Capture One Pro has just received the new major 16.4 update, which introduces AI Crop, faster AI Masking, tethering and interface improvements. The developers of Capture One also presented Capture One Studio – the new product for studio photographers. As always, I have prepared a detailed overview of all the new features for you, but first, here is an excellent opportunity for owners of older versions of Capture One! Since Capture One 16.4 is a major update, it resets the app’s trial so that you can try this new version AND my new NextGen Styles for Capture One! Never heard of NextGen Styles?…
Author: Alexander Svet
Hi, there! Capture One has just released the new AI Masking tool, and it is mind-blowing! You can now mask any part of an image in a matter of seconds. Simply hover the new AI Select cursor over any part of the image, and you’ll see the generated AI mask for this area. If you need to mask all the elements at once, you can draw a box around them, and AI will create a mask for the whole subject. Also, you can zoom in on an image to mask the tiniest image details, such as eye whites, iris, or…
Walter Rowe, a Capture One photographer and scripting expert, recently released a unique application for integrating Affinity Photo into your Capture One workflow. Affinity Photo does not offer native support or official plugins for sending files from Capture One directly to Affinity to perform Focus and HDR Merge, Panorama, and Stack. Walter’s development solves this problem and allows you to create Affinity Photo merge and stack documents directly from the Scripts menu in Capture One. How It Works Once installed, the application will add four scripts to Capture One: New Focus Merge New HDR Merge New Panorama New Stack If…
Capture One has just released the new 16.3.4 update, and surprisingly, it comes with a whole bunch of new features! Normally 16.3.x releases are bugfixes only, but this update brings some really useful improvements: Copy & Apply AI Masks Luma Range in Styles Nikon Zf NEFX Support Ok, let’s see how to use them in practice! Copying & Applying AI Masks When 16.3 introduced the AI Masking tool, many Capture One photographers were disappointed by the inability to copy AI masks between images. This issue has now been resolved, and you can easily copy and apply Background and Subject masks:…
Recently, Capture One 23 16.2 has introduced style shortcuts to apply pre-made looks and adjustments quickly. However, this feature offers way more than just a few additional hotkeys. Style shortcuts allow you to access new features previously unavailable in Capture One. I’ve already shown you how to change Crop aspect ratios with new hotkeys. This week, I’ve prepared for you five more ideas for style shortcuts: Set Ratings and Color Tags Simultaneously Make Sky Vibrant Create New Layers with Custom Opacity Change Film Simulations with Hot Keys Quickly Apply Color Ranges Set Ratings and Color Tags Simultaneously Sometimes, you might…
Today we continue to solve your annoying Capture One problems! From the first part, you’ve learned how to reset everything except crop, what camera profile is best to choose, why your cropping settings change, and other practical hints. You have sent me a bunch of new questions, and today we’ll discover how to: Set crop to ‘Unconstrained’ and quickly control crop ratios. Arrange shortcut keys for all color ratings. Add styles to Favourites. But first, I invite you to join me on my new live stream Color Grading Techniques in Capture One on June 15, 7 PM CEST / 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT On the…