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Managing catalogs
You can create one or more catalogs in your Library. Although you may choose to use one catalog for simplicity, using
multiple catalogs lets you create logical groups so you can search, browse, edit, store, and backup specific groups of
images at a time without needing to access or open the rest of your Library.
You can create a new catalog at any time. You can open or close catalogs. When you close a catalog, it does not display
in the Library. To access the Library, click the Library tab on the Browse panel.
To create a new catalog
1. Right-click inside the Catalogs section of the Library, and select Catalog > New Catalog, or click File > New Catalog from
the menu.
2. In the Create and Choose New Catalog Folder dialog box, choose an empty folder or create a folder.
3. Click Select Folder.
The new catalog appears in the Catalogs section.
To open an existing catalog
Right-click inside the Catalogs section of the Library, and select Catalog > Open Catalog, or choose File > Open Catalog
from the menu.
To close a catalog
In the Catalogs section of the Library, right-click the catalog that you want to close, and choose Catalog > Close
Catalog.
Portable Catalogs
Individual catalogs for Corel AfterShot Pro can be used in only one session at a time, but they can be accessed from a fast
(local) network from multiple Corel AfterShot Pro applications. If the master files are accessed by two machines differently
(mapped as different network drives on Windows, or mounted differently on Linux or Mac) then you'll need to edit the
Catalog Preferences to select the proper root folder. For example, assume that you access master files stored on a local
hard drive D: on your main desktop computer and store the AfterShot Catalog on that drive also, but have a second
computer that accesses the same catalog and master files from the main desktop computer. On this second machine, the
D: drive is mapped as X:. If you imported images into a Corel AfterShot Pro catalog on the main desktop computer and
then opened that same catalog on the second computer, Corel AfterShot Pro would look for those master files on the
second computer's D: drive instead of on X:.
To solve this, you can create movable catalog paths inside the catalog that is shared by the two machines, and set the
location of the movable catalog path differently to account for the different ways these two machines access the same
catalogs and master files.
To create a moveable path
1. On the main computer, click the Library tab and right-click the catalog into which you have imported files from a
shared location (if your catalog is open, you'll see a letter that represents the network drive your catalog is mapped to).
2. In the context menu, click Set Movable Paths.
3. In the Set Moveable Catalog Paths dialog box, click Add.
4. In the Select a Local Directory dialog box, choose the drive that holds the imported images that you want to share
across the network. Try to stay as close to the root of the directory as possible
5. Click Select Folder to set this drive as a moveable catalog path. This does not affect how Corel AfterShot Pro accesses
master files on this first machine, but it prepares the catalog for updating on the second machine. Click the Add Note
button to capture path information related to where the folder is stored on the drive that you selected.
6. Close Corel AfterShot Pro on the first machine. Now you can copy your catalog to another computer.
7. Map the catalog drive of the main computer as a network drive.
8. On the second computer, open Corel AfterShot Pro.
9. Click File > Open Catalog, and import your catalog.
