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A difference in color between an image viewed in Capture One and the exported image in Photoshop

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The exported images are less saturated in Photoshop than in the Capture one viewer. I am using the latest version of Capure one and Mac OS. I use 16 bit Tiff in ProPhot color space. I can also see this issue when using sRGB color space. The only setting in Capture were the exported images looks the same in C1 viewer and in Photoshop is when I use “no color correction” and “linear gamma”. Unfortunately this works only for reproductions and not for normal photography. I have searched the Capture One FAQ and have found articles about this. I applied all recommendations but it didn’t solve this issue. If someone knows what I am doing wrong I would greatly appreciate any advice.
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  • changjun chen

    I am also troubled by this problem

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Sounds similar to the problem I'm having. Check out my post, I can export as long as Shadow and Black are not set positive:

    https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/5636733075357-Exort-wipes-out-snowy-landscape 

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I don't have this issue. I have exported an image as a TIFF with Prophoto RGB space, it is opened into Photoshop, and displayed on my calibrated display together with the same image viewed in Capture One under a recipe with Prophoto RGB colour space. The colours are absolutely the same.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thank you Robert,
    I have the same setup as you (calibrated screen and recipe with Prophoto RGB). I use Fuji RAW files. On the camera I use “classic chrome” setting. The RAW files are displayed automatically with the “classic chrome” setting in C1. For me it looks like this “classic chrome” look gets discarded when exporting the files. As I wrote already the only way for me to get the same colors in C1 and Photoshop is to use “no color correction” and “linear gamma. I am on a MacBook Pro 16’ M1 max computer.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I don't think the computer/OS has anything to matter with your issue. And, sorry, I don't know what is "classic chrome" parametrised from your camera, but I imagine that it could be considered by Capture One as a TRC (similar to the "curve" in the base characteristics) and could then not being considered when exporting ? You could check shooting with normal parameters (no Fuji setting) and see what happens.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thank you. Actuellement I am not near my camera. After checking the Fuji online user guide it looks that I have to choose one of the Fuji “film simulation” settings. In C1 “auto” takes the setting used in the camera. I can override this in C1 and choose an other setting but I can’t turn it off. “No color correction” works only with “linear gamma” and is not a Fuji film simulation.

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  • www.shootmachine.co

    There are three (other) possible reasons I can think of:

    1. You have black point compensation on in PS (which C1 does not support) - check your proof settings. 

    2. You are not viewing at 100% in C1 and so fit view is downsampling and aggregating noise/fine detail to the fit view, changing the color. Check both apps in 100% view. 

    3. Which method did you export? Try both the Export and the Recipe methods. Occasionally you see bugs in one but not the other. 

     

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thank you shootmachine.co and Robert,

    Today I opened a new session in Capture One with two new RAW pictures. One with “curves classic chrome” and the other with “curves Provia”.  I made one version with small adjustments and another version with no adjustments. I exported the pictures in Prophoto 16 bit color space and compared the pictures in the C1 Viewer and as TIF file in Photoshop. I couldn’t see any difference.

    After that I went back to the session with more than 4000 RAW files. Again, I compared the image in the C1 Viewer and in PS. Some images looked identical; some others exported images were slightly desaturated in PS. Even turning off all adjustments and exporting again didn’t solve this issue. After that I took away the Fuji film simulation “Curve classic chrome” and choose “Film standard”. With this setting the exported TIF file looked identical in PS and in the C1 Viewer.

    I don’t really understand why today I had much better results with the same settings than a week ago and why sometimes the use of Fuji film simulations gives good results and sometimes on the other hand the exported images are less saturated than in C1. I made a screenshot one week ago where the difference between the image in C1 viewer and in PS is important. I do not understand neither why the eyedropper gives different values for the same pixel in C1 and in PS when both images are in the Prophot color space.

    Thank you for the inspiration. I am happy with this solution and how Capture One works.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I also have this problem. I always use the Fujifilm simulations, and after export to any format, the colors (specially red) feels less saturated when vied in Photoshop, Affinity, Mac viewer etc... 

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  • Permanently deleted user

    The fujifilm simulation don’t work well with all Fuji cameras in capture one. If your camera is not listed in this article you are out of luck:
    https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002589937-Fujifilm-Film-Simulations
    To solve this problem I have to use the setting “film curve”.

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