Author: Alexander Svet

Hey! What annoys you the most about Capture One? Is there a tool that works counterintuitively for you? Or you can’t bear some interface features? Share your pain with me! In many cases, such problems can be easily resolved! I regularly receive Capture One questions from my subscribers, and this week, I’ll share with you quick and simple solutions to five annoying Capture One problems: How to reset everything except crop? How to set a rating to a single image? Why can’t I copy cropping? What camera profile is best to choose? Why do my cropping settings always change? How…

Do you use custom workspaces in Capture One? They allow you to quickly switch interface setups and easily access tools for your current task. This week I’ve prepared five ideas for custom Capture One workspaces: Speed Edit Workspace Batch Editing Workspace Color Grading Workspace Studio Workspace Travel Workspace Let’s see how we can build every workspace and speed up your editing! How Custom Workspaces Work Capture One allows you to customize all interface areas, including every tool tab and the toolbar. Then, you can save it as a new workspace for a quick access: I’ve prepared five ideas of various…

Today we’re discussing scripts in Capture One! I’ll share my scripts with you and will show you how to script if you have never coded anything before. Disclaimer At the moment, Capture One scripts are available for Mac OS only. Capture One Scripts – How Do They Work? Capture One script is a piece of code written in the AppleScript language that runs a sequence of actions of your choice. Thus, you can easily automate multi-step operations to perform them in a single click. For instance, I like to use styles on layers with different opacities. Usually, I use 50%…

Levels is a fantastic tool of Capture One. If you have some faded image, you can make it shine with just a couple of Levels adjustments. Like this: Generally, there are three approaches to adjusting Levels in Capture One: 1. Rough correction That’s the simplest way: move black point to the first set of pixels in the histogram and white point to the last set. Don’t clip the graph and you’re good. In most of the cases, this would be fine enough to fix a faded image. 2. Auto-correction Auto Levels works similarly – it automatically adjusts points to the…

This week we’re diving into the hidden world of ultra-efficient editing in Capture One! You’ll learn how to: Implement Auto and Smart Adjustments into your workflow Edit images faster with technical styles Automate actions with scripts and macros Let’s start with the best practices for Auto and Smart adjustments in Capture One. Using Auto and Smart Adjustments in Capture One Smart Adjustments is the most advanced auto-editing tool in Capture One. It allows you to set a reference shot and adjust WB and Exposure according to this image. Usually, Smart Adjustments is the first step in my image editing workflow. I start…

Previously, I shared my favorite tricks for adjusting skin tone in Capture One. Check them out to learn how to set a color sample and even out Lightness and Saturation in Color Editor Skin Tone. This week, I’ll show you how to apply the best practices for skin tone correction using Color Editor styles. You’ll learn: How to create your default skin correction styles How to shift skin hue using styles How to use styles to adjust skin saturation and lightness quickly But first, I have some exciting news for you! Several years ago, I released Original Film Styles for…