Managing RAW and JPEG files

[wavemachine]

When I copy files off my camera (Canon 7D) I tend to put the JPG files in a folder and in a seperate sub folder I put the RAW files (.CR2) which works really well as I have the orignal RAW files.

Problem comes though if I think one of the pictures is cr*p and delete it, I then have to go and delete the .CR2 file as well.

Does anyone know of a way or a utility that will give me a list of .CR2 files in one directory which doesn't have a .JPG file in another directory and give me an option of deleting those files?

[donoreo]

Windows, Mac or Linux?

[wavemachine]

Oops didn't think of that Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.

Thinking about it could probably do some neat shell stuff in Linux

[donoreo]

I can On linux it could do a simple script to do a comparison and even set it up to run at intervals. No idea on Windows though, but I am sure someone will come in an have a suggestion.

[wavemachine]

Cheers for the reply, I could probably write a script in powershell to do it but then I would need to learn it

I think I will knock together an app in C# to do what I need which shouldn't take me to long

Thans for the replies.

[PaulMontgomery]

Does windows 7 still have a DOS window - I'm sure it must be possible to write a script in there - particularly if the two sub folders are under the same part of the tree.

[GeoffWessex]

Another point in favour of Photoshop Elements, then. Its Organizer keeps the pictures together (by shot/date), regardless of which folder they're in. So you'd see immediately which RAW to delete. And as long as your Adobe Camera Raw is up to date you'll see the thumbnail and not a blank icon. Even if you can't, it will have the same number from the camera.

[KeithT]

Here's my take on this: why bother with the jpegs from the camera? Use them for chimping and when you download the images dump them. Why? You have the raw files, sift through them and make two piles. The first should be definite keepers and the second pile should be for later consideration. Dump the rest. When you have edited your keepers either make PS, or Tiff files and save them at a reasonable size as your portfolio files, keeping them in various folders,eg, B/W Portfolio, or Colour Portfolio. You can attach a tag to the files for quick recall if you want. Just archive your second pile for future editing/deletion.

From your portfolio collection make jpegs to suit uploading to websites, or running a slide show for friends and relatives etc. I don't see the point of clogging up your harddrive with stuff you are never going to use again.

In fact, I'm considering just shooting raw without jpegs to get the extra space on my cards.