Improve Capture One

Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.

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Status Awaiting review
Workspace Feature requests
Categories Capture One Pro
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 5, 2023

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Add an Actions tool.

What problem do you see this solving?

I find that when I process a number of files I find myself using the same same tools. For example in 16.3.0 the new Subject/Background tool is a great addition. The flaw is that if I need to add or subtract something from the Subject mask, I need to do it again when I choose Background, since the S/B algorithm doesn't see the corrections. Since this has nothing to do with the math of RAW conversion and since "macros" have been around since DOS Word Perfect, I don't see how this would be a problem. The above is just an example and will probably be unneeded once you make the Background accept the Subject corrections, but there are many more situations where I enter the same keystrokes over and over again. I do know that I have hundreds of ready made Actions in Photoshop, and they have been a godsend to efficiency.

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?

Yesterday.

Current workaround

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?

My work-around is to use custom keyboard shortcuts. First I will use Duplicate Selected layer (a wonderful addition to C1 and my CKS is Shift D), then Invert that new layer (Shift I), Refine the Mask (Shift R) and then Accept. I can do that pretty quickly and then I have a mask that is exactly the inverse of the Subject. What I'd like to have is a feature that would record those keystrokes so I could just record those keystrokes once, and then I could activate them with one keystroke.

Since this has nothing to do with the math of RAW conversion and since "macros" have been around since DOS Word Perfect, I don't see how this would be a problem. The above is just an example and will probably be unneeded once you make the Background accept the Subject corrections, but there are many more situations where I enter the same keystrokes over and over again. I do know that I have hundreds of ready made Actions in Photoshop, and they have been a godsend to efficiency.
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