What is the difference between "Copy Artifact" and "Duplicate Artifact" in DNG 5.0?
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We are wondering what the difference is between the "Copy Artifact" and "Duplicate Artifact" gestures. If you select Copy Artifact there is no dialog until you select Paste Artifact.. but then you get essentially the same options. See below:
(Duplicate Artifact) ![]() vs (Copy Artifact) ![]() Is one of these two features looking forward to changes coming soon? Such as VVC variant management support? There seems to be a motivation for having two options. How should we differentiate between them? |
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What version of RRC or DNG are you using? In 5.0, I do not see the "Reuse or Duplicate Pasted Artifacts" options in the Duplicate Artifact to Folder dialog. They wouldn't make sense, since you already chose to duplicate, so perhaps this problem was already recognized and fixed.
From the Artifacts page, you should be able to Copy or Duplicate. Copy will put the artifact(s) in the clipboard, which can then be used to paste it elsewhere or create a link. Duplicate is essentially a shortcut for doing a copy and then pasting into a folder. The "reuse" option does not make sense from the artifacts page, because you can't reuse artifacts across folders.
From within a module, there is only a Copy Artifact command, no Duplicate Artifact. When pasting a copied artifact within a module, you will see the "reuse or duplicate" options in the dialog, because you can reuse artifacts within a module.
Hopefully this clears things up. And if you are looking at a pre-5.0 version, then it looks like that confusion may have been in the UI, but has since been cleaned up.
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