Author: Alexander Svet

Alexander Svet – Professional photographer and photography instructor. Phase One Certified Professional and Capture One beta tester.

Capture One has just released the 16.5.6 update, which brings several handy features: You can now edit grayscale images directly in Capture One, giving you more flexibility in your B&W photography workflow. Capture One 16.5.6 allows syncing crop and rotation settings from other software using XMP. If you reset the crop or rotation in Capture One, it will revert to the values from an XMP file. iPhone DNGs can now be packaged as EIP files that include the DNG and all Capture One image adjustments. In 16.5.6, you can choose whether to associate the IPTC Urgency metadata field with color…

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Capture One has just released the 16.5.5 update, introduces Separate Masks in People Masking, which allows you to create a mask of each selected area ( Face Skin, Pupil and Iris, etc.) as a new layer instead of merging them all on one layer. Compatibility Capture One 16.5.5 is fully backward compatible with Sessions and Catalogs created in any subversion of 16.5. However, documents from 16.4 or earlier will need to be upgraded for compatibility. New Lens Support Canon RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM Bug Fixes General: Fixed an issue where exports could slow down due to excessive GPU resource…

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I’ve just released my new video course Deep Dive into Match Look and AI Masking, and today I’ve prepared a free lesson from that course on eye enhancement using AI masks! You’ll see how to set visual accent on eyes, how to quickly change iris color, and how to make red veins in eyes less noticeable. If you enjoyed these techniques, I guarantee you’ll have fun and learn new tricks when you watch the full course! In the full course, you’ll learn best practices for Match Look and AI Masking, discover new batch editing techniques, and see how to use…

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Capture One 16.5.4 brings several handy improvements: AppleScript ‘Auto Select New Capture’ Options The developers added the ability to script the “Auto Select New Capture” menu, so there are now two new document properties: Auto select new capture (disabled/immediately/when ready) Auto select new capture pause (boolean) A Major Bugfix for Smart Adjustments In the previous update, 16.5.3, the quality of Smart Adjustments was noticeably degraded, and it also affected all styles that use Smart Adjustments, such as my NextGen styles. Fortunately, the Capture One developers quickly fixed this bug and in 16.5.4 everything works as it should. Camera Support Leica…

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The recent Capture One Mobile 2.7 update brought several long-awaited new features: Assisted Masking (AI Masks) Auto-Rotate Auto-Keystone Support for Leica SL3-S and Sony a1 lI I tested the new Capture One Mobile app on an iPad Pro M1 and here are my first impressions: Assisted Masking (AI Masks) With the new Assisted Masking, you can now quickly create the same AI masks as in the desktop Capture One, including subject and background masks, and the ability to mask any area with AI: Mobile AI masks work as quickly and accurately as on the desktop because Capture One Mobile has the same…

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Capture One has just released the 16.5.2 update, and despite its minor version number, it brings a bunch of pretty major improvements: AI masks for Iris and Eye-Whites Target Size in JPG Export Recipes Magnified Loupe for Keystone Presets in Cloud Settings Faster People Masking, Match Look, and Export and more! Let’s dive in and see how all the new features work in practice! AI masks for Iris and Eye-Whites Capture One 16.5.2 has introduced more precise AI masking options for eyes. Instead of a single “Eyes” option, you can now create AI masks specifically for the Pupil and Iris and the Sclera (the white part of…

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