One of the main features of Capture One 20 is the new HDR tool. It gives you much more control over image contrast, but it also works great with other tools of Capture One. Download Capture One 20, and let’s see what we could get out of this flat image using the new HDR and Levels in layers. Video First of all, we need to set black and white points on this image. If we use RGB Levels for this, we’ll get a noticeable color cast. To avoid this, open Capture One preferences and set Channel mode to Red, Green…
Author: Alexander Svet
Alexander Svet
Alexander Svet – Professional photographer and photography instructor. Phase One Certified Professional and Capture One beta tester.
Capture One 20 is finally here and it’s one of the most balanced releases of Capture One ever. Despite the provocative naming, Capture One 20 is an evolutionary-style upgrade with a mass of long-awaited features: New HDR tool with White and Black sliders Improved Noise Reduction Reworked Crop tool Improved copy/apply of Layers Nevertheless, Capture One 20 experiments with novel approaches to image editing as well. For instance, you can now adjust color simply by moving cursor over image. For new users, Capture One 20 delivers a new scrollable interface and improved image culling to make switching to Capture One…
Hey-hey! The main Capture One sale of the year is here! Till December 1st you can buy any Capture One product (including Sony/Fujifilm versions and styles) with 30% discount! Plus, you’ll get a free upgrade to Capture One 20 if you would now purchase a new Capture One 12 license or upgrade. How to get the discount? 1) Go here and select a product to purchase 2) Click Enter Promotional Code and enter this code: BLACK-FRIDAY-19 If you have no Capture One license yet, buy Capture One 12 license with 30% OFF now and get an upgrade to Capture One…
Phase One has just released Capture One 12.1.4 with support for Sony a9 II, Fujifilm X-Pro 3, macOS 10.15 Catalina (for builds up to 10.15.1) and some other new cameras and lenses. Plus, 12.1.4 adds a new built-in “Wedding” workspace (available from Window > Workspace). Full Update Features List:
That’s a simple tip to make your user experience with Curves in Capture One way better. And the best thing is that it requires only two steps to perform! 1. Go to the Curve tool, click three lines icon and select “5-point-AllChannels” preset. This would add 5 points to each channel Curve to make all the further adjustments much more convenient. 2. Step two – click “…” icon and chose “Set as Defaults for…” to make this preset default for your camera. This means that now each time you’ll automatically get these points on all the Curves of all your…
While I have been culling images from the vacation, I noticed a hefty dose of lovely photos which were spoiled by a mass of unwanted objects, like the ones on this picture: So, let’s see how we can fix it in Capture One! Basically, Capture One offers two tools for retouching images: Repair Layers Spot Removal tool There are two types of Repair Layers: Clone Layer and Heal Layer. The difference is that Heal Layer works way smarter than Clone Layer; like Healing Brush and Clone Stamp in PS. Clone Layer bluntly duplicates the masked area: Heal Layer copies it…