While I can rename the TIFF-File, a derivation from master or virtual copy, I cannot rename master or virtual copy independently. When trying, the ‘twin’ is also renamed.
Yes, it should be possible to add something meaningful to the virtual copy, e.g. to remember about what was done differently etc.
Ok, but don’t understand. – In Win 10 / PL 4.1.1, I can change / rename (completely) the name of the virtual copy, but it changes the master’s name simultaneosly – and vice versa. I just can’t do it independently as shown in your screenshot. If it’s a bug / another difference between Mac and Win, I don’t know.
My intention would be to keep the master’s name and to add something meaningful to the virtual copy. Because …
I copy all pics from the card to the computer, where I mass rename them,
e.g. “2020-12-20_HappyDay_1234.nef”, sort them out, delete what I don’t need and finally develop them in PL. So, from now on, I keep “2020-12-20_HappyDay_1234” untouched and add someting descriptively to further versions (B&W, online, printversion …).
For consistency I’d like to do the very same with virtual copies, inspite of them only visible in PL / saved as .dop-file …
… as they serve as my new ‘master’ / source when exported.
Completely agree, It would make virtual copies far more useful especially when more than one has been created for a master image. I know that this was brought up a number of times before, and I thought it was already in the backlog, but, I am voting for it here to reinforce how useful this feature would be…
Excellent proposal.
I think the new name could be appended to the filename at export.
This would make possible to add e.g. aspect ratio to the filename and not only to the keywords.
Joanna’s proposal, Mark, is to have labels on VC’s that are visible within PL (instead of simple version #s) - - with Bekesi’s refinement to append these labels to the image-filename at export time … thereby tying it altogether. This would be excellent, I reckon
Note: I’m adding my vote on the basis that @bekesizl’s suggested refinement is included in the enhancement - - otherwise, I’m not too fussed.
John M
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(Barb Mac 11.7, PL6, FP6, VP3, Canon, Olympus)
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This is something I’ve missed since leaving Lightroom, so it has my vote
Can I revive this topic? Now that PL5 can hold different metadata for virtual copies, this becomes even more important in de-confusing which version was the origin of an export.
Not in the Windows version. Once again a new feature difference between the Mac and Windows versions. The ability to rename virtual copies is a small but significant enhancement. It needs to also be implemented in the Windows version soon, before they forget about it and move on to something else. .