Capture One For Sony Anyone Please Help!

[PaulDalex]

I have bought Capture one for Sony ON WINDOWS
First nobody tell you that you have to go through installation twice.
Next there is no way to activate the product
The tutorial shows a mask to input the key that does not appear on my computer
Support is non existent
I trust much more rff
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Paul

 

[PaulDalex]

I am speechless
I wonder how can these guys sell cameras

 

[PaulDalex]

I think I better block the credit card payment

 

[PaulDalex]

I managed to solve the problem
I have seen many idiotic softwares. But Capture One for Sony is the champion

 

[user237428934]

Credit card payment? You bought the software without testing it before? That is really strange.

 

[jarski]

I thought there's 30day free trial with all the features?

 

[PaulDalex]

OK now I have CO up and running
I spend hours trying to put a photo on the screen to start editing
No way: whatever I do it says no images on folder
I am stuck again
Please help

 

[PaulDalex]

Maybe I made yet another mistake
I saw in theis site that the trial version is to much stripped down
Since the sony version is not too expensive I decided to go
Now I am not even able to put a photo on the screen
I don't understand what's wrong

 

[PaulDalex]

After half afternoon fight I was able to open a photo
I am 72 and I started using computer when they were invented
I have never seen a more idiotic user interface in my life
An Attila prize for the worst interface I have ever seen

 

[user237428934]

Is this thread just for ranting or do want some help?

In contrast what you wrote in your first post, there is support and help available. Phase One has lot's of information on their website (FAQs, Knowledge Base and a forum where they help you with problems). And they have a nice youtube channel with tons of films for using the software and good ones where you learn the basics in an hour or so.

I recommend as a start to use a session instead of the catalog. Easier to load files.

 

[PaulDalex]

Having said that, what I wanted was a tool to apply to digital photos some quick adjustment.
I tested this on a photo taken with my RX10II, where there is a huge difference between highlights and shadows
I corrected the dinamic range and saved both as ARW and TIFF
Then opened the TIFF in PS. It worked.
Now certainly you are expert.
You can give me precious tips, which would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Paul

 

[PaulDalex]

Thank you Tom
An apology for the ranting part
But I guess you might understand how frustrating can be when you are unable to figure out how to do things and you waste a lot of time (I am afreid I have little time left)
Then when you succeded doing thing you ask yourself: why the chose such unnatural UI
A good UI should allow you to operate immediately and easily instead of being puzzled and challenged

 

[user237428934]

Software like Capture One or Lightroom needs some learning and require a certain workflow. If you want a workflow like

- open a file from the explorer
- tweak the image
- save as a tif or jpg file

then both programs are the wrong way to go.

The first step is always that you import images. When you are ready with tweaking, at some point you can export the images you want in jpg or tif format. There is no "save as".

Some people don't like the aspect of importing and managing your files with that program instead of managing files with the explorer.