Brush Tool enhancements
I remember asking some of this in another thread, but didn't find it. There are two ideas I really would like to see realized in Capture One Pros brushes: A feather tool like in Aperture and an option that pen pressure works for opacity instead of size.
1) Feather tool
Capture One Pros brushes are very similar to the ones in Aperture: They offer size, hardness and opacity and they can "detect edges" if auto mask is enabled. The eraser is also very similar to the one in Aperture. There is a third kind of brush in Aperture though: the "Feather Tool". This brush also has size and opacity but no hardness as option. It can smooth and feather an existing mask. You can use it to feather out hard edges of a mask or to smooth inhomogen parts within a mask. Its a very nice tool when using brushes to dodge and burn.
2) Option to use pen pressure for opacity instead of size
When I first did work with my Wacom board in Capture One Pro - it was very difficul for me to get clean brush strokes for dodge & burn. I then recognized that the problem is the "pen pressure" option which does change the size of the brush depending on pen pressure. This didn't work very well for me. It would be more useful to me to controll opacity using pen pressure instead. Ideally there would be an option to either apply pen pressure to opacity or size.
I've sent a feature request about the feather tool and will send another one about pen pressure later. If there are other people interested in those features - do send feature requests too.
J.H.S.
1) Feather tool
Capture One Pros brushes are very similar to the ones in Aperture: They offer size, hardness and opacity and they can "detect edges" if auto mask is enabled. The eraser is also very similar to the one in Aperture. There is a third kind of brush in Aperture though: the "Feather Tool". This brush also has size and opacity but no hardness as option. It can smooth and feather an existing mask. You can use it to feather out hard edges of a mask or to smooth inhomogen parts within a mask. Its a very nice tool when using brushes to dodge and burn.
2) Option to use pen pressure for opacity instead of size
When I first did work with my Wacom board in Capture One Pro - it was very difficul for me to get clean brush strokes for dodge & burn. I then recognized that the problem is the "pen pressure" option which does change the size of the brush depending on pen pressure. This didn't work very well for me. It would be more useful to me to controll opacity using pen pressure instead. Ideally there would be an option to either apply pen pressure to opacity or size.
I've sent a feature request about the feather tool and will send another one about pen pressure later. If there are other people interested in those features - do send feature requests too.
J.H.S.
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I support this request1 -
This is something I posted a long time ago. Good to find others of the same opinion. Add me to the yes vote on this one.
regards
Ian0 -
This idea may not help to smooth uneven portions within masks, but I use it to smooth out hard edges of masks..
I make the brush very large and very soft. I go over the edge of my mask keeping the edge within the outer and inner rings of the brush tool. So, the edge of the mask is treated to only portion of the brush that varies from 100% application to 0%.
If I want some oddly shaped gradient mask, I also use an impractically huge brush. Almost too large for the screen and for any other application, but great for custom grad masks.0 -
Aperture's Brushes are vastly superior to Capture One, which is why I'm not moving away from Aperture. Did Feather ever make it to CP1? 0 -
Hey guys,
I have a problem with Capture One 20 and my Wacom Intuos Pro M. As described by Neonsquare in No. 2) I cannot find the option to use pen pressure for opacity instead of size when using the brush tool to mask. I find the changing brush size by pressing harder or softer very confusing and useless to use. Does anyone know if the option was added? I could not find it and I really need that option to selectivly edit landscape images.
I know this is a very old thread but it is exactly what I was searching for.
System: Windows 10 Pro & Capture One 20 13.1.0.162
Jan
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