Beginner question - using Capture One & Photoshop

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• July 05, 2018 09:06

Hi,

I have just recently purchased Capture One Pro (Sony) for my Digital asset management and image processing and understand there is a lot to learn but excited to do so! I've noticed it is a very powerful software package however I would like to know if you can tell me what are the main/common reasons you have to use additional software packages such as Photoshop or Affinity photo? I predominantly shoot portraiture but do other areas of photography.

Thank you for your input

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  Ian Wilson

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  • July 05, 2018 12:44

  

  I use Affinity sometimes to do things that can't be easily done in Capture One, such as cloning objects out. Some people who do a lot of portrait work, as I understand it, use Affinity, or Photoshop, for retouching. For instance it is much more practical to paint out some stray hairs using Affinity or Photoshop than it is to get rid of them in Capture One.
  
  Ian

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  Permanently deleted user

  • July 05, 2018 12:54

  Yes. And Affinity Photo is very good and easy (better than Photoshop) at suppressing portrait unwanted details, such as wrinkles or pimples, using frequency separation.

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  Permanently deleted user

  • July 05, 2018 14:39

  While C1 can do most of what I want, there are some things it just can't do, and that's when I turn to Affinity. Examples:
  - Clone/Heal beyond what C1 can do
  - Combining images (not generally used for portraits): focus stacking, panoramas
  - Adding text other than watermarks
  
  As I've become more proficient with C1 over the years, though, I find less and less need to go to a bitmap editor like PS or Affinity.

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  Greg Thomason

  • July 05, 2018 17:38

  Like the previous responses, I use additional software when I need something I can't get from C1. I am a PS user, but like the other responses I use PS as they do Affinity.

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