I'm a convert--with these caveats:
THE GOOD
In general, I am extremely glad of the improved workflow options. I don't feel nearly as angry at phaseone for the job they've done as others seem to be--kudos for a much better program this time around.
-I commend the developers from bringing the keyboard shortcuts more in line with photoshop, and for making them customizable.
-The ability to view the image at 100% for focus check is super.
-The raw converter is doing a better job at processing MkIII files: in particular, they are sharper
-The list view is helpful for renaming/organizing.
THE NOT SO GOOD I have the following questions/bug reports/feature requests--if any of these are answered already please let me know!
1. how do I delete multiple images at once? No matter what I try, I can only get one image at a time to delete. Same with the "move to" clicker.
2. when applying settings from one image to another, the crop setting sometimes applies and sometimes doesn't, and I can't figure out what the rhyme or reason is to it
3. when renaming images in list view, the text disappears when you start typing, making it difficult to rename successfully
4. how can I apply only some of the settings rather than all? can't there be an option-apply choice, wherein I can check/uncheck the settings to be applied (or is there already and I haven't seen it?)
5. although it will tether with the MkIII, it is not robust. We can only use a single USB cable, or else the import will hang. Using EOS capture we can string together at least two cables. My guess is that the error correction algorithms in C1 aren't as robust as those in EOS capture. This may seem like a small thing, but in many cases it makes the difference between which capture method we use. The hot folder, automatic update option is GREAT, but it leaves out the one thing that we really want: the settings from the "last" to be automatically applied to the new image that showed up in the folder. If this feature could be added, then we wouldn't need to bother with tethering from within C1 at all--EOS capture could handle the tethered import and from within C1 that process would be transparent.
6. we liked the ability in 3.x to zoom out on the image to an arbitrarily small size (rather than being limited to a "fit to window" level). We used this to show clients an estimate of what the print size of the image would be (it definitely speeds approval)
thanks everyone!
happy shooting,
matt holmes
In general, I am extremely glad of the improved workflow options. I don't feel nearly as angry at phaseone for the job they've done as others seem to be--kudos for a much better program this time around.
-I commend the developers from bringing the keyboard shortcuts more in line with photoshop, and for making them customizable.
-The ability to view the image at 100% for focus check is super.
-The raw converter is doing a better job at processing MkIII files: in particular, they are sharper
-The list view is helpful for renaming/organizing.
THE NOT SO GOOD I have the following questions/bug reports/feature requests--if any of these are answered already please let me know!
1. how do I delete multiple images at once? No matter what I try, I can only get one image at a time to delete. Same with the "move to" clicker.
2. when applying settings from one image to another, the crop setting sometimes applies and sometimes doesn't, and I can't figure out what the rhyme or reason is to it
3. when renaming images in list view, the text disappears when you start typing, making it difficult to rename successfully
4. how can I apply only some of the settings rather than all? can't there be an option-apply choice, wherein I can check/uncheck the settings to be applied (or is there already and I haven't seen it?)
5. although it will tether with the MkIII, it is not robust. We can only use a single USB cable, or else the import will hang. Using EOS capture we can string together at least two cables. My guess is that the error correction algorithms in C1 aren't as robust as those in EOS capture. This may seem like a small thing, but in many cases it makes the difference between which capture method we use. The hot folder, automatic update option is GREAT, but it leaves out the one thing that we really want: the settings from the "last" to be automatically applied to the new image that showed up in the folder. If this feature could be added, then we wouldn't need to bother with tethering from within C1 at all--EOS capture could handle the tethered import and from within C1 that process would be transparent.
6. we liked the ability in 3.x to zoom out on the image to an arbitrarily small size (rather than being limited to a "fit to window" level). We used this to show clients an estimate of what the print size of the image would be (it definitely speeds approval)
thanks everyone!
happy shooting,
matt holmes
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[quote="Matt " wrote:
1. how do I delete multiple images at once? No matter what I try, I can only get one image at a time to delete. Same with the "move to" clicker.
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4. how can I apply only some of the settings rather than all? can't there be an option-apply choice, wherein I can check/uncheck the settings to be applied (or is there already and I haven't seen it?)
ad 1: Use the Shift-key modifier to fire an action on a selection of images. However, for the Mac version of CO 4.x, sometimes you need to use the Option-key: when apply rating to and when deleting (both Trash and Delete Permanently) multiple images.
ad 4: applying adjustments to other images works in a copy/apply fashion. After the copy command, go to the Adjustments tool and deselect any adjustment you do not wish to apply.0 -
[quote="Paul_E" wrote:
[quote="Matt " wrote:
1. how do I delete multiple images at once? No matter what I try, I can only get one image at a time to delete. Same with the "move to" clicker.
ad 1: Use the Shift-key modifier to fire an action on a selection of images. However, for the Mac version of CO 4.x, sometimes you need to use the Option-key: when apply rating to and when deleting (both Trash and Delete Permanently) multiple images.
ad 4: applying adjustments to other images works in a copy/apply fashion. After the copy command, go to the Adjustments tool and deselect any adjustment you do not wish to apply.
Paul, much thanks for your comments. I explored them and this is what I discovered:
-if i do apple-opt-delete it will delete my multiple images. success! much thanks. Opt-delete does nothing (except beep at me). Perhaps in future versions they could change this to be the shift-key (or at least write down somewhere the apple-opt-delete combo).
-I see the adjustments list now, don't know how I missed that before. However, there is still a glitch: frequently I will one-click to eliminate the crop before processing. When I one-click to eliminate the crop, then try to copy and paste that setting to other images (to eliminate the crop from a series of images), it does not work. The program does not realize that I have changed the crop setting; I know this because the crop checkbox in the adjustments list is unchecked whenever I try to copy the settings of that image. So if I manually check the crop checkbox before pasting the settings, it will work. But of course everytime I copy the settings from an image, it changes which boxes in the list are checked, so I have to go and re-check the "crop" one each time. In the next version, hopefully this minor glitch will be corrected. I would recommend that the developers make it so that copying an images settings does not change which boxes are checked in the list; or, failing that, to at least make it properly realize when I've changed the crop so that it will check that as one of the settings to apply.
again, much thanks
matt0
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