I have used Capture One for about 10 years and am VERY happy with the program, it is simply the best of all :)
I am a keen bird photographer and particularly interested in BIF (Bird In Flight). A problem with this interest is that the images are very often overexposed, especially if the sky is white. In these situations the bird will appear very dark (black) due to the over-lighting. In many cases, I can use layers to recreate the bird
When I import the often many bird images into Capture One manually, I can turn Shadow all the way up and thus see whether the bird is in focus or not, and then select the best ones. This function is missing when I use the much faster culling method. Is it possible to get some simple adjustments into Culling such as brightness, shadow and highligt
Thank you very much
B/R Eli
That is wholly impractical. My screen is calibrated to match with my light booth for print assessment. What you suggest would require me to re-calibrate my monitor after each session (once or more daily)
Would the simple option to turn up screen brightness help in this use case.
After all, culling is designed to be a fast discard function rather than a final decision step.
If the main criteria is to assess potential and that requires knowing if there is detail where one wishes detail to be, simply running a brighter screen for culling (all or part of the activity) might be enough.
In order to protect Highlights I regularly under-expose by 0.7 stop. During import I apply an auto adjustment, which I can adjust later. None of these changes are visible using culling, so I see nothing but unnaturally dark images which makes judging them impossible.
Without at least an exposure adjustment, culling is tempting but almost too bothersome to use.
-bob
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Culling always uses the preview baked into the raw file to make it speedy.
You could create a style that makes these adjustments and apply the style during import. The style could boost shadows. Even those adjustments will not be visible during culling.
368720237397 - it would help the developers if you put your request into the standard template provided in the Improve Capture One Pro section of the forum.
Also, have you tried the new AI subject selection on BIF yet? I'm finding it works well for a quick mask to adjust just the bird.
Ian
As a work-around, I suppose you could just crank up shadows on a whole block of photos before culling just so you can cull with it cranked up, then reset it on the whole block after culling.
Note, it also sounds like you may want a more linear curve applied upon import with less added contrast. That will keep the sky less bright and the bird less dark by default. In processing, you can then add local contrast as needed to a culled shot.