card transfer software

what's a good app to transfer files from cf cards to 2 locations? thanks in advance.

bmb
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This is not the sort of thing I'd personally consider needing a separate application for. I'd generally just use Windows Explorer to copy the contents fo the CF card first to one destination and then to the second (creating new directories as required - eg for the date of the copy, shoot title, etc).

If it was something I was doing all the time and it was to exactly the same locations, was getting tired of doing it in Windows Explorer, and I wasn't concerned about files being overwritten, then I'd probably revert to creating a simple batch file with two xcopy commands.

(Hmm ... I seem to have a thing about Windows Explorer and xcopy at the moment ...)

Iain.
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rim said:

This is not the sort of thing I'd personally consider needing a separate application for. I'd generally just use Windows Explorer to copy the contents fo the CF card first to one destination and then to the second (creating new directories as required - eg for the date of the copy, shoot title, etc).

If it was something I was doing all the time and it was to exactly the same locations, was getting tired of doing it in Windows Explorer, and I wasn't concerned about files being overwritten, then I'd probably revert to creating a simple batch file with two xcopy commands.

(Hmm ... I seem to have a thing about Windows Explorer and xcopy at the moment ...)

Iain.
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yeah I move a lot of images... would like one click to tranfer to 2 location..
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One click is only possible if you use the same location every time and that's not really a good procedure.

However, you can create folders (I use numerical ones for RAW files - like 1-100, 101-200. 201-300 and so forth - keeping maximum in folder to ensure ease of later processing, sorting, etc. and make sub-folders when processing under each for TIFF or JPEG to choice) and this is always done in a spare moment, thus then easy to use Windoze Explorer to drag and drop, which is a pretty quick and easy process as well as keeping all in easy to follow and find folders.

I use PhotoShop to generate Contact Sheets which I print on plain paper and file for easy away-from-computer reference and selection.

Hope that helps in some way as I find it works well for me. Only missing item is a need to write on each sheet as have never, as yet, found a way to identify each sheet (other than file numbers under thumbnails) as header or footer other than using the original word processor = pen.

Contacts sets and image files then identified with any specific job via Invoice Reference Number - even work just for myself as well as for clients.

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Nikon Transfer can do this. Click on the backup destination tab under options. A limitation is that it supposedly requires the backup destination to be on a separate hard drive from the main destination. So you'd need a second internal drive or a USB drive.

bm bradley said:

what's a good app to transfer files from cf cards to 2 locations? thanks in advance.

bmb
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bm bradley said:

yeah I move a lot of images... would like one click to transfer to 2 location..

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This is an ideal task for a script. If you know how to use the Command Prompt window, Windows Script Host or PowerShell it would be quite straightforward. But if you've never programmed before then it's a steep learning curve.

Here's a couple of lines of PowerShell script that will copy all of the ".jpg" files in the f:\ folder and all subfolders to the D:\target1 and D:\target2 folders:

dir f:\ -recurse -include .jpg | foreach { copy $ .fullname d:\target1 }
dir f:\ -recurse -include .jpg | foreach { copy $ .fullname d:\target2 }

Note that this forum removes some of the characters from the display for formatting. To see the original statements hit the "quote" link at the bottom and look at them in the editing window.

Sean,

To stop those characters doing formatting, add the "\" as a prefix to the special characters.

Sean Nelson said:

Here's a couple of lines of PowerShell script that will copy all of the ".jpg" files in the f:\ folder and all subfolders to the D:\target1 and D:\target2 folders:

dir f:\ -recurse -include *.jpg | foreach { copy $_.fullname d:\target1 }
dir f:\ -recurse -include *.jpg | foreach { copy $_.fullname d:\target2 }

Note that this forum removes some of the characters from the display for formatting. To see the original statements hit the "quote" link at the bottom and look at them in the editing window.

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bmb,

To do something similar to the above as a batch file (and telling you how to build a watch in response to him asking what the time is), you'd do something along the lines of the following:

NOTE THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THEN THE FOLLOWING CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS - SO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT DOES BEFORE YOU BLINDLY FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS

• Right click on the desktop select and then to create a new text document on the desktop
• Right click on the document and select to edit the document
• In the document add the following 2 lines (adjusting the directories and switches as appropriate):

xcopy f:\*.* d:\target1 /S
xcopy f:\*.* d:\target2 /S

(Here, I have assumed the same directories as per Sean's examples - you shoul ensure that the selected target directories exist.)

(To understand what the different switches do, and to select the ones to best meet your needs, you can jump to the command shell {Start > Run > "cmd") and type "xcopy /?"; type "exit" to exit the command shell.)

• Save the text file and exit the editor
• Rigtht click on the file and say to rename it to an appropriate name (eg Copy2x.bat NOTE here that the .bat is the most important part - it should replace thye .txt. )

Now, any time you want to copy your source files to these defined desitinations, you just have to double click this batch fil.e on your desktop.

( And just to reiterate my warning - make sure you understand what this does before you do it. )

Iain.
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rim said:

xcopy f:\*.* d:\target1 /S
xcopy f:\*.* d:\target2 /S

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Thanks for the "\" tip!

The downside with xcopy is that it will copy the entire directory tree , subfolders and all, rather than just copying all of the files in all of the subfolders into a single target directory. If you want the entire tree, that's great. But I interpreted the OPs intent as copying all of the files into one single directory and then into a second single directory.

rim said:

To stop those characters doing formatting, add the "\" as a prefix to the special characters.

rim said:

Here's a couple of lines of PowerShell script that will copy all of the ".jpg" files in the f:\ folder and all subfolders to the D:\target1 and D:\target2 folders:

dir f:\ -recurse -include *.jpg | foreach { copy $_.fullname d:\target1 }
dir f:\ -recurse -include *.jpg | foreach { copy $_.fullname d:\target2 }

Note that this forum removes some of the characters from the display for formatting. To see the original statements hit the "quote" link at the bottom and look at them in the editing window.

Click to expand...

bmb,

To do something similar to the above as a batch file (and telling you how to build a watch in response to him asking what the time is), you'd do something along the lines of the following:

NOTE THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THEN THE FOLLOWING CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS - SO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT DOES BEFORE YOU BLINDLY FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS

• Right click on the desktop select and then to create a new text document on the desktop
• Right click on the document and select to edit the document
• In the document add the following 2 lines (adjusting the directories and switches as appropriate):

xcopy f:\*.* d:\target1 /S
xcopy f:\*.* d:\target2 /S

(Here, I have assumed the same directories as per Sean's examples - you shoul ensure that the selected target directories exist.)

(To understand what the different switches do, and to select the ones to best meet your needs, you can jump to the command shell {Start > Run > "cmd") and type "xcopy /?"; type "exit" to exit the command shell.)

• Save the text file and exit the editor
• Rigtht click on the file and say to rename it to an appropriate name (eg Copy2x.bat NOTE here that the .bat is the most important part - it should replace thye .txt. )

Now, any time you want to copy your source files to these defined desitinations, you just have to double click this batch fil.e on your desktop.

( And just to reiterate my warning - make sure you understand what this does before you do it. )

Iain.
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The more I know, the more I know I don't know ...

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wow, I haven't messed around in DOS for 15 years or so.... I do have an msce +i from 2000 that I'm trying to forget about as well... and yes I could figure this out and get it to work however I do have assistants that need to use this too.

I'll have to go with a simple routine.... thank you for the flash down memory lane
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