Adjustments into Culling
I have used Capture One for about 10 years and am VERY happy with the program, it is simply the best of all :)
I am a keen bird photographer and particularly interested in BIF (Bird In Flight). A problem with this interest is that the images are very often overexposed, especially if the sky is white. In these situations the bird will appear very dark (black) due to the over-lighting. In many cases, I can use layers to recreate the bird
When I import the often many bird images into Capture One manually, I can turn Shadow all the way up and thus see whether the bird is in focus or not, and then select the best ones. This function is missing when I use the much faster culling method. Is it possible to get some simple adjustments into Culling such as brightness, shadow and highligt
Thank you very much
B/R Eli
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Eli Michelsen - it would help the developers if you put your request into the standard template provided in the Improve Capture One Pro section of the forum.
Also, have you tried the new AI subject selection on BIF yet? I'm finding it works well for a quick mask to adjust just the bird.
Ian
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Culling always uses the preview baked into the raw file to make it speedy.
You could create a style that makes these adjustments and apply the style during import. The style could boost shadows. Even those adjustments will not be visible during culling.
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In order to protect Highlights I regularly under-expose by 0.7 stop. During import I apply an auto adjustment, which I can adjust later. None of these changes are visible using culling, so I see nothing but unnaturally dark images which makes judging them impossible.
Without at least an exposure adjustment, culling is tempting but almost too bothersome to use.
-bob
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That is wholly impractical. My screen is calibrated to match with my light booth for print assessment. What you suggest would require me to re-calibrate my monitor after each session (once or more daily)
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