TerryM
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- Nov 8, 2007
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I have a folder of 77 raw images. I converted one to dng just to see how it works. That image has a ? in the upper right corner of the frame, and to the left is a rectangular box with three dots above it and three dots below it. When you place cursor over it, tip indicates, "sidecar file missing."
This is very confusing since a dng does not have a sidecar.
With this folder selected, I synchronized the folder. Quite a few of the raw file then took on the same symbols, the rectangular box and the question mark. Some of the files did not. Tried optimizing the catalog but that did not help.
When you check the files in explorer they all have the xmp side car files. The only way to remove the ? was to click on it on each and every file that displayed it. Boy I am glad there were not 5'' files.
I indicated some of the files were affected, and some were not. I made the following observations about the difference in the files affected and those not.
Files affected, or exhibiting question mark and "Sidecar file missing"
When these files are selected in library, and metadata panel open,
(1) Original file name is missing or not displayed
(2) Sidecar files display "XMP,xmp"
Files not affected, or behaving normal.
When these files are selected in library, and metadata panel open,
(1) Original file name is displayed
(2) Sidecar files display "xmp"
I would just delete the images and re-import but I have done some work on the images and do not want to lose it. I know the ? indicates the image is missing, but when you go to explorer it is clear they are there. And so are the xmp files. I did notice in explorer, the extension of the problem files is.XMP rather than .xmp
This leave me not too excited about dng files. Anyone have any idea what is going on here?
This is very confusing since a dng does not have a sidecar.
With this folder selected, I synchronized the folder. Quite a few of the raw file then took on the same symbols, the rectangular box and the question mark. Some of the files did not. Tried optimizing the catalog but that did not help.
When you check the files in explorer they all have the xmp side car files. The only way to remove the ? was to click on it on each and every file that displayed it. Boy I am glad there were not 5'' files.
I indicated some of the files were affected, and some were not. I made the following observations about the difference in the files affected and those not.
Files affected, or exhibiting question mark and "Sidecar file missing"
When these files are selected in library, and metadata panel open,
(1) Original file name is missing or not displayed
(2) Sidecar files display "XMP,xmp"
Files not affected, or behaving normal.
When these files are selected in library, and metadata panel open,
(1) Original file name is displayed
(2) Sidecar files display "xmp"
I would just delete the images and re-import but I have done some work on the images and do not want to lose it. I know the ? indicates the image is missing, but when you go to explorer it is clear they are there. And so are the xmp files. I did notice in explorer, the extension of the problem files is.XMP rather than .xmp
This leave me not too excited about dng files. Anyone have any idea what is going on here?