I like shooting high-key images, and thus the white selection border can be quite confusing, as you can have trouble seeing it. My selection square (Selected Variant Color) in the Browser is a nice Phase One blue-ish. I also change my Selection and Mask Color away from the default. While a black background makes the interface a bit easier on the eyes for long durations, you tend to edit low key images to dark, if the Viewer is also very dark, and vice versa of course. I always set my background to medium grey or even a tad lighter when adjusting images. Depending on what tab you are working in, it provides very fine and precise control over a given color. It does inherently make the skin a bit rougher, so techniques such as Dodge and Burn are needed to complete the look.Ĭolor Editor: If I have localized colors I want to change, I use the Color Editor. That causes the skin to have more local contrast and enhances the lines of the face. On beauty shots, I tend to use positive values. However, the loss of contrast can be too much. When smoothing, I use negative values, which gives the skin a much smoother look requiring less retouch afterward. Either a smoothing effect or as a micro-contrast enhancer. With this tool, I can recover what was lost, which basically limits my contrast changes to the wide midtones.Ĭlarity: I use the Clarity tool for one of two things in an image containing skin. High Dynamic Range: Sometimes the Exposure tool-changes can add a little too much shadow or highlight to the images. The underlying algorithm was changed in version 9, and gives a very nice creamy look when combined with matching underexposure. Recently I have started using Brightness more. I push the images in the general direction I want.Įxposure: I use the four sliders to dial the rough tonal look of the image. White Balance: I use the White Balance tool as a first and basic grading tool. In Capture One Pro there are many histograms, but this Histogram shows the final result. Sometimes I find myself lost after hours of looking at pictures and trying to find a nice look for each of them. When grading the image, the exposure can also be helpful to ensure a balanced adjustment. Output Histogram: I use the Histogram to check general exposure and to keep highlights in the skin under control. Let’s go over why I added those particular tools, one by one: I added a new Tool Tab to contain my most frequently used tools.
Noise and pixel-count varies with different cameras and different ISO-sensitivities, and that affects the Focus Mask, if not adjusted for with the Threshold. The Preferences tool is there to allow easy accessible adjustments of the threshold for the Focus Mask. Using the Shift-key will apply all copied settings immediately. The double arrow Copy/Apply Adjustments makes the Copy/Apply even faster, as it does both operations at the same time. I am a big fan of the Focus Mask, which is a deeply integrated part of my rating workflow. I added the Focus Mask, Copy/Apply Adjustments, and Preferences, and reorganized to suit my needs. I have also added another Tool Tab, using the Quick Tool Tab icon for easy recognition The keen eye will notice that the top tool bar has been modified quite a bit. I have customized my own workspace, as you can see in the screenshot below. When you know which tools you use most, all others can potentially be removed. And when it comes to editing your images, there are usually several ways to approach the same result. Those unused tools are then simply clutter in the interface.Ĭapture One Pro is highly customizable when it comes to the user-interface. When you get deeper into Capture One Pro, you’ll start to realize that there are some tools you never use, or at least very rarely use. My workflow revolves around setting up quickly for tethered shooting, and then afterwards rating and color grading.īy default, Capture One Pro is set up so the most commonly used tools are visible. I have always photographed a lot of people, and usually tethered to the computer.