Saving Local Adjustments
Sorry for the beginner question, but I'm trying to migrate from LR and have a question about saving my local adjustments. In LR I have many brushes saved for various tasks, and want to create the same thing in Capture One. For example if I need to kick a little light and saturation into the eyes, I have some brushes that have my starting presets configured and I brush the eyes and fine tune if necessary. Is there a way to create these types of presets for local adjustments?
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[quote="SaibotPDX" wrote:
In LR I have many brushes saved for various tasks, and want to create the same thing in Capture One.
As best I know, C1 does not have a matching feature. You would have to create a exposure, sharpening, and clarity preset and apply each in each panel for the adjustment layer.
Not quite as nice.0 -
[quote="BobRockefeller" wrote:
[quote="SaibotPDX" wrote:
In LR I have many brushes saved for various tasks, and want to create the same thing in Capture One.
As best I know, C1 does not have a matching feature. You would have to create a exposure, sharpening, and clarity preset and apply each in each panel for the adjustment layer.
Not quite as nice.
Although I like Bob's suggestion very much, you can not apply a preset or style in an adjustments layer. Apart from that I do not have a better suggestion. Sorry.0 -
[quote="Paul_Steunebrink" wrote:
[quote="BobRockefeller" wrote:
[quote="SaibotPDX" wrote:
In LR I have many brushes saved for various tasks, and want to create the same thing in Capture One.
As best I know, C1 does not have a matching feature. You would have to create a exposure, sharpening, and clarity preset and apply each in each panel for the adjustment layer.
Not quite as nice.
Although I like Bob's suggestion very much, you can not apply a preset or style in an adjustments layer. Apart from that I do not have a better suggestion. Sorry.
Dang! I never noticed that. ☹️0 -
There certainly needs to be an ability save local adjustment layers but until then.....
The process I use seems long and complex but not to bad once you start using it.
Pick and Image and name it PRESETS. I put the image in a PRESET Album so I can find it regardless of where Im working.
Make a new adjustment layer
Name the layer for example - DODGE
Right click on the newly created layer and "FILL MASK"
Adjust the mask to show the adjustments you want DODGE to exhibit.
Right click on the mask you just made and INVERT
Repeat for as many as you want.
Now you have a DODGE layer. Simply select the DRAW MASK BRUSH and adjust the brush settings as you like.
Brush over that layer will show the darkening settings you specified.
I start to use my PRESET image at the beginning of an editing session. Select the PRESET image you like, then got to Adjustment > copy and apply adjustments. Uncheck everything except Local Adjustment and select COPY.
Now depending on your intention you can apply to each image individually as you edit or the entire set with shift-command-V or I usually apply to the entire set I want to edit.
I personally only have 6 preset layers per preset Image I apply so I don't see any slowing as I edit and I don't always need to use them. Its just preference at that point.
I hope that makes sense and offers some solution. Its really much faster once you start using it than it sounds.
Troy0 -
Interesting Troy, thanks for sharing. 0 -
Wow, now that's slick!!!
I knew you would be offering advice soon enough.0 -
Was just playing around with your idea.
What I found is that if you use different cameras, the layers may not transfer.
I have a D800E, DF, and a DX Cropped camera for my Infrared. When I tried to copy layers, C1 wouldn't do it. Makes sense. However, I tend to use all three cameras in a session. So here's the workaround:
I plan on shooting three gray images (one for each camera), adding the layers, then naming them by the camera model. I'll keep permanent copies in my C1 Folder, and import them into the sessions as needed.0 -
Copying layer masks and settings from one image to another within a set is a readily available feature and therefore setting up a method to make use of the feature based on a "Master" image is a logical approach.
However in my experience this works best within a well controlled shooting environment if you want to quickly paint and move on.
If working in a consistent environment in, say, a studio and with the same camera type(s) it should work well.
I tend to shoot outdoor events where the lighting may or may not be consistent second by second. So the copy technique works well for batches of similar images but quite often I find there is not so much benefit in overall time required to copy and then modify compared to simply creating a new layer and making the settings for it afresh rather than modifying the settings from an earlier piece of work.
So the message is that "Master Adjustments" concept is fine and works well but as an individual photographer or retoucher one needs to consider whether it will always be the right way to go in all the shooting circumstances with which you work. In some situations it may be more effective to simply make each layer based edit individually rather than use a form of "preset" no matter how attractive the preset concept appears to be.
Just my opinion of course, for what it is worth.
Grant0 -
I was thinking the same thing until I re-read on how to do it.
You are masking the entire image, then inverting it.
Take a master image, I would suggest a Gray card or something blank.
Add Layer
Name Layer (In this case, "Burn")
Fill Mask
Invert Mask
Make adjustments (In this case, reduce exposure to taste)
Do not brush in adjustments this is important
Thats it. You just copy the layer(s) to the rest of the photos. When you choose the burn layer, just brush in the adjustment.
If you tend to use the same kind of layers over and over, this would be a big time saver.0
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