Info variable to show type of file? Specifically Canon CRAW

[rcohn]

I believe in the past I was told this was not possible. However, I noticed this information is now available in Capture One (see screen shot). Is there a variable to show this information (that I am missing) in the Info panel? If not, is there a reason it can't be added?

Thank you,
Ric Cohn

Photo Mechanic Version 6.0, build 7285 (fb3e520)

[Kirk Baker]

Ric,

Put:

File type: {type}

in your Info Text to see the file type.

HTH,

-Kirk

[rcohn]

Thank you as always Kirk for your help and quick reply. However, if I am doing it correctly this is only showing the file extension (.cr3 or .dng, etc), not whether it was shot with Canon RAW or CRAW.

File type: {type} does not appear in my list of Variables. I typed it in manually and then restarted Photo Mechanic to have it appear.

Any chance of showing this information? The file type is basically worthless to me since it appears at the end of every file name. Whether the image was captured with RAW or CRAW is of importance to me in analyzing when CRAW is enough and when shooting in full RAW would give a potentially better end result.

Thanks again,
Ric

[ahoward]

We will look into getting this information. As you are a regular poster here I'm sure you know that Photo Mechanic 6 is no longer receiving updates, so this wouldn't be coming to your version of Photo Mechanic, but its a reasonable request, so we'll add it if we can, probably via a new variable. I'll do my best to update this thread if we make an update that addresses it.

[ahoward]

Well, you can ignore that last post. We forgot about the {quality} variable, which I believe gives you what you want. I've attached a screenshot using {quality} in the "Label 1" field on the Contact Sheet, with filenames that reflect the settings of the camera as they were taken.

[rcohn]

Bingo! Just what I was looking for. Glad it is in the old version! Thank you!

But think it's time to support your great work with an upgrade. I'll see whether it seems worth getting the annual vs perpetual in the future. I just don't know how much functionality will be added vs patches for OS updates.