Exporting SOOC as jpegs. Capture One Pro
Hi, I often like to share files with photographer groups, both as SOOC and edited. I'm having trouble coming up with an easy way to export the original file, without any adjusts. Exporting as an original is really way too large for social media, and if I punch the reset button, before exporting to jpg, I lose all my adjustments! I'm sure I'm missing something simple?
Thanks,
Peter
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> Peter Sikes: ...SOOC
You can get SOOC jpegs in two ways.
1) Shoot jpeg (or raw+jpeg) obviously
2) Extract the jpeg preview your camera embeds in every raw file. Quite a few applications can do that.0 -
@OddS, thank you. Shooting jpg is probably something I should start doing anyway. Raws do tend to get quite large, but I love the extra pixels for portraits and landscapes. Option 2 I never considered! I could just send my entire Capture folder (or at least those that survived culling) to another folder using another app, and call it "SOOC", or something. I was trying to be fancy, and come up with an export recipe that did both simultaneously. Exporting my edited files and SOOC to separate subdirectories as web-sized jpgs.
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An unedited RAW exported to JPEG in C1 will come close to the JPEG as acquired straight from the camera, but not quite. Choices are made in how the RAW processing is done, and while C1 takes care the (colour) profiles and curves match your camera's own well there are bound to be differences in denoising, sharpening, clarity, perhaps contrast and saturation even.
Instead of resetting your image, you could also work with variants [right-click the thumbnail in the browser > new variant]. To reduce the size of the resulting JPEG, use an appropriate export recipe. The "JPEG - 2048px for web use" is a good candidate.
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Why not set up an export recipe titled "SOOC"? Then you'd have 2 options:
1. Output with that recipe (to your SOOC folder) before making any adjustments; or
2. Make your adjustments to ensure the photo is a keeper, output the final version, and then reset for the SOOC output (which you can hit "undo" after)
The key to remember is that exporting doesn't lock the image, you can still select "undo" after hitting reset as long as you haven't closed C1. Also, using the camera's JPG wouldn't show the same changes as the before/after with RAW since the camera will apply some post-processing automatically.
Hopefully this helps, I know I can be somewhat convoluted at times.
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> Grant Harris: Why not set up an export recipe titled "SOOC"?
The recipe title has no effect, of course. Your method is for "SOOC1" jpeg :-) Capture One can mimic the post processing done in the camera, and a SOOC1 jpeg may come pretty close to SOOC jpeg. It can however; be surprisingly hard to pull off for all camera settings.
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@Grant Harris, Thank you. I was aware that I could undo a "reset" for a single image, but didn't think that worked for a big batch (like all the 5 stars, or something)? I'll have to experiment with that.
@OddS, you lost me. What's a SOOC1 jpeg?
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> Peter Sikes: What's a SOOC1 jpeg?
SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera jpeg
SOOC1 = Straight Out Of Capture One jpeg (Capture One is often shortened to C1)Starting from raw, you can not get SOOC jpeg from C1. Both camera and C1 must demosaic raw data and further post process image data to a final jpeg. The two software processes are not equal and results differ. Search the forum if you want C1 to produce "similar to SOCC jpeg". Presets for camera-like jpegs have been discussed quite a few times, often in a context where a user is not able to reproduce camera jpegs using the software. This is not a C1 thing though, it is the same for LR and other applications.
You can use the JPEG Quickproof (sRGB) recipe for faster processing to jpeg. As far as I know, it puts the C1 generated preview in a jpeg file, you do not get the embedded SOOC preview. https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002429998-What-is-Quickproof-in-Capture-One-processing-tab- . I am not aware of a C1 function that extracts the SOOC preview embedded in the raw file and saves that image to a jpeg file. The only option is a SOOC1 jpeg where you are partly in control of the image processing.
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@OddS, thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware of QuickProof. I'll give it a try. Since I don't SOOC's of all images, only those that I've chosen to share, this might be an easy method.
@Propheticus, I hadn't thought of creating another variant, naming it SOOC,and stripping off any adjustments. I think the end result would be much like using the Quickproof method above? That is, I'd end up with three files, for those "shared" images. One RAW original(with adjustments), one edited jpg (usually sized for web), and a final jpeg without adjustments that would be named SOOC?
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> Peter Sikes: ...easy way to export the original file, without any adjusts
The "original file" is a raw file, right? C1 has a mechanism for exporting originals, but I doubt that is what you want as it does not fit your description.
"Without any adjusts" is a tall order. Literally impossible as C1 moves many sliders before you even get to see the image. I also doubt "without any adjusts" is what you want, but if you insist: Try the Linear Response curve in Basic Settings.
I would stay clear of the suggested "reset , export and undo" procedure, I would just create a New Variant and export it using a recipe made to fit the actual purpose.
Edited to possibly clear up potential misunderstandings in one of your posts:
@Propheticus, I hadn't thought of creating another variant, naming it SOOC
As far as I know, C1 can still not name variants. It is a long standing wish from many users. You can name a recipe. Also, if you create a New Variant, you likely do not have to strip off edits. A new variant is exactly that.
Hope this helps
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