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Change all RAW images to greyscale

Malcolm Linton

How can I change all my images to greyscale with a single action?

I typically shoot b/w on my Sony A7iii by setting creative style to mononchrome and the quality to RAW. But when I import the images to Capture One they are displayed in color. I can change them to greyscale individually using the "Enable Black and White" panel, but I have not figured out how a simple way the images in a shoot (often several hundred) at the same time. Does anyone know how to do this?

I have tried converting one image to b/w, then copying the adjustment, highlighting all the images (using CMD-A), and applying the adjustment – but this does not work.

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  • BeO
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    This works for me:

    • Select all images,
    • make the image which you have already set to b/w your primary variant by clicking on it
    • then hold the shift key and click on the arrow icon:

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I have tried converting one image to b/w, then copying the adjustment, highlighting all the images (using CMD-A), and applying the adjustment – but this does not work.

    Did you open the Adjustments Clipboard and make sure that the Black and White/Enabled field is checked as something that can be copied?  If not checked it will be ignored.

    I think you can also make a B&W preset that could be applied to every file on import to simplify things in the future.

    Or do what BeO suggested.  I often forget about that option.

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  • Malcolm Linton

    Hi Marco:

    Many thanks for those suggestions. As a test I checked the Black and White/Enabled field in the Adjustments clipboard, converted an image to b/w, copied the ajustmentment, highlighted the next two images, and applied the adjustment – but only the first of those two images was converted. I guess this raises the larger question of how to apply any adjustment to more than one image. If someone has an answer to that, I'd love to hear it.

    I haven't tried making a preset and don't know how, so if you can tell or send me a link with instructions I'd be very grateful.

    I don't know who BeO is, so please let me know, along with how to find whatever their suggestion is.

    Thanks again.

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  • Malcolm Linton

    Sorry, just saw BeO's comment. I'll try that.

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  • Malcolm Linton

    Hi BeO: It works!!!! Thanks so much.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Select an image.   Open the color tab and disclose the Black & White tool.  Click on the Enable Black & White.  That is what you have been doing.

    Now click on the "hamburger" icon to the left of the ... in the B&W tool.  The bottom of the resulting pop-up is "Save Custom Preset".   Click on it and then click on Save.  Give the preset a name, maybe "b&w".  Save it.  You've just created a preset.

    When you import open the adjustments panel and pick the preset you just saved.  Like this:

    pick b&w.  It will be applied to all imported images.

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  • Malcolm Linton

    Many thanks. Marco. I'll try it.

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