Adjustments tool

When preparing images for exporting, Capture One allows you to choose if you would like any previously applied cropping to be included in the processing instructions as well as the sharpening option.

1. To apply cropping select the Adjustments tool in the Exporter.
2. In the Crop drop-down menu, select from the following options:

• Respect crop is to include any previously applied cropping.
• Ignore crop is to disregard any cropping to the image.
• Crop to path (PSD) is to include a path during output (PSD file only).
  
  

Output sharpening for screen

You can use the output sharpening for screen option to counteract any softening effects caused by downsizing images for the web or email.

1. Select the image in the browser.
   
   
2. Go to the Export icon. 
   
   
3. In the Export Recipes dialog select the Adjustments tool. 
   
   
4. In the Sharpening fly-out menu, select Output Sharpening for Screen.
   
   
5. The tab’s tools will change to replicate those found under the Details tool tab and include sliders for Amount, Radius, and Threshold.
   
   
6. Adjust the sliders or specify the value and evaluate the effects on-screen (while soft-proofing) at 100%. Set the radius and threshold if necessary, then adjust the amount. When halo artifacts or aliasing become visible or distracting, lower the radius and/or amount until they are acceptable.
   
   
7. The settings are automatically saved so they can be used again, however, it is recommended that they are saved as a component of a new recipe so that they are not overwritten accidentally. 

Output sharpening for printing

When preparing an image variant for printing, you will inevitably have to apply additional sharpening over what would normally look sharp on-screen (i.e., after input and creative sharpening).

1. Select the image in the browser.
   
   
2. Go to the Export icon. 
   
   
3. In the Export Recipes dialog select the Adjustments tool. 
   
   
4. From the Sharpening fly-out menu, select Output Sharpening for Print. The tab’s tools will change and include sliders for Amount, Radius, and options for Distance.
   
   
5. Specify the viewing distance, if known, and click on the Distance fly-out menu to select units (inches or centimeters). Otherwise, select % of Diagonal and, as a general rule, select 100% or 150%. 
   
   
6. Set threshold first and increase if noise is visible. Then adjust the amount using the slider or the up/down arrow keys, while looking at the effects on-screen (while soft-proofing) at 100% and then at 50%.  When halo artifacts or aliasing become visible or distracting, lower the amount and/or threshold in small steps until they are acceptable.
   
   
7. The settings are automatically saved so they can be used again. However, it is recommended that the settings are saved as a component of a new recipe so that they are less likely to be accidentally overwritten.

Disable output sharpening 

This setting disables diffraction correction, lens falloff, and selective sharpening applied as a local adjustment, however, clarity applied to the variant is not disabled.

1. Go to the Export icon.
   
   
2. Select the Adjustments tool.
   
   
3. In the Sharpening fly-out menu, select Disable All.

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