Improve Capture One
Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.
Request a new feature, or support for a camera/lens that you would like to use in Capture One.
What problem do you see this solving?
With the camera sensors becoming bigger with each new model, it becomes difficult to stay under the 2GB mark of a PSD file and even 4GB of a TIFF when editing in Photoshop. Even more so when editing in 16bit. The only solution is PSB files, but unfortunately, if your workflow is based around Capture One for the export of the delivery files, like mine is, then you have to duplicate the PSB file to a flat TIFF or PSD and then export those from Capture One as the PSB cannot be read.
It's definitely far from optimal, as you end up with duplicate files, it eats up disk space for no reason, and it adds useless steps to the whole process.
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Last week while editing files that had to be edited in 16-bit.
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Current workaround
Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One? Creating duplicates of the PSB, in the form of flat TIFF files, while keeping PSB next to the TIFF for further correction if required by the client. |
I saw C1's succinct reply to Quentin's email. Not even on their radar to be fixed by the sound of it. Sad that C1 seems more interested in issuing new features (some of questionable benefit) rather than fix the real limitations. But I guess new features is better for marketing than fixing issues, even though this is a real problem for those of us who regularly have large PS files.
Is there any update on this? It's been a request since the release of the first Phase One IQ3 100, and with the direction Capture One is currently taking – improving professionals' workflow – this should definitely be reconsidered as many of us shoot with 50-150mpx cameras. As soon as we work with 16 bits files, PSD and TIF are insufficient, and PSB is the way to go as long as Adobe doesn't consider improving its native BigTIFF support. Not only would PSB support make commercial photographers' lives better, but I'm sure cultural heritage photographers would be more than happy, too! Please consider PSB support for the next round of updates 🙏🏻
My PSD become a PSB file very quickly. It´s essential for me that C1 could handle them.
I also agree that this would be helpful. I too use the flatted tif file as well.
Please make this a priority to support that file format.
I shoot with a Phase One 150mP. There are almost no files that I bring into Photoshop that can be saved as a PSD. All require PSB. Instead of merely regarding this feature as "not currently planned," if I were Capture One, I would at least estimate the amount of effort required to add this feature. For me, the current situation creates an incentive to just do initial RAW processing in C1, then keep my work in Photoshop from there on out. This is why I haven't upgraded to Capture One 23 yet, even though it's been out for more than half a year. Once my files are in Photoshop, if I can't bring it back into C1, then over time I will make Photoshop my primary editor, perhaps not even needing C1.
Honestly, I was shocked today when learning that C1 does not support the PSB file format. C1 is supposed to be THE tool for professionals, right? So, that is your target customer, right?
I edited today some images and upscaled them with Topaz Photo AI and the resulting files can no longer use the regular PSD format.
Please give it priority to support that file format.
CO not supporting psb files is a big problem. Working with an A7RIII and a Cambo Mini making a lot of stitched images I always end up with files that I have to save as psb files. It would even help me if CO would give me a message that there were psb files in the folder.
My solution so far is to give the flattened tiff file a -psb suffix, so that I know that if I want to make changes to the master file I have to search for a psb file in the explorer.
To be honest. There are so many high resolution cameras in use (Phase, Fuji, Sony, Nikon, Canon, ...) that in my eyes it is absurd that CO does not support high gigapixel file format. I really love working with CO but the psb issue is frustrating nearly every day!
About time this is supported.
Leaving these minor details aside, the fact that a .psb support is needed due the increase size of raw files should be a priority.
They have the same ultimate Owner (as far as I know).
That is not the same as being the same company, in legal terms.
Nor does it mean that any development required to allow Phase camera users to maximise the features of their cameras are automatically added to Capture One without Phase One requesting it and, perhaps, funding it for the dedicated Phase One version of Capture One that is free for Phase One camera owners. That version is not available for download from the Capture One site. The right to obtain it, as I understand things, has to be assessed is managed through Phase One.
They are the "same company", Capture One, it the official software of Phase One
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"I really don't understand how do they expect their clients who buy a Phase One, not being able to edit without any problems."
I think you may need to ask Phase One about that. I would think it is a Phase One call, not a Capture One call, these days.
I really don't understand how do they expect their clients who buy a Phase One, not being able to edit without any problems.
Has Chris said, at least support bigTIFF, you ara announcing a new Capture One, I'l see what's new, but not even thing if I'll upgrade to it, add PSB, and I'm IN.
It's ridiculous when is the file size that limits your work, your final results, your backups, your organisation.
I second the request to put PSB support on the roadmap asap.
However, in order to maintain as much independence from Adobe decisions as possible: Add Support for bigTIFF to the roadmap as well, please: When stitching hi-res panoramas with the current gen of camera sensors, both file size (4gb) and pixel dim (65kpx long edge) are easily surpassed. BigTIFF solves that problem once and for all - PTgui for instance has already adopted the format, plus it's open source.
I would also love to have psb support. A significant percentage of my workflow involves these files.
I need PSB Support as well for Capture One! With 102 Megapixel from the GFX in 16bit files becoming huge! PSB is a must for me!
Please add PSB support for Capture one!!!
I really hope you're gonna start working on it asap.
Frankly, it's a bit ridiculous how this STILL hasn't been implemented in the industry standard software.
It's actually good to hear some update from you, Mathieu. Capture One is my only Raw software and I really wish these minor (but important) details will be addressed soon enough.
Hi everyone,
I see this is getting some traction, so I wanted to clarify: "not currently planned" means it is not a feature we are currently working on. It does not mean that we are not considering it and that we will never address it.
We're doing our best to improve transparency on what we're doing and more importantly on what we are not doing. We are a relatively small team and have to make difficult decisions for our roadmaps, we cannot work on everything at the same time.
As a professional retouching studio we always have to deliver several different formats and sizes to clients, agencies etc. which we used to export with CaptureOne in a single export setting. With bigger images sizes and therefore file sizes we have to save lots of retouching files in PSB format. Exporting/saving these manually in different file formats, sizes and resolutions is a pain in the ass and PSB will become the working standard for more and more photographers in the next years. So I can't understand at all why this is not even considered to be implemented in 2023?