Live Ingest works similarly to a standard Ingest process, except that rather than ingesting all the photos at once, Live Ingest monitors a folder and ingests new photos that appear in it according to your specifications. This is used for shooting wirelessly or while tethered.
Live Ingest processes last until you close Photo Mechanic or you cancel them.
Monitoring Files for Stability While Copying
You can specify a delay (30 seconds is the default) before ingesting a new file to make sure the photo has finished loading before it is ingested. This is especially important for RAW files. We also recommend selecting “Wait for RAW+JPEG pairs when {seqn} is used” if you are shooting RAW.
To transfer the color class/ratings and other metadata from JPEGs to the RAW versions, follow these steps:
- Put the two sets of files into the same folder
- Open that folder as a contact sheet
- Make sure your RAW and JPEG files are shown as a single item by setting Combined RAW+JPEG from the View menu (⌘-J)
- Select all (⌘-A)
- Use the Update IPTC/XMP command on the Tools menu. Choose to Read IPTC/XMP from JPEG.
- Click Update.