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

Status Future consideration
Workspace Feature requests
Categories Capture One Pro
Created by Nicolas Det
Created on Mar 23, 2023

HDR: Queue/Batch the processing

PROBLEM:

The HDR feature for architecture/real-estate jobs. It means, when I come back from the job, my cards contains at least 40 pictures over 120 RAWS (bracketing 0,+,-). Currently, for each pictures I have to:

- wait for the previous HDR merge is done

- select the 3 RAWs

- start the HDR merge

- wait again

It's painful slow and time consumming.

LAST TIME/WHEN:

Today. And a few times a week. Dependings of my currents jobs.

WORKAROUND:

I do not know any

WISH:

I would like to select all my HDR's ready pictures, and click on "detect HDR and Merge".

-> C1 would detect the pictures

-> Merge everything

-> Error should be mentioned in the Event Log

HAPPY TO BE CONTACTED:

Yes.

Last note: the HDR and Panorama features do NOT use my GPU. Leaving a task typtaclly GPU-friendly for the CPU. The same Panorama ist at least 1000% faster using PTGui which take advantage of the GPU.

Tested in a Windows 10 i7 RTX Laptop and on a Windows 11 i7-1260P desktop

  • FirstName LastName
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    Sep 13, 2024

    Definitely need to be able to queue HDR Merge requests. Having to wait for every single action to start another is so painfully slow and pointless. This must be such a simple thing to do.

  • steve bishop
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    Jun 18, 2024

    Please can this get addressed. It seems such an important feature, to have batches for processes, when there is no auto batch function. I don't get why it's not being considered key, when really this type of functionality is something that would have been expected many years ago.

  • Guest
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    Feb 23, 2024

    Thanks Rani.

    Do you think the lightroom results are as good or better that Capture One?

    We know batch processing is the solution which all other HDR software programs use!

    I am on the M1 and about to upgrade, I was hoping that the new M2/M3 chips might help the Capture One HDR situation but guessing not.

     

     

     

  • Guest
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    Feb 23, 2024

    Charlie Coleman,

    Exactly, I prefer CaptureOne but when it takes 60 times longer for batch HDR files compared to Lightroom, so it's not usable at the moment for 30+ files at once.

    Lightroom is a good alternative, you can "auto stack by time" and then mark all the files you want to make into HDR and you can create as many HDR files you want in one go.

    About apple chips, I currently use the M2 Max chip and it has excellent performance in CaptureOne, many times faster than my previous 15inch 2018 macbook pro. But making 30 HDR files at once in Lightroom still takes a couple of minutes, it's not instant.

  • Guest
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    Feb 23, 2024

    Yes, sure thing.

    The biggest I think is discussing solutions to help the professional photographs working within real estate and architecture whilst making some noise so they might take notice of us (comment chat upvote).

  • Guest
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    Feb 23, 2024

    16992381475101 or anyone else in this thread.

    I totally understand how frustrating this problem is and it is by far the biggest bottle neck for estate/architecture photography in Capture One.

    Has anyone discovered methods to accelerate this process? Do the latest Mac chips offer any bumps in speed?

    Additionally, has anyone identified alternative software solutions as effective workarounds? Lightroom, Aurora HDR, etc.?

    The issue I have with other software is I like the Capture One result but we all know the problem with it.

     

     

     

  • Guest
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    Feb 23, 2024

    1901072955773, hi! For real estate/architecture photography that's the main showstopper to migrate from Lightroom to your product, guys. Having both products for different parts of the workflow doesn't make sense.

    Image coming back after the photoshoot with i.e. 300 photos that will result in 60 final pictures after merging (5 pictures to be merged per final frame). I need to wait for 30 seconds until the picture is merged, then select another 5 photos and wait 30 seconds again so I can do the same action. Multiply that by 60 times and count the time wasted :) Even if that would be 5 seconds per photo - it does not make sense to sit and watch while it's being done. 

    Instead, I want to start the first merge and add the remaining merge jobs in the queue so I don't waste time sitting by the computer while merging happens. 

    Hope this will get prioritised one day :)
    Cheers!

  • Guest
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    Feb 19, 2024

    Yes Charlie I feel the same, after every real-estate or architecture I end up using Lightroom, but i want to use CaptureOne. 

  • Guest
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    Feb 16, 2024

    This is by far the worst thing about Capture One!!!

    All architectural photographers must feel the same. 

    Please at a minimal add a que function so we can don't have to wait for the result to move on to the next HDR.

    PLEASE LISTEN TO US

     

     

  • Walter Rowe
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    Nov 11, 2023

    14754028816797 – go to the first post above and click the "^" on the right.

  • Guest
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    Nov 11, 2023

    Where can I vote for the post?

  • Nicolas Det
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    Nov 11, 2023

    Vote up :)

  • Guest
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    Nov 11, 2023

    I think creating the HDR option without adding queue processing. It does not make any sense. I think it is a great demand and this matter is not being paid attention to.

  • Nicolas Det
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    Nov 11, 2023

    @Pascal C: Vote up the thread.

     

    I guess the one thing which will make C1 take care is the votes

  • Guest
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    Nov 11, 2023

    Hello,
    Same here. I waste a lot of time, whereas C1 could automatically group the bracketed photos in batches. Other software does this but does not achieve the same fusion quality.
    C1 is exceptional software, it is true professional and quality software
    Please listen to this request coming from the field. As a professional photographer, I take a lot of photos in real estate, decorator, architect. I have to use HDR fusion to manage exterior and interior brightness. Please improve your software with a little.

  • Nicolas Det
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    Nov 10, 2023

    Vote up and share!

  • Guest
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    Nov 10, 2023

    Same here, I have to merge all the real estate shots manually. HDR batch processing would be a huge time saver 

  • Nicolas Det
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    Oct 27, 2023

    Yeah, I really love (and use  lot!) the HDR function. However, it feels half-baked:

    - no GPU-acceleration

    - no batch

    - no queue.

     

    1904973268653 1901072955773 Please finish the HDR and Panorama function in a free upgrade. 

  • Guest
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    Oct 26, 2023

    This is a feature that really needs to be adressed, i hate to say it, Lightroom is way better in the HDR's also handle ghosting when there is a slight movement of a person or tree in it.

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