Focus Mask

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• August 04, 2016 07:02

Is it possible to persuade Capture One to show the focus mask also for non-raw images? (16-bit tif, 8-bit jpg)

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  SFA

  • August 05, 2016 19:43

  Create a Support case and ask.
  
  I suspect that the feature relies on interpretation of RAW data.
  
  But then, I never use it. I think its utility is quite specific.
  
  
  Grant

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  Keith Reeder

  • August 07, 2016 10:01

  [quote="SFA" wrote:
  I suspect that the feature relies on interpretation of RAW data.

  
  Yep, that has been confirmed by people in the know, in other threads.
  
  No loss though, given how unhelpfully dysfunctional the function is.

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  SFA

  • August 07, 2016 11:07

  [quote="Keith Reeder" wrote:
  

  [quote="SFA" wrote:
  I suspect that the feature relies on interpretation of RAW data.

  
  Yep, that has been confirmed by people in the know, in other threads.
  
  No loss though, given how unhelpfully dysfunctional the function is.

  
  
  Thanks Keith.
  
  I knew I must have read about it somewhere.
  
  I tend to agree with your second observation too. However I think that in specific situations it may work as guidance as intended. I would imagine it was developed with those specific situations in mind.
  
  My conclusion is - if one feels it offers something for your work, use it. If not, don't use it.
  
  
  Grant

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  RichardT

  • August 07, 2016 14:40

  There was an Image Quality Professor blog about Focus Mask in C1 Pro 7:
  
  
  
  In the questions and answers, Niels says:
  
  

  We need the RAW data to make a good interpretation of focus. It would not be at all accurate on a JPEG file.
  

  
  
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  The focus tool works by examining pixels and making a best judgement. Of course that judgement is not sometimes 100% perfect but it can still be huge time saver.
  

  
  
  Richard

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  Keith Reeder

  • August 07, 2016 18:58

  [quote="SFA" wrote:
  However I think that in specific situations it may work as guidance as intended.

  
  Never, ever, ever better than your own eyes, though - it really promises something it flatly fails to deliver.

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  Keith Reeder

  • August 07, 2016 19:00

  Of course that judgement is not sometimes 100% perfect but it can still be huge time saver.

  
  "Time saver"? Yeah, I fundamentally dispute that supposed "benefit".

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  SFA

  • August 07, 2016 19:08

  [quote="Keith Reeder" wrote:
  

  [quote="SFA" wrote:
  However I think that in specific situations it may work as guidance as intended.

  
  Never, ever, ever better than your own eyes, though - it really promises something it flatly fails to deliver.

  
  
  True again Keith (assuming one's eyes are working well) but for things like Portraits it might suggest places to look at and in some other instances, usually close up and hardly ever Landscape, places that can suggest whether or not the feature is going to be helpful.
  
  But it is certainly a thought provoking concept if one uses it.
  
  
  Grant

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