Raw ingestion preserving the original file

[marta]

How may I configure the preferences to ingest Raw + Jpeg files doing this:

- add embedded iptc and iptc4xmp into the jpeg files (no problem with that)
- just create / update a xmp card to the Raw files (still no problem with that)
- do not alter, edit, change the Raw files during the process (this is where my problem is - the Raw files are being altered somehow since they change their size).

How may I set the preferences to preserve the Raw files untouched?

Thanks,
Marta

[marta]

About my previous question, I can see now that each ingested file, with or without IPTC data, has 2kb more than the original file.

Is it possible to make a simple copy of the Raw files during the ingestion in order to preserve the Raw files untouched?

The perfect workflow for me would be:
- copy the pictures to both primary and secondary places;
- create different folders to Jpeg and Raw files;
- during the copy / ingestion, apply IPTC to the Jpeg files;
- write a XMP card to the Raw files and preserve the Raw files totally untouched (do not altering anything, including size and modification data, just like a simple copy would do).

Thanks,
Marta

[Kirk Baker]

Marta,

About my previous question, I can see now that each ingested file, with or without IPTC data, has 2kb more than the original file.

Is it possible to make a simple copy of the Raw files during the ingestion in order to preserve the Raw files untouched?

Not currently.  We'll add an option in 4.5 to keep all image preferences in an XMP sidecar file.

-Kirk

[marta]

Marta,

Not currently.  We'll add an option in 4.5 to keep all image preferences in an XMP sidecar file.

-Kirk

Thanks, it would be great.

Regards,
Marta