Switching to Capture One Pro 7 June 13, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 1 Comment Dear blog readers, Some of you have requested tips on how to switch to Capture One Pro 7 from other RAW converters and Asset Management applications. I’ve collected some interesting material to show you just how easy the switching is and to give you all you need to know to get started using Capture One Pro 7. Watch the video below and learn: How you can populate a Catalog with images Find out how to organize your images and per...

How to process multiple file formats at once May 30, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 2 Comments Quite often we would like to export more than one file type at a time, for example a full sized TIFF and a smaller JPEG for email or other web applications. Many imaging applications require you to enter a separate dialog screen each time you want to process a new file. With Capture One 7 you have the option to build multiple recipes, each containing the specific parameters of how you would like your images proce...

Share your Catalogs with others in Capture One Pro 7 June 6, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 5 Comments Sometimes it is helpful to have more than one person access a Catalog for collaborative sharing. This sharing process is very easily achieved within Capture One Pro 7. A simple feature exists within Capture One Pro 7 to keep the Catalog structure safe and to avoid the need for duplicating the Catalog itself or the images within. Capture One Pro 7 Catalogs can either be in a Locked or Unlocked state. In th...

About The Image Quality Professor’s Blog is dedicated to Capture One tips and tutorials, time-saving shortcuts, undocumented tricks and photographic inspiration. The Blog features tips and advice straight from the Image Quality Professor, the Phase One team and professional photographers. Phase One is the world’s leader in open-platform based medium format camera systems and RAW conversion software. Capture One, the world’s most powerful RAW conversion, image-editing and workflow software helps photographers create stunning ready-to-use images with excellent detail and color...

Switching to Capture One Pro 7 June 13, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 1 Comment Dear blog readers, Some of you have requested tips on how to switch to Capture One Pro 7 from other RAW converters and Asset Management applications. I’ve collected some interesting material to show you just how easy the switching is and to give you all you need to know to get started using Capture One Pro 7. Watch the video below and learn: How you can populate a Catalog with images Find out how to organize your images and per...

Take control of your image organization with Sessions or Catalogs November 15, 2012 by Niels V. Knudsen 14 Comments When working in Capture One Pro 7 you now have 2 different methods of organizing your images and image adjustments: Sessions Catalogs In previous generations of Capture One, you have only had the option of using Sessions, but with the introduction of Capture One Pro 7, you now also have the possibility of using Catalogs for organizing your images. Why the two different methods? Capture ...

Get better organized when using Sessions in Capture One Pro 7 May 16, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen Leave a comment When working in Capture One 7 Pro, you basically have two different methods of organizing your images and image adjustments. You can use either: Catalogs or Sessions A session is an easy, straightforward and efficient way of organizing your images, as all files, adjustments and metadata are kept inside the Session folder. This method makes it easy to archive or move your data to another comp...

Achieve sharp images with wide angle lenses March 31, 2011 by Niels V. Knudsen 40 Comments With today’s high-resolution cameras, you are required to pay much more attention to how you shoot in order to get sharp images. Focusing is harder than ever: For wide angel lenses, the tolerance for when the lens is properly focused is extremely narrow. Often the tolerance for the autofocus system is not tight enough to get the most out of modern lenses.  When using wide angle lenses, you can easily achieve ex...

New processing engine for a huge step up in image quality November 8, 2012 by Niels V. Knudsen 10 Comments Capture One Pro 7 comes with a whole new processing engine that will improve the image quality of your captures compared to using Capture One 6 on a number of parameters: More precise definition of fine detail Highly improved recovery of detail and color near data clipping in the highlights Much stronger ability to recover both deep shadow detail and highlight detail within the same image Highly...

Find the best focused images in no time with Capture One Pro 7 May 23, 2013 by Niels V. Knudsen 4 Comments If you shoot a large quantity of images in a short period of time, for example with portrait or fashion work, it can often be time consuming to select the images with the correct focus point. Fortunately in Capture One Pro 7, the Focus Mask function can take on the hard work of finding the images that have the most accurate focus. The Focus Mask works by analyzing each individual image and deter...