In a lot of video production monitors there is an exposure tool called False Colours. It's similar to the Exposure Warning function in C1 but it's not just limited to one colour for the highlights and one colour for the darks, there's multiple colours for degrees of under and over exposure. It would be nice to have two or three colours at each end in C1, which could be set by the user in the Preferences like Exposure Warning is now.
Personally I set my high warning to 244 to I know as soon as it's getting near blown out. But it would be nice to be able to set a different colour for, say, 250 and then 255 - like a yellow, orange, red system. Same for the darks, maybe a blue, purple, pink or similar.
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Pretty much all the time but specifically right now as I'm capturing and editing 4,000 x 35mm slides for a customer and I need to be wary of where it's close to blowing out and actually blowing out.
Current workaround
Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
As above, I'm set to 244 for the upper warning and then I need to hover the curser over the areas to see if anything is blown out.
Yes! Take a look at ARRIs false color...