Author: Alexander Svet

Today Phase One presented three new style packs developed by well-known photographers and retouchers: Michael Woloszynowicz, Marie Bärsch, and Pratik Naik. Each pack contains 7 styles, so, in effect, they are making 21 styles in total. I had a chance to test them a bit and here is my first impression: The new styles look really nice! As any other styles, these can’t be used universally, but they fit pretty well many of my portrait images. I don’t expect styles to work perfectly on any given photograph; rather I use styles as a source of inspiration. So it’s great to…

What happened with my Fujifilm RAWs in Capture One 12? After Capture One 12 has been released, I hear this question quite regularly. Some Fuji photographers noticed that their Fuji RAWs look different now in Capture One 12 and they can’t understand what actually happened. The reason for this matter is the new Fujifilm Film Simulation feature which uses Base Curve to apply a film profile. By default, the Base Curve is set to the Auto mode in Capture One. Now, here is the thing: In Capture One 11 and older versions, the Auto mode always chose regular Film Standard…

3D LUT Creator version 1.52 was just released and among other nice features the update brings these two: Saving of .costyle files along with ICC files for Capture One Loading and saving .copreset curves files for Capture One This is really exciting news! I’ll try to test this feature in the following days and will give you a more detailed review soon. Stay tuned! And If you are not familiar with 3D LUT Creator – I highly recommend you to inspect it closely. This app delivers fantastic tools for color correction!

Main features Capture One 12.0.1 brings support for Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM and various bug fixes for Mac and Windows versions of Capture One 12. To learn more about the new 12 release, read my Capture One 12 New Features Overview. Full Update Features List:

According to X-Rite, Capture One users can now create custom ICC camera profiles with new public beta software. “Creating ICC profiles is simple as 1, 2, 3! 1. Photograph a ColorChecker Passport or any ColorChecker Classic in raw file format. 2. Process the TIFF file in Capture One using the recommended settings. 3. Use Camera Calibration software v1.2 to create your custom ICC camera profile for use in Capture One. Quit and reopen Capture One. Your newly created ICC camera profile is now available and ready to use based on your specific camera and lens combination during your shooting session.”

Today Palette presented an updated version of Palette Gear controller for Capture One. Palette Gear is a modular controller, that can be fully customized for your editing preferences. Basically, Palette Gear offers a variety of different control modules and you’re free to mix them any way you want. The new Palette Gear controller gives you a direct access to Exposure, White Balance, Clarity, Levels, HDR, Black & White, and other Capture One tools. Plus, you can individually customize the range, sensitivity, and function of each module for Capture One. According to Palette, in January 2019, they are going to add…