Dynamic Range and Capture One

eleanorbrown

• 2005年10月17日 17:43

I use a P25 back which has incredible dynamic range. However to take advantage of all this range when i have a file with deep shadows and bright highlights, I have to process several images using different exosure settings (ie; for shadows and highlights). Then I layer and do masks to blend in Photoshop. Is there anyway in future upgrades of Capture One that could give us the option to select areas of the RAW image and increase or decrease brightness of selected areas only---sort of like we can do in Photoshop? Right now in C1 all changes have to be made globally.

Thanks! Eleanor

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  Dillon

  • 2005年10月18日 12:10

  I imagine your full answer can only come from Phase One. If this is possible, I'm all for it.
  
  The possibilities for Photoshop masks are endless. I've spent hours, days and weeks, exploring the various methods used to blend the exposures created with C1. Most existing techniques that I found were disappointing. As a matter of fact, they were not usable for a commercial photo level. The typical being, \"spray an area on the mask that reveals the unlaying layer\". Many of my architecture shots involve extreme lighting situations, every file that I process uses 3 exposures. Minimum.
  
  The most promising technique incorporates pasting the actual underlying layer, into the above layer mask. The results have been superior to any other method that I found. I have adapted a variation of the link below.
  
  http://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp ... s8contrast
  
  Are there any other methods that our users would like to share?

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  Dillon

  • 2005年10月18日 12:15

  Also...
  This link has a nifty little trick with the alt key for blending layers.
  
  http://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp ... &id=100928
  
  Layer \"blending\" is suitable for 20 to 40% of my images. Many times the pixels leave \"remants\" that are not correctable. Used in combination with the previous method, the results can be very nice.

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  Eric311

  • 2005年11月21日 11:56

  \"Layering\" would be quite a complicated new feature - you'd have to be able to blend the 2 (+?) versions in the focus window to really see what you're doing, be able to manually adjust the blend, etc... Ultimately you need a whole host of features that today Photoshop does best... (This doesn't mean I'm against it though...)
  
  To me, photoshop is highly proficient at doing these things, with the above-mentioned tricks, masks, channel mixers, etc... Any quality issues should be solved by working in 16 bits per channel...

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