CaptureOne Pro 3.7.1 to Adobe Photoshop CS2 best work flow
Hi,
I just bought CaptureOne Pro 3.7.1! I am a long time Photoshop user.
Is there a best bet way to move images between C1 Pro and Photoshop?
It would be great if there is a way to keep all the C1 mods and read the file in RAW into photoshop. Can C1 save in a RAW format that Photoshop can read?
What do most folks do?
Thanks!!!
Mike
I just bought CaptureOne Pro 3.7.1! I am a long time Photoshop user.
Is there a best bet way to move images between C1 Pro and Photoshop?
It would be great if there is a way to keep all the C1 mods and read the file in RAW into photoshop. Can C1 save in a RAW format that Photoshop can read?
What do most folks do?
Thanks!!!
Mike
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Mike,
I'll offer a quick reply and let other Users explain their workflows and how they use both.
Capture One does not alter the RAW file in any manner. This is actually seen by many as one of the advantages of using it. The RAW file stays intact completely as original, but can be processed with a multitude of settings. These setting can be saved or archive with a Session.
The strength of Capture One is efficient workflow. This can be simple and straightforward or quite involved and intensive, depending how much image manipulation one does. Basic work involves White Balance, Exposure, Sharpening adjustments and then processing. Gone are the Daze of using 3 or 4 softwares to prepare an image for printing or sending to a lab. However, the versatility of Capture One will allow images to be worked on in other programs, i.e. processed without sharpening or with a neutral color balance.
You can set an image to open immediately after processing into Photoshop. Refer to Knowledge Base article # 1847
http://support.phaseone.com/KB/Home/Sea ... nguageID=1
Many have processed images open in Photoshop to touch-up blemishes and spotting.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
kc0 -
Hi Keith,
Thanks that helps alot. 😄
I got it to work by processing both to jpg or tif. Is there a way to have Photoshop open the RAW version and also pull in the mods that I made with Capture One? That would provide a lossless transition between the two tools and would be just the best two tool combo on the market!
(tif is so big and jpg is too lossy)
Mike0 -
Am I looking for something that need to be in the 4.0 feature set? Is what I am looking for just not possibe with this product?
Mike0 -
mcnallymike,
The case is Either / Or... you use Either Capture One to work on your RAW image file OR you use Photoshop. The notion of manipulating files in one and then having them interepreted by the other prior to processing is illogical and not possible.
While both softwares have the same basic tools of WB, Exposure, Sharpening, their affect upon the image files are somewhat different.
This is why Users get comfortable with the Tools and workflow and decide which to use.
Regards,
kc0 -
Thank you for clearifying.
C1 is great at RAW manipulation and front end work flow. Photoshop is great at fine grain image editing. Together you can create a lot of nice stuff. The product overlap is limited.
Aperture is a product that is competitive with C1 today for general market DSLRs. It will both export, import and manage .PSD files today. It goes both ways with JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PDF, PSD. See for all the detail.
I respect your opinion. As a user, I don't think this work flow request is illogical. For me it is a natural progression of state of the art workflow and interoperatibility. Check out the Aperture work flow and Photoshop CS2 integration. Play with it awhile and I think you will see how very cool this integration is. I don't believe it is an either / or thing. Aperture has made the leap, I hope C1 does too.
Thanks for you help, Mike0 -
Mike,
...sorry, I forgot to mention that Phase One will be supporting DNG in future upgrade in 2006. Therefore, what you are asking for is on its way, just not here as yet.
I was at PhotoPlus Expo to see the unveiling of Aperture and watch the demos. Nice bells & whistles I will admit. I've been watching the Forums on this issue as well. I tend to agree with a comment made that Capture One + iView combination is all Aperture has. I suspect the moment of truth will be the side-by-side comparisons of output through the algorithms to see the superior image quality. It will come down to the Math !
Cheers,
kc0 -
Mike,
I think you are confusing two issues.
1/. conversion processes
2/. after conversion adjustments.
C1 is a great RAW convertor and produces excellent jpegs or tiff in any size or quality you like.
PhotoShop with out ACR cannot convert RAW, but using ACR you can do the same things are C1 does, so why would you want to import conversion info into another convertor?
A lot of people don't like the ACR conversion, they prefer C1.
I like C1 it has a much better work flow, most of my shots require very little if any after conversion adjustments. One of the few reason I go into after conversion applications is to add watermarks to photos I plan/attempt to sell or remove dust spots.
Ian M 😄 😄 😄0 -
I only want to use C1 conversion from RAW. I agree, it is much better than photo shop. 😄
When I move a picture to photoshop to do some minor touch up and add watermarks I have to move the image to .jpg or tif first. ☹️ What I want is to keep the C1 conversion and move the image in a lossless reasonable file size manner to photoshop (basically .PSD). This is exactly what Aperture does. 😄
Mike0 -
Mike,
I don't see the difference in using a PSD or TIF, they both have been converted and end up in PhotoShop.
C1 can automatically open Photoshop with your converted tif in it, so the process become semi-transparent, which would be what you do in Apeture to Photoshop with a psd? You still have to convert the psd file to something at the end of PhotoShop work anyway, so I don't see any advantages of converting to psd format.
Ian M 😄 😄 😄0
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