Best approach to select and delete JPG and RAW images

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Hi,
I need to free some space of my NAS and I'm searching for the best approach for selecting and deleting unwanted images.
I tried the SelectBase command when it was failing, I think that it's working well right now.
But I want to do it in a safe way.
I have JPGs files and the corresponding RAW files on the same directory.
I need to do a preview of the files and if some of they are not needed (i.e. the image is blurred) select them (JPG, RAW, whatever) and delete them.
I was thinking about making a button with a shortcut key association to let me do some actions over the current file.

My intention is (if possible) creating a customization on what files I want to see (i.e.: only JPG, RAW and some aditional extensions like XMP...) => Maybe any kind of Named filtering applied or Folder Format?
Customize the Dopus layout so files are viewable on one side and previewed on the other (with EXIF info)

Ideas I have in mind:

  • To avoid losing files by mistake, create a folder named "Erased" on current folder and move there the "selected files" (all at once, jpg, raw,... of the same base name) and when I finish, delete the folder once revised or checked
  • Selecting by "checkboxes" and convert to selection, then Delete (or move to "Erased" folder)

Any ideas of how to do it? Maybe there's a better and simple approach that I have not taken into account.

Please,
If you're on the same situation (maybe another kind of files, i.e: movies, compressed files, ...) I will appreciate some "light" here!

I will post my final approach when finished to the corresponding forum section!

Thank you in advance for your time,
Hini

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I would do a Find (Tools -> Find Panel) on the extensions you want. e.g. the wildcard might be *.(jpg|dcr|xmp)

That will give you a collection with all those files in it.

You can then view the files in that collection, remove any from the collection that you want to keep, and move any you want to delete to a temporary folder where you can later review and delete them for real.

When removing things you want to keep from the collection, make sure you use the "remove from collection" command that is available when you right-click a collection item, or when you use the menu attached to the delete button on the default toolbars. The delete button/command itself will delete the files for real (although you can change it so it removes from collections, if you are in a collection, and deletes if you are not, if you like).