The first was the issue of driver compatibility with other software, especially ant-virus and the need to reinstall drivers after Windows updates. I assume many of the problems I encountered have been fixed (I do hope so for the users' sake), however, after reading the text here and viewing the video, both very nice, I popped over to a couple of the forums I was in as a user to see the state of things and I noticed there are still similar, and serious issues. Quite possibly very out of date but my beef with Capture One was multiple. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
This would give me time to get used to the software without feeling that trial period ticking away. My proposal to Capture One would be to produce a version that only exports low res files, or perhaps doesn't export raw files at all.
I want to keep playing with Capture One Pro but the 30-day limit makes it tricky as I want to dip in and out whenever I get time. You can't make local changes to HSL/Color or Tone Curve like you can with Capture One Pro. Secondly, Lightroom limits you to 16 sliders and a color brush (where is Vibrancy?). In Capture One Pro, you simply toggle the layer with a tick brush which makes comparisons - whether that's before and after, or different versions of the same adjustment - far easier. Secondly, there's no quick and easy way to toggle adjustments on and off. This means that you have to click through each one, looking at the settings or the mask to figure out what each adjustment does, and this can be hard work. If you've been retouching a model's face, this can get very complicated.įirstly, there is no means of labeling an adjustment. Some other points for consideration: in Lightroom, if you've set up a number of small adjustments using brushes and gradients, it can be hard work to revisit them and give them tweaks. you can change the brush settings like the size of the brush, Feather how hard or soft the edges of the brush, flow let you control the rate of the build up density that goes with each stroke.įor example, an Opacity set to 100% and Flow of 30% is set, 30% of the opacity of the mask is applied per stroke, until it reaches 100% of the opacity.Īnd if you have an opacity of 30% and flow of 100% no matter how many times you brush in the same area it will always stay at 30%, because you have set the maximum level of the opacity to be 30%.Īlso the brush tool support pen pressure if you have a Wacom tablet.Īuto Mask is a very powerful tool that allows you to detect edges of similar color and brightness values to make complex precise mask, And finally if want to erase or brush away a part of a mask you can use the Eraser Brush tool shortcut is ( E).In this detailed video, photographer Eli Infante runs through some of his editing and reveals some of the power that Capture One Pro has over Lightroom, and when it comes to managing multiple layers with more detailed edits, the software certainly looks to have some genuine advantages. Layer options: allows you to access options like deleting a mask, Copy a mask to another layer, save the adjustment as a style that you can use on other images…ĭraw Mask with the Brush tool shortcut (B)īrush tool allow you to paint mask on the area you want to adjust. *those clone and heal layers I don’t normally use, As i prefer using photoshop to do those type of tasks.ĭeleting a layer: this (-) will allows you to delete any selected layer immediately without warning, if you click it by mistake you can undo with (cmd/ctrl+z). New Heal Layer: this used only to making Healing with the heal brush tool. New Clone Layer: this used only to making cloning with the clone brush tool. New Filled layer: come with mask covering the whole image can be useful for example with luminosity masking, for example you want to make adjustment that effect only the mid-tons area or the shadows or the highlights only, starting with this layer can make things go faster. New Empty Layer: which you can use it to make any kind of mask.
To create a new layer long-press on the create new layer Button (+) and select from the following choices you can have up to 16 layers per image: