book

Capture One Pro 9

by Sascha Erni

December 2015

Beginner to intermediate

296 pages

8h 35m

English

Rocky Nook

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHow the Book Is Structured
1.1 Basic Concepts and Features1.2 Which Version Do I Need?1.3 An Overview of the Rendering Pipeline1.4 Color Management and ICC / ICM Profiles1.5 All about Panels, Tabs, and the Capture One Interface in General1.6 Default Settings for Cameras1.7 Program Preferences1.8 Global Tools
2.1 The Oldest Question in the Book: Mac or PC?2.2 Choosing the Right Hardware2.3 Using Capture One with Multiple Computers or on a Network2.4 Graphics Tablets and Other Input Devices2.5 ICC Profiles: The Importance of Profiling Your Monitor
4.1 Catalog, Session, or Both?4.2 Default Folders and Folder Structures4.3 The EIP File Format4.4 Importing Images and Basic Organization4.5 User Collections and Folders4.6 Filters4.7 Smart Albums4.8 From a Session to a Catalog and Vice Versa4.9 XMP Files and Metadata4.10 On the Safe Side: Backups and Integrity Checks4.11 Importing Catalogs from Lightroom, Media Pro, and Aperture
5.1 Base Characteristics: Rendering Engines, ICC Profiles, and Curves5.2 Histograms: Evaluate and Understand5.3 White Balance5.4 Color Balance5.5 Black & White5.6 The Color Editor

6.1 The Basics: Contrast, Saturation, Brightness, and Exposure6.2 HDR6.3 Understanding Levels and Curves6.4 The Clarity Tool6.5 The Vignetting Tool
7.1 Lens Corrections and Profiles7.2 The Movement Tab7.3 Purple Fringing7.4 LCC Profiles—For More than Just Lens Correction
8.1 Crop, Aspect Ratio, Grids, and Guides8.2 Rotate, Flip, and Straighten8.3 Keystone8.4 Overlay
9.1 The Navigator and the Focus Tool9.2 Input Sharpening9.3 Noise Reduction9.4 Single Pixel9.5 Enhanced Noise Reduction: Details and Film Grain9.6 Eliminating Moirés9.7 Dusty Sensors and Spot Removal
10.1 Adjustment Layers and Masks10.2 Clone and Heal Layers
11.1 Styles and Presets: Basics and Differences11.2 Saving, Copying, and Applying Presets and Styles11.3 Organizing Styles and Presets
12.1 Applying, Copying, and Deleting Metadata12.2 Working with Hierarchical and Nonhierarchical Keywords12.3 Metadata Compatibility and Third-Party Applications
13.1 Creating and Managing Output / Process Recipes13.2 The Process Recipe Tool13.3 Output Location13.4 Output Naming13.5 The Batch Tool Tab: Queue and History
14.1 Getting Started14.2 All About Tethered Sessions14.3 Capture Location, Collections, and Naming14.4 Applying Automatic Adjustments during Capture14.5 Camera Control14.6 Capture Pilot: Not Just for Studio Use
15.1 Image Databases and DAM Systems15.2 Plug-ins, Photoshop, and Other Raw Developers15.3 Using AppleScript
A.1 The Workflow Pipeline

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8The Composition Tool Tab

The Composition tool tab gathers all the tools you need to alter the geometry of your images. As well as simple functions such as cropping and flipping, the tab includes the more complex Keystone and Overlay tools. This chapter introduces ways to use these tools creatively and also discusses their limitations and the potential pitfalls involved.

8.1 Because tools such as Vignetting (see section 6.5) and Levels and Curve (see section 6.3) also affect crops and rotations, it makes sense to perform any adjustments that alter the shape or alignment of an image at an early stage in the workflow.