Output transparent PNG's
I've got a batch of product photo's which should be output as transparent PNG files. My workflow is:
- Add RAW files to session
- Do basic settings
- Edit with Photoshop for cutting the object free (masking background)
- Make a recipe for outputting PNG's in the right dimensions for the customer.
The result is non-transparant PNG's. Am I missing something? I'm in the process of testing Capture ONE and until now really happy with the automated workflow of Capture ONE for product photography, but outputting background free images is very important for me. I think there's a lot of productphotography done with Capture ONE in studio's so I really can't believe that this is not possible.
Any tips would be appreciated.
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Making a transparent background is done with other software then Capture One, and typically done *after* Capture One in the photographer's workflow. 0 -
Paul_Steunebrink wrote:
Making a transparent background is done with other software then Capture One, and typically done *after* Capture One in the photographer's workflow.
I agree. But after editing in Photoshop a picture 'returns' to the Capture ONE workflow and passes the Output Recipes next. And in that fase the transparant PSD becomes a non-transparent PNG. The only alternative is opening the whole folder with PSD's in Apple's preview app and export to PNG there because Apple Preview leaves transparency intact. Capture ONE supports the PNG format but not Alpha Channels. I hope it will become implemented soon.
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NNN636836592015740580 wrote:
But after editing in Photoshop a picture 'returns' to the Capture ONE workflow and passes the Output Recipes next. And in that fase the transparant PSD becomes a non-transparent PNG.
Yes because Capture One doesn't do transparency at all. My understanding is that the same would be the case in other raw converters, notably Lightroom.
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I'm a new user to Capture ONE - switching from Lightroom and facing now the same problem with Alpha Channels in exporting PNG or Transparent TIF Files.
I'm doing a lot of Product Photography and should deliver the transparent files to the customer.
In Lightroom it works fine to export the images in the workflow with transparency in TIF or PNG.
Guessing that there are more people who need this feature I would highly recommend to have a look on the possibility to make this happen.Until then I must switch back to Lightroom to do my product images - very sad!
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I have been using Capture One for years now and don't want to miss the really excellent raw processing and data handling. My workflow always includes the C1-PS-C1 round trip for commercial jobs, since cropping, output sharpening, grain and other last step actions are taken within C1 and need to be non destructive. After all, this is why I use a raw converter.
The lack of transparency PNG export is a real issue for me, I need it very often. In overlays C1 is capable of handling transparency, so why is it not possible to export from a transparent PSD file for instance?
Me and a number of my colleagues would be thrilled if that would be made possible in the near future! It is a topic among commercial C1 users.
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This is an issue for me too. Please fix!
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Me too. As a commercial photographer, my workflow would benefit greatly having this functionality. I wonder if it's a feature Capture One might consider for the future?
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I also would appreciate it a lot, if Capture One would be able to output transparent areas from tiff- or psd-files. My workflow is C1-PS-C1 to do all the batch export work for clients, as I do all the cropping and output sharpening with C1 and never with PS. Please implement a transparency feature in the future. Would help a lot of clients a lot, I guess.
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Herwig Korbel : I also would appreciate it a lot
I would not!
That is at this point the job of a pixel editor, a RAW converter
has other things to do… maybe one day but there are more
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Yes, I agree also
I requested this originally well over two and a half years ago..
They are SADLY, simply and recently only focused on spending all the R&D dollars on MAC user benefits it seems!!
The Madness Continues...
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I've been trying to export png's with a transparent background from C1 for some time now and it's only on finding this thread that I realise I'm not the only one having problems.
As the one of the major benefits of the png format is the ability to use transparent backgrounds, I can't see the point of C1 confusing users by saying it's supported. I've certainly wasted a lot of time on this and like everyone else here feel disappointed that C1 have not sorted this out yet. With the growth of product photography over the last couple of years this is a major weakness in C1 that is only going to frustrate a growing number of users in the future. Poor from C1 is all I can say.
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What's disappointing is that they just announced 'exciting news.' In development is Panorama Stitching and HDR Merging. Surely developing PNG transparency to work within C1 can't be as hard as the above two?
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The way I understand it, CO is for photography.
PNG is part of imagery, so, not its mission.0 -
The World of Image Processing today demands and requires PNG...
PNG has long become the standard required and the most effective creative format for skilled professional multimedia content creators who have developed past simple single-file image processing.
With the explosion in the media industry of using this format, it shows a major error in C1 strategy and development team.
Plus with C1 it still requires most users a two-step process of using Capture One and cutting back to Photoshop which has been a pain for many years for most professional photographers and content developers.
It affects and limits the creative opportunity and revenue possibilities of all C1 users as we use PNG on most of our work daily..
Yes, I like many others have requested this for many years to Capture One and have never had an effective response from C1 to date.
The focus at C1 has and still is primarily on the Apple Community as the related release clearly illustrates..
Now with the focus at C1 is on the development of Panoramic and HDR for 2022 which both have been in the PS and other providers for several years ...
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Which begs the question: what is the relationship between photography and image processing?
In my very, very small corner of the world where I toil only for my own pleasure -- meaning I am not now nor have I ever been a professional -- I play with photography 99% of the time. The other 1% or the time when I want do to "image processing" I reach for Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer. Sometimes I start with a photo, sometimes not. If I need transparency I output my finished product from Affinity.
I understand that transparency is important for you in your job. I am not against supporting transparency inside of Capture One. But in the scale of importance I'd be more interested in support of the Grayscale color space. Or the ability to modify more metadata fields, especially timestamps. And better DAM functions in general.
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I am a professional and I use Serif's Affinity Collection too!
I have other issues with CO and I would like to see it going in these directions
and PNG is not among them.
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C1 is quickly becoming the Kodak of Digital because of the above..
These comments above are simply a case of the OLD school players who are still simply trying to hold back the industry innovation..
With what is happening with AI in the digital space PNGs are the baseline..
My observation after 20 years is that niche players software providers invert their product at some point and Capture One is in the process..
Plus, because of the age of C1 core system and the actual architecture limitations of the software application and how it is written, it will be extremely difficult for them to even advance rapidly into the next generation of digital tools and away from what is currently offering..
Hence they in fact can not provide PNGs off the existing platform and they are aware of it..
In reality that is the bottom line..
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Mike Packer, what you say makes sense in regard to the software architecture possibly not being able to handle PNG's. It would be nice to hear from C1 themselves so that we could put it to rest.
But since it would benefit my workflow immensely, here's still hoping :)
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Count me in for this one too! It's very handy to be able to mass export transparent PNGs. Yes it can be done in Photoshop with a batch, but so much less convenient.
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