Capture One 4.7 includes a very powerful tool to quickly create small JPGs of a large number of Raw files. However, it is a bit obscured by the form it takes: the “Make Web Contact Sheet” command. This article will outline how to use Make Web Contact Sheet for Small JPG Previews.
Step by Step
1. Select the images you wish to make small JPG previews of
2. File > Make Web Contact Sheet
3. Select the Preview Size you wish to use, up to 1000px in the horizontal (verticals are limited to 650px)
4. Select an Output Location where the Web Contact Sheet will temporarily reside while you extract the JPG previews
5. Export
6. Open the Folder of the Web Contact Sheet and Navigate to [Photos > Previews]. See below.
7. Move the JPG Previews wherever you want.
More Tips:
No matter how you select to name the thumbnails in the Web Contact Sheet the Previews folder will contain JPGs named the same as the raw file. So be sure to use Batch Rename to establish what ever naming scheme prior to exporting to maintain consistent naming throughout the editing/feedback/retrieval/retouching stages.
You can set up a batch action in Photoshop to add watermarks to this folder of JPG previews.
HTML/CSS junkies can modify Theme > ContactSheet.css in any given Web Contact Sheet folder to play with the CSS used to generate the style of the Web Contact Sheet. Permemenant changes to the CSS may be able to be made by opening the package contents of [CaptureOne.app > Contents > Resources > Web Contact Sheet > Themes > Light or Dark > Dark.css or Light.css], but this methodology has not been tested.