To solve this kind of problem, I opened a second database only for headshots.

In my main database, I have only headshots for actors/crew that are at least in one profile. For that, you have just to repair the database and delete all unused (and uncheck the box preserve cast/crew).

But the problem is that if you add a new profile, with a new actor who had a headshot that was in V3 database, you've lost it.

In my second database, I have only one false profile, and all actors from V3. When I have one missing in my main, I just have to copy/paste without the need to compare all the others I have previously chosen.

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To solve this kind of problem, I opened a second database only for headshots.

In my main database, I have only headshots for actors/crew that are at least in one profile. For that, you have just to repair the database and delete all unused (and uncheck the box preserve cast/crew).

But the problem is that if you add a new profile, with a new actor who had a headshot that was in V3 database, you've lost it.

In my second database, I have only one false profile, and all actors from V3. When I have one missing in my main, I just have to copy/paste without the need to compare all the others I have previously chosen.

So what exactly happens here when you repair and uncheck preserve cast/crew? I assumed it removed cast and crew not in any profile but it didnt do that for me as far as I can tell. I went to edit a profile and hit cast and on the left it still lists cast members Im sure are not in my database for instance a cast member named As Himself.

Am I doing something wrong?

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When you leave the preserve cast/crew checkbox set, it'll keep any cast/crew member that has a headshot even if they are not assigned to a profile.  If you uncheck it, ALL cast/crew members not assigned to a profile is removed from the database.

Well then what am I doing wrong becouse it left cast and crew that Im sure arent attached to a profile.

well all be damned, I did what you suggested and low and behold the ones Ive checked so far are in profiles. I never would have thought.
so Im really not sure still what this is doing, "I did a clean to remove all unused cast/crew but left the checkbox set for preserving people with photos and it removed 24.  I then repeated the process but unchecked the preserve cast/crew with photos and it took out over 10k in cast alone."
The first will remove cast without photos, and the second removes cast with photos but no profiles. Is this correct?

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The first will remove cast without photos, and the second removes cast with photos but no profiles.
Is this correct?

The first remove cast without profile and without photos. It leaves cast without profile but with photo.
The second removes cast without profile but with photo

Correctomondo!

I updated the 3rd post in this thread to include instructions on creating the submission.

I was just wondering that last night and thinking about asking people if they have any updates to contribute to the master db.  I'm going out of town Wed-Sun so I can import any db's next week and put out a new one.

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