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I have a few basic questions but desperate for help.

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I'm very new to using any type of photo-editing software. My husband's friend recommended I use this one, but I'm having a lot of trouble with things I think should be relatively simple. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.

1. After editing a picture, I click on 'apply adjustments' then 'process.' Where do I find the processed photo so I can publish it online? We managed to find one picture in my library folder in the capture one subfolder, but the image wasn't processed at all. It was just the raw image.

2. How do I get a photo to save after it's edited. Clearly what I'm doing (see above) isn't working.

3. Is there any way I can choose where to save a saved image to or will it go somewhere defaultly?

4. At one point while trying to save my image, I clicked on "move to selects folder." It didn't move. It seemed to completely disappear. I tried this with several photos, and it happened every time.

If anyone can explain this stuff to me as simply as possible, I would be extremely grateful. I've been messing with this software for days and can't figure anything out. I've watched some tutorials, but I haven't seen these "basic" questions answered. Thank you!

Lucy
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Hi Lucy, welcome to the world of Capture One and the user forum.

    Let's go over some basics first about Capture One 6 (CO6), which directly affects your questions 1, 2 and 3:
    CO6 is a raw processor and workflow application. This means that its primary goal is to process raw files from your camera into TIFF or JPEG files. Raw files are 'not-yet-finalised' images with greater latitude for adjustments compared to TIFF or JPEG (set your camera to raw, not JPEG would be the advise here; no info yet whether you shoot raw or JPEG). The workflow part is that CO6 provides some tools to select the best out of a whole bunch of images and copy adjustments from one to others. CO6 leaves the original (raw) file untouched, applies your adjustments during processing which results into a new TIFF or JPEG file which is saved in the output folder.

    Answer to 1. To 'apply adjustments' has another purpose; you can skip that here. You can directly process an image after you made adjustments. The processed photo is stored in the 'output folder'. This can be any folder but defaults to your My Pictures\Capture One Library\Output folder.

    Answer to 2. Adjustments are saved automatically. Images are processed by CO6. CO6 saves it in the output folder.

    Answer to 3. Yes, you can select any folder on your disk to be the output folder. One way to do this is to go into the Library tool (first tool tab), browse to your folder and right-click on it and set it as Output folder. Another option is to go to the Output Naming tool (Output tool tab) and set the folder there in the Output To field.

    Answer to 4. The Selects Folder is another folder in the My Pictures\Capture One Library\ folder. This is a workflow feature. CO6 moves the image plus adjustments to that folder when you use the Move to Selects command. You can open the Selects folder quickly from the Library tool, Session Folders section. You can move an image back to your image folder by dragging (Library tool).

    Hope this gets you started.

    Note that you can adjust and process JPEG and TIFF files as well, next to raw files. If you shoot JPEG with your camera, look whether you can set it to shoot raw. You will gain much better results with the same effort with CO6.
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  • Coach2
    Try not to think of it as saving a file. Think of it as developing your film. You make your adjustments to the "negative" (the raw files) and Capture One (CO) will remember those settings for each photo, even after closing the program. When you are ready to develop your JPG or Tiff files you then tell CO to process them. CO will then, as you say, save a new image of the photo using your adjustments. It's like making prints from the negatives. You still have the original negatives, but now you have a new set of images. These images can be stored in a single output folder, or in subfolders of your raw files. I like using the subfolder setting to keep everything organized.

    So, you don't do the saving, that's automatic. You just need to adjust and process. Don't click apply adjustments, that's for copying adjustments to another photo. Keep away from move to selects folder until you fully understand what it's doing, it's not necessary for just normal image processing, it's more for file management.

    I suggest looking through the online tutorials (http://www.phaseone.com/tutorials-pro-6), getting started guides and the Capture One blogs to get a feel for these basics.
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  • NNN634437120638733962
    Thank you very much for the replies. I do appreciate it. I'm going to go try out your suggestions now and see if they work.

    Edited to add that when I shoot pics, my camera saves both a raw and jpeg copy. I'm working with the raw.

    Lucy
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  • NNN634437120638733962
    Thank you again for the help. I did exactly what you said to do. I even created a new folder to be used as my output folder and applied it. That worked for me. I processed a photo then went to the new output folder to see if it was there. The only thing in there was a TIFF image of the unprocessed photo (I did work with RAW). There's absolutely nothing else in the folder. What am I missing? Thank you again!
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  • Coach2
    The fact that there is a TIFF file there in the output folder shows that it was indeed processed. So are you saying that when you view the new photo it doesn't look like what you expected after working on it? Why do you say it is unprocessed? The only files you'll find in the output folders are the Tiffs or JPGs that are created when you click the process button. There are settings files that are created, but they are stored in a different folder.
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  • NNN634437120638733962
    I may be using the wrong terminology. The TIFF looks just like the photo before I edited it and processed it. It appears as if nothing has been changed. I've made some drastic changes just to be sure there was no question, and those drastic changes just aren't there.
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    How do you look at the TIFF? How do you review it? Can process it again, or process another image with adjustments?
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  • NNN634437120638733962
    I actually think I may have figured out the problem. I was previewing them in Paint Shop Pro 6. I accidentally clicked on Windows Live Photo Gallery and immediately found the processed images. Thank you for your help!

    Lucy
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