Mirror subfolder structure – Makes it possible to mirror the file and folder structure of the input folder when storing files in the output folder. This option is not available if the master channel isn’ t set up to include subfolders under Input options.
Copy File Date from Input File to Output File – To preserve the original date stamp of the input file on the output file, select this option.
Copy input file to specified folder – To make a copy of the original input file in a separate folder, choose this option and select a folder when you want to store the file unprocessed. It is still possible to enable other types of processing in the channel. The processing will then be applied to another copy of the file before it is stored in the channel’ s output folder.
Setting processing options for various input file types
Where: Channel | Input File Formats
Here you may set options for handling of different file formats. Certain files types may not be possible to process in Color Factory. In some cases, however, Color Factory may be able to extract or produce a thumbnail or preview of the files. The Input File Formats settings also let you choose how such formats should be processed.
General image handling
Where: Channel | Input File Formats | Images tab
Here you may configure how various image file types should be handled by Color Factory. You may choose to treat Grayscale, RGB and CMYK input images differently. The default setting is normal processing, in which case the input images will be processed according to the channel settings defined. By choosing No Pixel processing, the physical image data will not be altered, while other options such as metadata and auto-routing are still enabled. Thirdly, you may choose to ignore the image type to allow processing in another channel, and lastly, you may choose to simply copy the input file to the output folder with no processing applied whatsoever.
Note the checkbox that lets you preserve the original file format when the input file contains layers or transparency information. A Photoshop PSD input file can contain layers, and both PSD and TIFF formats support transparency information. When an input file contains this sort of information, Color Factory can be set to override the channel’ s output format to preserve this information by selecting this checkbox.
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