v2.5 fell over halfway through and had to be restarted. However after further experimentation was showing no difference from v2, I ran the same process again on a few images and this time got results identical to those from v2, so I've no idea what happened the first time!

    I then ran the process again for the entire batch of 100, getting it to overwrite the previous versions. Like you, I then noted that the newly-processed images had no database info, so had to import it from IPTC data (which was present). This is the first time I can remember losing database info when processing images within ACDSee.

    Strange

    Posted On September 15, 2008 - 07:31 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

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