Batch processing - keeping RAW files

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Is it possible to batch process your files in DPP, just to convert them into JPG but still keep the RAW files as copies.

Basically I have a load I need to put on a flash drive to show someone on a different computer so need JPG's but I want to keep the raw files as i need to work on them later...
 
If you just need quick images for previews try instant jpeg from raw, it's a free download and it extracts the built in jpeg (canon full size and nikon medium it appears) the real beauty of it is it's very quick, it litterally just takes seconds to do a hundred or so pics. doesn't alter the original in any way.
 
DPP shouldn't delete the RAWs in batch processing at all, so you should be fine.
 
well i ran a test and batch processed some old ones and it converted those actual files into jpgs...so the raws were gone!
 
Can anyone give a how to if you had lightroom. ;)


Example Are there any tutorials out there...!!

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do you have photoshop?
 
Cris_L said:
well i ran a test and batch processed some old ones and it converted those actual files into jpgs...so the raws were gone!
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It shouldn't do. I always use DPP to convert my RAW files, and then I save the RAW files after I have batch converted to JPEG.
 
what version? I can run you through CS3 :) Presumably later versions are the same, or similar
 
Cris_L said:
I do have photoshop, Dod.

Goody can you talk me through what you would do please?
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I put the memory card in my laptop and copy and paste the files into a folder for editing.

I then open DPP and select the appropriate folder (you could also select them direct from your memory card)

I edit the ones I want to edit, select the ones I want to convert by either selecting the first photo, holding shift and selecting the last one, or selecting the first one I want to select and holding Ctrl to select other non-consecutive ones.

Next, I select Batch Process in DPP, browse to chosse a folder to save them in, or create a new one, and then click "Execute".

That will create the RAW files you have selected into JPEGs, leaving the RAWs untouched.

You aren't saving to the same folder as the RAWs with the same name, are you? Mind you, I didn't think that was possible.

Let me know if it works and what process you are using. Hope this helps. :thumbs:
 
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No problem. Glad to have been of assistance and that you've sorted it out. I'm still learning, and haven't yet ventured into Photoshop land!
 
Cris_L said:
Ah thanks Peter, i was saving them to the same folder, hence them being over written.

Much appreciated!
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That's actually not possible, as the RAW and Jpeg files have different extensions, so they wouldn't overwrite each other. Having just checked, there is also no facility in DPP to delete the originals unless you consciously do it, via File->delete, or using the DEL key.


I hate to be rude, but are you absolutely sure that you've shot the images in RAW and not Jpeg? That would explain the overwriting at least.
 
DemiLion said:
That's actually not possible, as the RAW and Jpeg files have different extensions, so they wouldn't overwrite each other. Having just checked, there is also no facility in DPP to delete the originals unless you consciously do it, via File->delete, or using the DEL key.


I hate to be rude, but are you absolutely sure that you've shot the images in RAW and not Jpeg? That would explain the overwriting at least.
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I was wondering about this myself. The first part of the file name may well be the same but the extension will be different - it's impossible to overwrite unless both name and extension are identical and even then you should get a prompt asking you if you want to overwrite the file. :shrug:
 
Are you sure you know which folders you are saving too, as DPP will not allow you to overwrite a file while batch processing, even if only one file in a whole batch has the same name it will just stop the process and not convert any files at all.
 
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DemiLion said:
That's actually not possible, as the RAW and Jpeg files have different extensions, so they wouldn't overwrite each other. Having just checked, there is also no facility in DPP to delete the originals unless you consciously do it, via File->delete, or using the DEL key.


I hate to be rude, but are you absolutely sure that you've shot the images in RAW and not Jpeg? That would explain the overwriting at least.
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hmm, you've got me wondering now. I did switch to jpg for a while as I was doing some test shots for a new lens. I know I have now switched back to raw but the few I tried to do as a batch "may" of already been jpg....could explain the confusion!

funny thing is I just had a go at patch processing some other raw files and it said cannot execute batch, identical file name exists...?
 
Cris_L said:
funny thing is I just had a go at patch processing some other raw files and it said cannot execute batch, identical file name exists...?
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Which means you have already converted theses RAWs to jpegs at sometime in the past.

When you are doing the batch process are you selecting a folder in the Save Folder selection option, as DPP does not automatically save to the same folder as the RAWs but to the last selected folder.

Just out of curiosity check that you have not save ALL your converted files to a single folder you selected at some time in the past ( I know I have forgot to change the selection myself before and was puzzled why the photo weren't were I intended :bang: )
 
Cris_L said:
well i ran a test and batch processed some old ones and it converted those actual files into jpgs...so the raws were gone!
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The raws shouldn't be gone, I don't use DPP but I suspect it's put the jpegs in a new folder, your raw should be still there somewhere.
 
Cris_L said:
hmm, you've got me wondering now. I did switch to jpg for a while as I was doing some test shots for a new lens. I know I have now switched back to raw but the few I tried to do as a batch "may" of already been jpg....could explain the confusion!

funny thing is I just had a go at patch processing some other raw files and it said cannot execute batch, identical file name exists...?
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Just one other possibility with Canon cameras in some modes the camera will switch from raw to jpeg itself, try setting raw on the camera and switching to full auto or portrait mode, if I remember rightly you'll find you have shot jpeg even though you set raw.
 
swanseamale47 said:
Just one other possibility with Canon cameras in some modes the camera will switch from raw to jpeg itself, try setting raw on the camera and switching to full auto or portrait mode, if I remember rightly you'll find you have shot jpeg even though you set raw.
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Good point. With the Canon cameras, you need to be in what they call the creative modes, i.e. P, Av, Tv or M to be able to shoot RAW. If you are in anything else, it will be JPEG only.
 
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