Author: Alexander Svet

I enjoy experimenting with classical color contrasts in Capture One! One of my favorites is warm-cool contrast; it works excellently to enhance your image perception. When you have a strict warm-cool contrast on an image, viewers can evaluate the picture faster and with less effort. This simplicity of perception makes it easier to recognize objects on an image and understand the general plot. Our brain just loves such warm-cool contrasts! Here are three Capture One tools that will help you to implement it in your editing. Gradients The main feature of gradients is the smooth transition of the masked area.…

Have you already tried the new Style Brushes tool that comes with the free update for Capture One 21? If you missed this release, check out my 10-minute video overview, where you can explore all the new features. So, today I’ve prepared five ideas of custom Style Brushes to enhance your workflow! Let’s start with Chilly Shadows! Chilly Shadows I like how cold and contrasting shadows can improve an image: This one and some of the other photos here are from Signature Edits To create such a style brush, first, we color tone shadows in Color Balance: Next, we’re setting…

Capture One has just released a free update for Capture One 21. Capture One 21.1 (officially known as 14.1) introduces a new tool – Style Brushes, that allows you to draw masks with pre-defined image adjustments. You can now save your favorite settings as brushes and speed up local corrections. Apart from Style Brushes, Capture One 21.1 brings the new Import Viewer for faster image culling with zero loading time. Plus, the update contains additional ProStandard profiles, the increased 1600% zoom, redesigned Keystone tool, and live-view feature for Leica cameras. Download Capture One 21.1, and let’s see how all these…

In my newsletter, I’ve offered you a puzzle to challenge your Capture One skills. I’ve desaturated this image without using any standard tools: None of Saturation sliders have been used. B&W tool hasn’t been used. All color profiles and curves are standard. Overlay tool hasn’t been used as well. This is not a cheat or something. It’s a real image editing trick. So, the right answer is… color inversion! You can desaturate an image by inverting all colors in a layer and setting layer opacity to 50%. This is not a Capture One exclusive trick; desaturation via color inversion works…

This post contains affiliate links and/or codes, so if you purchase a product through such a link or with such a code, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Recently ON1 has released four new plugins for Capture One: ON1 Effects 2021 ON1 Portrait AI ON1 HDR 2021 ON1 Resize 2021 ON1 plugins are standalone apps that offer features beyond Capture One capabilities: apply LUTs, blur images, add textures, auto-retouch portraits, merge HDR, and more. All the new plugins are implemented into a Capture One workflow for round-trip editing. Thus, you can quickly send an…

I just love to uncover hidden features of Capture One! Previously, I have shared with you: Hidden Features of Alt key in Capture One Hidden Features of Shift key in Capture One Hidden Features of Layers in Capture One Hidden Features of Export in Capture One Today, we’ll discuss some obscure features of Crop tool! Taking full control over Crop First, here are some useful commands to make cropping easier: Crop around the center – hold down Alt key while cropping. Lock aspect ratio – when you’re cropping with an unconstrained aspect ratio, hold down Shift key to lock the…