Base Characteristics

NN636103250813559465UL

• 15. November 2014 10:42

Dear PhaseOneUsers.

I have a question regarding the Base Characteristics in Capture One.
It seems to me that it is not actually possible to output a completely RAW photo with this software.

I use iq250 with Capture One Pro 8.0.1.

I don't fully understand why Capture One has to use a "Curve" in the Base Characteristics - as i understand it this will always give me a tweeked image in some way according to the setting.

How do i completely remove this setting? I would like to shoot and process my images without any kind of adjustment.

It does not make any sense to me that a company like Phase One would make a software like this and call it "professional.

All the best
Thue

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  Keith Reeder

  • 15. November 2014 11:10

  NN634773494222002506UL wrote:
  It does not make any sense to me that a company like Phase One would make a software like this and call it "professional".

  
  You haven't been elected to speak all professionals, Thue - it makes complete sense for Capture One to default to an "enhanced" conversion.
  
  And - as a professional - I assume you've thoroughly read the Capture One user manual, which explains how to do what you want to do?

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • 15. November 2014 16:40

  You can choose the linear or scientific linear (if available) curve if you like that.
  
  The use of a curve comes from the fact that it mimics how we see light levels, in contrast to how digital sensors see light levels (linear). A linear representation does not match normal user's perception. Fortunately you can adjust that in Capture One to your liking, which might deserve it the tag 'professional' if you like.

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  Drew Altdo

  • 17. November 2014 20:12

  Capture One is a customizable (thus quite professional) RAW conversion software.
  As such, you are welcome to implement your own professional workflow with any changes you deem necessary to meet that workflow.
  
  You can also apply "No Color Correction" if that suits your needs, furthering the lack of adjustments applied in the software. This is of course completely up to you as a user.
  
  You would be hard pressed to find a software which edits images (RAW or otherwise) which does not perform some level of base adjustment to provide you, the software user, with the best possible starting point for your files. Again however, as a professional, this is all up to you.

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  mli20

  • 18. November 2014 16:59

  Thue, you are using a raw converter to process your images.
  
  And, in your own words, you want to see the completely raw image.
  
  You might want to contemplate the meaning of "convert" and "process". Having done that, my guess is that you will not expect the result to be the "completely raw" image.
  
  The conversion process must employ a number of parameters to arrive at the viewable image. Without parameters, no conversion. The parameters represent assumptions and knowledge about the camera involved, and human perception, and yes, to a certain extent they are arbitrary, but they cannot be left out.
  
  The completely raw "image" is nothing but naughts and ones on a memorycard or a harddisk. A raw converter is not needed to see them.
  
  Cheers,
  Mogens

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