Capture One

[Olsen]

How do I get this **** started..? I have installed the program, have picked pictures to process, but the program does not seem to respond to any of my commands.

Further; how can you see the files at 100% Without sagital lines, that is...

 

[huckfinn]

Perhaps you could be a little clearer in the problem? The program won't start up? The program starts up, but buttons don't respond? What "commands" are you giving it that it won't resond to? Also not sure what you're saying about sagittal lines? As for seeing at 100%, just hit F9 which expands the view. And then go to the upper right, an icon menu should drop down, select the magnifying glass and zoom to 400% (that gives you a full resolution view). Or you can also just hit Ctrl+Alt+0 after hitting F9.

 

[Richard Marks]

Hi Olsen
Have you registerd the software with the capture 1 website? It wont do anything until you do!
Best wishes
Richard

 

[Robert]

I have the Capture one LE and can't seem to be able to use it too well.
I was thinking of getting Adobe Lightroom but At £199 and along with £80 to upgrade to Apple Tiger operating system I think I will stick to Jpeg and B&W.

 

[Richard Marks]

I have the Capture one LE and can't seem to be able to use it too well.
I was thinking of getting Adobe Lightroom but At £199 and along with £80 to upgrade to Apple Tiger operating system I think I will stick to Jpeg and B&W.

Robert
Keep trying!
Capture 1 Le is absolutely fine. I find it works best to get the white balance and sharpening sorted in capture 1 and then dispatch as a TIFF onto photoshop and do the final tweaking there. I often fine adjust the levels in PS. One of the strengths of the M8 in my opinion is that it needs relatively little doing to the images.

Even of you give up and stick with JPEGS, surlely please shoot in RAW as well and keep those images safe somewhere or you will regret it later.

Best wishes

Richard

 

[Keith]

I have just received my M8 and discovered to my disappointment that ACDSee Pro won't open the DNG raw files. It's a shame because I like the ultimate simplicity of the software and have been happily using it to process the NEF files from my D70s since I got the camera a couple of years ago. Aparently ACD are a bit behind the game with raw at the moment and have promised to release a version that will open the current files from all the latest cameras ... when they get around to it!

Oh well ... guess I will have to install Capture 1 after all ... I gather it's a reasonable programme. I'm not much of a 'pixel peeper' and have never managed to get my head around the complexities of Photoshop. 😱

 

[DavidH]

Oh well ... guess I will have to install Capture 1 after all ... I gather it's a reasonable programme. I'm not much of a 'pixel peeper' and have never managed to get my head around the complexities of Photoshop. 😱

I have used CaptureOne for a couple of years and love it - very easy and fast to use, has a natural process - everything in the right order - and quick to output. If you can drive acdsee then you'll have no problems.

I don't have an M8 however... 🙂

 

[DaveB]

I love my new M8, but I worry that I will come to loath Capture 1 LE.

It's a bit of a resource hog, more so than other photoprocessing software.

I do like the options it provides for WB though. Compared to other processors I think that's a Capture 1 strength. Shooting in RAW has saved me so many times when I've forgotten to reset the WB after a session of infrared shooting. Plus, the ability to tweak the exposure gives me an opportunity to rescue shots that were under/or over exposed. However, any RAW processor does all that.

On the downside, the interface IMHO is clunky, I haven't figured how to batch process and I can't find the G..D...! instructions on how to use LE neither on my computer or on the PhaseOne website.

Richard: You talk about using the sharpening Fx in Capture 1. I was always told, somewhere, to sharpen as the final step. Thus I usually wait until I've sized the picture, if necessary, maybe play with curves or levels in PS6 and then at the end sharpen for whatever size I've established. I worry that any subsequent processing can only enhance sharpening artifacts. What's your workflow from RAW to web or printer?

Besides, I spent a couple bucks on the Miranda intelligent sharpening plug-in for PS so I guess I have to use it!

 

[Brian Phythian]

Referance Capture 1

I found it usefull to download the manual off the Phase 1 website.Also good tutorials.It is a good programne but not very straight forward at first.Well worth getting to grips with.

 

[JeremyR]

On the downside, the interface IMHO is clunky, I haven't figured how to batch process and I can't find the G..D...! instructions on how to use LE neither on my computer or on the PhaseOne website.

I'm doing this from memory but I think it's correct... if you have at least one thumbnail selected, pressing Insert will add that to the processing queue (which begins processing immediately). Multiple thumbs can be selected with shift/ctrl. (Is that what you were asking?)

Cheers,
Jeremy

 

[Olsen]

After some initial problems it seems that I have managed to get the program running. That Capture One is a resource hog is true. Running it paralell to my Photoshop seems impossible on a Toshiba Satellite with 1G RAM.

Will it help to up grade to 2G?

Sure, Capture One might well be a good program, but it is not streight forward. I like far better Canon's 'Digital Photo Profesional' which lacks any sharpening devices, - which I don't need since I do all the sharpening as a last stage in PS. - This Canon program was described as 'rubbish' by most experienced PC picture manipulation freaks, - but I like it due to that I have several years of experience with it now.

After having my M8 for a month now I have finally seen some RAW files at 100% - took me a few weeks since I am constantly busy at work etc. I really don't have that much time to waste in front of my PC. They look far better than their jpg sisters, and far better than I feared, but even the DNGs have this 'paint' structure, - as if somebody has hit the 'paint' button in PS, compared to the Canon 1Ds II files. They are also quite a bit smaller.

I have reduced camera sharpening to 'low', color saturation; 'standard' and contrast; 'standard' - which I feel is the best M8 tuning,- for now. In hope of reducing this paint effect to a minimum.

Anyone here with other suggestions?

Why arn't these camera settings included in the M8 picture file Exif information?

And; how do you pick up the Exif picture information in Capture One?

The M8 files reveals the excellent Leica optics. The high degree of 'contrast dynamics' or micro contrast or whatever you call it, gives the pictures a almost three dimentional look compared to Canon's - which looks slightly flatter. Here I am comparing Canon's new 16 - 35 mm 2,8L II and Leicas Tri Elmar 16-18-21.

But while the 1Ds II hits right color temperature in 99 of 100, the M8 fails in 4 - 5% of the cases. Still I have found it to be no big deal. In some paralell shots the M8 found a perfect match while the Canon was too cool. If the M8 is off, it is way off.

Further; the M8 takes sharper pictures hand held at 1/15 that the Canon if you don't do a mirror up exposure. - Which is easier said than done. You have to dig deep into 'custom functions' to set the 1Ds II for a mirror up shot. - When you need it, you have forgotten the custom function number.

 

[Keith]

Referance Capture 1

I found it usefull to download the manual off the Phase 1 website.Also good tutorials.It is a good programne but not very straight forward at first.Well worth getting to grips with.

I checked the tutorials on Phase One and they are very good ... I feel much more confident with the software now ... thanks for that info!🙂

 

[mike goldberg]

A good alternative to CaptureOne is Nikon's Capture NX v 1.1. I'm trying it out for 30 days, and it works in tandem with my Irfanview v 4.0. It's great for converting Nikon Nef [RAW] files to Jpeg, and doing some basic editing tasks. And, it shows you a histogram... along the way.
Cheers, mike