Author: Alexander Svet

I regularly receive questions on how to set White Balance accurately. The problem is that WB is a very subjective thing, and there is no universal solution for this. However, I use several cues for adjusting White Balance, and one of them is Saturation. Saturation works great for color-neutral images, where it’s especially difficult to set WB properly. Let’s take this image, for instance: Is WB here cooler or warmer than it should be? It’s pretty hard to tell because colors are non-intensive on this image. Now, let’s set Saturation to 100: Ok, we have more colors, but it’s still…

Recently Capture One released Capture One for Nikon, a special version of the software for Nikon camera owners. Capture One for Nikon includes the Express version, which is available free of charge and a Pro version that comes with a reduced price tag. As you might have guessed from the name, both versions handle only Nikon RAW files. Let’s figure out what features you can get for free and what might be the reasons to switch to Nikon Pro. Capture One for Nikon Video Why Capture One? Capture One is a professional RAW-converter which is well known for realistic and…

Capture One has just released a 13.1.1 update with critical bug fixes and support for macOS Catalina 10.15.5. Also, in Capture One 13.1.1, developers have added an automatic selection of the cursor tool relevant to the chosen Layer type (i.e. Adjustment, Heal. Clone). Minor Improvements When a Brush or Gradient cursor tool is selected, switching between Layers of different types (i.e. Adjustment, Heal. Clone) will automatically select the cursor tool relevant to the Layer. Bug fixes: Mac Fixed an issue where OpenCL would sometimes not work with Intel Iris GPUs. Fixed an issue where a white vertical line could appear…

So, have you already tried the new Capture One 20 (13.1)? If you have missed this free update, here is my overview of all the new features. Today I would like to share some additional thoughts on Capture One 13.1 release. Capture One for Nikon Capture One for Nikon handles Nikon RAWs only and has two versions: Capture One Express for Nikon is a 100% free software with a basic set of editing tools. Capture One Pro for Nikon has all the regular Pro tools with a way more affordable price tag. In other words, it’s all about the price.…

The first major update of Capture One 20 (13.1) is finally here! Previously, developers unveiled some details of this release; now we have a full update features list: New Before/After Tool Reworked Heal and Clone tools Capture One for Nikon New Nikon Color Profiles Enhanced Lightroom importer Plus, Capture One 20 now has a new logo and has added some other minor improvements. Download Capture One 20 and let’s see how all the new features work in practice. Video Overview The New Before/After Tool The new Capture One 20 update brings the real Before/After tool, and it works just like…

Capture One has just unveiled some great new features that are coming to Capture One 20! Developers performed a live stream, where they have briefly announced some new features that they are working on. Download Capture One 20 (30-days free trial) So, what will we see in the future update? The REAL Before/After tool! Finally! It looks just like it should be, and you can now use a shortcut to compare images. The new tool has two modes that can be selected from a drop-down menu: Full View Turn it on, and you’ll see the original image, without applied adjustments:…