Anyone using Capture One?

[ding76uk]

I have decided to move from Aperture as it is not heading to a place I see it being competitive in photo editing.

I have Downloaded trials of LR4 & capture one and love the quality I am getting from Capture One.

Anyone using it? How does cataloging compare to LR in the longer?

Also how do you show areas of black? I have found clipping for the high end but not for the dark end.

 

[craftysnapper]

You are not alone thinking image quality is better.

You need to go to Image > Prefrences and under the colour tab tick the "Enable Shadow Warning " box.

Capture One is not really a Dam program and is limited in its ability there, I use Media Pro in conjunction with it, I like to keep my DAm and raw convertors seperate and not be tied into one. But then again I have never considered LR a true Dam program even though I have it as well.

 

[markmullen]

As Paul I use C1 for editing and Media Pro for my DAM, it is possibly less elegant a solution than Lightroom but it works well for me.

C1 is very good once you get your head around it.

You have to turn on shadow warnings in preferences, I've not got C1 on this computer but will have a look later and tell you where it is.

 

[ding76uk]

Media one pro might be worth looking into but not sure if that will hinder workflow? I need speed really and wonder if this will slow me?

Does it integrate seamlessly? Thanks for the tips btw? Anything else you find invaluable? Actually dodging and burning do I just do that with layers section?

Sorry for all the Q's but baby just been born and have v v limited time to play.

I don't want it to be a luxury for portraits only although the quality t gives would make me do this, as my portraits POP in a way I can't mimic.

 

[markmullen]

Media Pro doesn't slow me down at all, I do all my editing, keywording etc, then select the finished files, control click them (on a mac with a single button trackpad, you would right click on a mouse) and select add to Media Pro.

Local adjustments on layers are great, you can do all sorts to a layer, eg exposure, saturation, clarity, contrast, colour changes, moire reduction, you name it. The spot removal tool is handy too.

Batch application of alterations is a real time saver, at a recent shoot I had 4 different rooms in which I took photos, I used Colorchecker Passport to take a grey point in each room, a few clicks later I'd applied the WB to each set.

Have a look on youtube, there are some really good tutorials.

 

[ding76uk]

Thanks Mark that's really useful. Got a shoot on cards still so think I will compare it to LR on speed etc.

Will spend some time on YouTube too, just find the official ones a bit annoying least late nights up with baby will be used for something productive, just hope his first words won't be later mask lol