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select a subject or a sky

Stefan Segers
Hi guys, I shoot a lot of portraits with pure white background. Because of the small space at the client, my flash is unable to light up the complete background pure white without blowing out my subject's back.
It would be great to make a selection like Photoshop/Lightroom, called Subject selection. This way I can just brighten up the background and I am done.
 
I tried using the Luma Range selection, but this does not always work when a subject has a white shirt on or white reflections like in the lips/glasses and eyes.. I then still need to repaint the parts within the subject.
 
Maybe anybody has a good idea how to make this work properly within Capture One?
In the example, you see that the background is not completely white.
 
I love to see the "select a subject or a sky" from Lightroom inside Capture One 👍🏽
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  • Ian Wilson
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    Top Commenter

    If you intended to attach an image, you didn't. However, I have seen what I think is your image with the same query on one of the Facebook groups. 

    Have you tried the magic brush to select the background?

    Ian

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  • Stefan Segers

    Thanks Ian for your tip! I forgot about Magic Brush. It is indeed a bit quicker, but not always working becuase of the white shirts.

     

    Really hope to get the AI selection like LR in the future

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  • Laurie Wahlig

    YES!!  We need something like LR select subject/sky!!

     

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  • Brian McDonnell

    Subject selection would be a game changer for me and Capture One...The magic brush is just not a good tool for portrait photographers.  And since we're perfecting Capture One, let's work on the UI of the styles.

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  • Laurie Wahlig

    Yes!!!!! ^^^^^^ PLEASE!!!!

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  • Arun Velliangiri

    If capture one lacks one thing from being THE top choice compared to Lightroom it’s the AI based select subject.. hope it gets addressed soon

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  • Michael Grantham

    Another vote for select subject! This works so nicely in Photoshop Elements that I also use, but the ability to do it in RAW would be AMAZING!

     

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  • ofer oferrosner1

    this is becoming a real differentiator , when select subject was only in PS and not accurate - i worked mostly in CP1 and just went to PS on specific needs - now i found the new ACR selections to be very powerfull and draw me out of CP1 in many edits 

     

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  • Laurie Wahlig

    Completely agree with all these comments!!!!!

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  • Peo Möller

    One more vote for a select subject tool on C1! The sooner the better!
    As of now I'm doing most of my work in LR due to the fact that select subject is lacking in C1.

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  • Arun Velliangiri

    CP1 used to be my primary raw processor for years but surprisingly I haven’t opened it in the last couple of months. Most of my workflow is back to LR. I don’t think I’ll renew my subscription !

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