The Secret HDR Tool January 13, 2011 by Niels V. Knudsen 38 Comments   Used in the right way, the LCC Calibration feature in Capture One’s Lens Tool can be used to create beautiful HDR images. The LCC feature is designed to calibrate and compensate for unwanted Lens Color Cast as well as Light Falloff in the lens. It is the Light Falloff compensation feature we will demonstrate here. For HDR purposes, the trick is to use the file you want to work with as the reference file for the LCC Calibration.  I...

How to Optimise your Workspace May 2, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen Leave a comment Using Workspaces in Capture One Pro 7 is an easy way to customise and optimise the interface and the way you work with images. Capture One Pro 7 includes some default workspaces optimised for how most professional photographers work, but you can still make your own workspaces to: -  Make your favourite tools more accessible, where you want them. -  Change the layout and content of the toolbar -  Make different workspaces f...

Fixing Chromatic Aberration in Macro Images May 9, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 4 Comments The Lens Tool in Capture One 7 has the ability to apply automatic lens correction for a large number of cameras and lens combinations, and will automatically adjust for a number of lens artifacts like distortion, light falloff and chromatic aberration. In order to do lens correction for a specific lens, Phase One has to measure the lens and extracted data that describes how the different lens parameters behave. The...

EIP file format – Enhanced Image Package February 2, 2012 by Niels V. Knudsen 15 Comments With Capture One, you have the unique option of moving your image folders including all necessary information to other computers. If you only want to move a single file to another computer, you have a simpler possibility which is to use Capture One’s .EIP file format. The .EIP file format packs your original RAW file with all necessary settings files including LCC files and custom ICC profiles into one file. The...

Discover the Top Ten Popular Questions from our Webinars March 21, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 2 Comments Art Director: Jennifer Adie – Stylist: Sonia Genders - Hair and Makeup: Cassie Steward - Digital Tech: Paul Haycock Model – Rebecca Wharton at Industry People - Assistant H&M: Jemma Stokes Our webinar program was launched last year and so far we have broadcasted sixteen webinars on seven different subjects, reaching 1000’s of you. We aim at making short webinars with a demonstration and a Q&A sessi...

Catalogs – Working with Managed or Referenced Image Files November 22, 2012 by Niels V. Knudsen 9 Comments In last week’s tip, I talked about the different ways of storing images in Capture One Pro 7 with either Sessions or Catalogs and the advantages of both. This week, I will concentrate fully on Catalogs and the two different methods of storing images. These are: Fully Managed Image Files (inside Catalog) Referenced Image Files (current location) Managed files are images that are stored inside the...

Chromatic Aberration? March 24, 2011 by Niels V. Knudsen 4 Comments   Zoom lenses covering large zoom ranges often compromise image quality in various ways – but almost all show some degree of chromatic aberration.  Especially zoom lenses going ultra wide have a tendency to show lots of chromatic aberration in the wide end of the zoom range. The Lens Tool in Capture One Pro 6 can automatically fix chromatic aberration in any RAW file by analyzing the content of the image.  This ensures the best possi...

Keystone – 80 % vs. 100 % correction April 21, 2011 by Niels V. Knudsen Leave a comment Capture One Pro 6 has a very strong and efficient Keystone Correction tool. Keystone correction is made super simple by the use of the 3 different Keystone correction cursor tools:  Keystone Vertical, Keystone Horizontal and Keystone. When using the Keystone cursor tool, the image will be corrected for both Keystone as well as any horizontal or vertical misalignment. Capture One Pro 6’s method for correcting Keyst...

Discover the shortcuts of the Adjustments Layers Tool April 25, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 5 Comments By using the Adjustments Layers Tool in Capture One Pro 7 you can do image adjustments in up to 10 separate adjustments layers. An adjustment in an adjustments layer will only be applied to the image, where an adjustments mask has been created. You create and adjust a mask for an adjustments layer by using the cursor tools named: Draw Mask, Erase Mask and Gradient Mask. You can use simple shortcuts to ...

Creative Split Toning March 7, 2011 by Niels V. Knudsen 14 Comments Capture One Pro 6 allows you to adjust an image with the Levels Tool with individual control of each color channel. This allows you to perform creative split toning where you can tone the shadows and the highlights individually. The above are examples of images with split toning via the Levels Tool in Capture One Pro 6.  Only the upper left image is without toning.   Work with split tones in the Levels Tool Start by making a neutra...