10.5.7 released. USB camera bug fixed.

When Apple released 10.5.6 it contained a major bug which made tethering with USB cameras (e.g. Canon 1Ds III, Canon 5D II) unstable in any capture program. In Capture One this manifested itself as an application-freeze after about 110 raw frames, rendering 10.5.6 useless for those tethering USB cameras.. This bug *appears* to be fixed with 10.5.7. Our Head of Technical Services, Doug Peterson, has just fired off 500 shots on a Canon … Read More →

C1 4.7 Pro Tip: Checking Focus Mid-Burst

The Problem: When shooting at the maximum speed of a Phase One digital back or Canon/Nikon dSLR the 100% focus window may never fully resolve, making it impossible to check the focus of images as they come in. Capture One 4.7 Pro includes several ways to check focus in the middle of a stream of images. Method 1 Set [Camera > Auto Select New Capture > Never]. New images will … Read More →

C1 4.7 Tip: Making Small JPGs Very Quickly

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 > … Read More →

Organizing Sessions Using Smart Folders

What Problem Does this Solve Capture One Pro offers a [File > Open Recent Session]. This works for a small number of sessions. However, many production houses, digital techs, and even some individual photographers can be juggling dozens of sessions at any given time. These sessions may be on different drives or subfolders. Below is a method to better access and organize sessions. Step by Step 1. In the Finder … Read More →

C1 4.7 Pro Tip: Custom Keyboard Shorcuts

These tips are generally covered in our Capture One Master’s Online Training Class. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts Download Capture Integration’s Custom Keyboard Shortcut Suggestion PDF. In the PDF linked above we list the most useful default keyboard shortcuts. Then we list shortcuts which we suggest power users add. Also, we have a list of shortcuts to change and a list of shortcuts to remove. An example of the shortcuts we suggest … Read More →

Quick Adjustments

Capture One has always had a strong ability to work quickly with huge volumes of shots. One of our favorite features of Capture One is the speed at which you can copy one setting (e.g. a white balance of 6000k) and paste it to the entire shoot whether its 100 or 10,000 images. One of the greatest features of Capture One is the ability to use only the keyboard to … Read More →

C1 4.7: So What the Heck is EIP?

Capture One 4.7 introduces a new file format named EIP, or Enhanced Image Package. This new format allows the photographer to combine the settings, LCC file (if applicable), and raw file into one portable file, called an EIP format. The Problem this Solves Many photographers are being asked to deliver their clients RAW files. This presents a difficulty because the photographer wants to deliver a file with appropriate adjustments such … Read More →

Capture One 4.6.3 Released

Capture One 4.6.3, a minor update to 4.6.2 has been released. You can download it here. What’s Changed? – Improved quality of P 65+ Sensor+ images – Improved consistency when reading Caption and Copyright IPTC tags – Live Preview for 8 Core Mac Pro’s improved – Improved support for Canon 5DMKIIs Raw fw1.07 images Update on Capture one 4.6.2 Capture One 4.6.2 has been out for about two weeks now. … Read More →

Easy Gray Profiles & The Color Editor

Easy Gray Profiles & The Color Editor

Capture One Pro has a lot of advanced features which are rarely exploited by the average user. That’s one of the reasons we’ve introduced our online training series. Below is one of the topics we cover in depth in our Master’s Level class. The Often Overlooked Color Editor The Color Editor is one of the most powerful tools in Capture One. It can be used to modify skin tones, knock … Read More →

C1 4.6.1

Capture One 4.6.1 was released last week with improvements to processing of P65+ files.We’ve had several customers with hard-to-pin-down issues with 4.6.1 which were solved by fully uninstalling and then reinstalling 4.6. In particular several users had their processing queues freeze mid-processing.Since 4.6.1 only addresses P65+ issues we recommend customers continue to use Capture One 4.6 which can be found on the Software Archive at PhaseOne.com.