Alan: I never tick that checkbox. Even if I had, that doesn't explain why only some of the master images in a new collection have VCs. Also, some of the images have more than one VC.Kit
Have you edited those images in Photoshop, another external editor, or a plug-in like Nik? Are you seeing 'real' virtual copies or are those images the imported TIFs returned after editing externally that end up stacked with the original image like a VC would be stacked?
Did you perhaps type command-quote when the images were selected? Or did your cat walk across your keyboard?Jeremy
"Command quote"...nope. Don't own a cat. However, I undoubtedly am guilty of some random act of stupidity. I just cannot figure it out.Kit
Alan: I never tick that checkbox. Even if I had, that doesn't explain why only some of the master images in a new collection have VCs. Also, some of the images have more than one VC.Nevertheless, thank you for your idea. Kit
Is it possible that some images were imported more than once (especially if "don't import suspected duplicates" is selected) depending on how many times you reimported from the card before clearing it? Maybe a look in finder to see if the files are there (as apposed to the VC only in the catalogue structure)might check this out.