Sharpening in CO

BobRockefeller

• December 03, 2015 22:04

Sharpening is somewhat of a black art. And sometimes all the guidance one gets is to sharpen at 100% such that it looks good without creating holos.

Much has been written about sharpening theory and application for Photoshop and Lightroom. Is there a bank of sharpening knowledge (either online or in books) for Capture One Pro?

The sharpening presets that come with CO are somewhat vague: pre-sharpening 1 and 2, soft image 1, 2 and 3...

Does that suggest that no sharpening is applied during the demosaic process (what some call capture sharpening)? Or does Capture One 'know' about sensor and lens combinations to apply a pre-determined default sharpening? Are the default settings I see applied specific to a camera, or simply a global starting point?

So many questions!?

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  Terence Nickolette

  • December 06, 2015 03:37

  May I second that? I'd love to see a Capture One You Tube video on sharpening "best practices ". Also would like to know how to apply sharpening to specific areas like eyes.

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  SFA

  • December 06, 2015 04:40

  Bob,
  
  There are a series of webinars coming up to provide an intro to V9.
  
  Most webinars from C1 provide for on-line Q&A.
  
  One of the benefits mentioned for V9 relates to scaling improvements ... which must surely mean there will be questions about sharpening.
  
  One idea might be to enrol for one of the webinars, see what is said, raise a sharpening question if the subject is not covered and maybe suggest that a webinar that covers the "best practise" approach used by a number of of the Phase One Pros community would probably be popular.
  
  The danger might be that you ask 10 experts and get 40 different answers ..... but no harm in asking.
  
  Speaking personally I don;t have any particular concerns but I may not understand what I am missing! (Or perhaps gaining in an unwanted way ....)
  
  However I would be very interested to spend an hour seeing how those at the top of the game deal with sharpening needs. And why they do what they do for their images and style(s).
  
  
  
  Grant

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  harald_walker

  • December 06, 2015 08:12

  Are the default settings I see applied specific to a camera, or simply a global starting point?

  
  
  Some photographers I know complain that the default sharpening and noise reduction is too much. It hasn't bothered me nor the editors I work with but I've been wondering if there are differences between camera models here, which might explain their opinion. At least two of them seem to be using Sony cameras.

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  dredlew

  • May 01, 2016 16:47

  @Bob, I think this should answer your question: , at least as far as defaults being applied and a way to approach your own sharpening. In the end, it still comes down to output and personal preference.

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