I had a horrible thought today. Like everyone else, I’ve been saying non-destructive editing is fantastic. It’s smart, it’s efficient, and it changes the way we work. It’s the most important innovation in digital imaging this century… But wait a minute. What if I had to stop using Lightroom or Aperture tomorrow? How many images have I … [Read more...]
Do your pictures need a boost? Try this wild three-step fix in Capture One!
We've all been there. You've got a shot that's fundamentally sound but lacks rich, strong colours or any kind of atmosphere. They can be tricky to fix and you can spend hours experimenting with settings that don't seem to get you any closer – and you don't want to resort to flashy and obvious effects filters. So there's a three-step technique … [Read more...]
Are you missing your best shots? Capture One’s Auto Adjust tool could tell you with a single click
You can't keep every picture you shoot – but how do you know you're keeping the right ones? We all shoot more than we keep, and the obvious thing to do is make a first pass of your images and delete the ones that look wrongly exposed, flat or lacking in colour. Obvious, yes, but smart? Technical problems are relatively easy to fix, but bad … [Read more...]
Capture One presets vs styles: what’s the difference?
Capture One lets you save adjustments for re-use in the future, but it can be confusing because it offers user 'presets' and user 'styles' without being terribly clear about the difference. In other programs, 'presets' usually refer to sets of adjustments applied all at once, but Capture One presets are subtly different. So to make the … [Read more...]
How to use the Capture One adjustment tools
Capture One Pro has some very good localised adjustment tools. You can create gradient filter effects and paint on manual adjustments, just as you can in Lightroom, but I think Capture One Pro's system of adjustment layers and masks works a lot better. I'm going to show how simple and effective they can be with this picture of an ornamental … [Read more...]
Capture One keystone correction tips
Keystone correction is usually used to fix converging verticals in architectural shots – that's the most obvious use for the Capture One keystone correction tools – but this vertical keystone correction isn't the only kind you'll need. Keystone distortion happens when you tilt the camera relative to your subject, and this can mean horizontal … [Read more...]