

- #FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS HOW TO#
- #FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS PRO#
- #FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS PROFESSIONAL#
#FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS HOW TO#
This article show you how to use the presets, styles and tools of Capture One to make your black-and-white editing not only easier, but prettier.
#FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS PRO#
Capture One Pro 10 has made it simple to do a large majority of your black-and-white editing without the need to edit in another software or plugin. Check out my piece in last month’s Shutter, “ Migrating From Lightroom to Capture One,” to familiarize yourself with Capture One Pro 10 for Lightroom or Camera Raw users. Before my fellow Lightroom and third-party plugin users walk away, hear me out.Ĭapture One Pro 10 is simple to customize and make your own. Capture One Pro 10 offers a wide range of flexibility, convenience and, most importantly, simplicity.

Any good workflow requires efficiency and simple execution. Whether you are shooting for grayscale or converting images due to horrible mixed lighting, you need a good workflow for black-and-white editing.
#FREE CAPTURE ONE STYLES AND PRESETS PROFESSIONAL#
Launch the September 2017 issue of the magazine by logging in or signing up for a free account. Shutter Magazine is the industry’s leading professional photography magazine. Want more information on this article? Get access to video content and additional supporting images. The Preset Convert is available online from Picture Instruments for $47.Using Capture One Pro 10 Presets and Styles for Easy Black-and-White Images with Dustin Lucas

Extreme settings are also more difficult to convert, and so if you have presets that change the images quite dramatically using curves, for example, you may notice a difference in the result. For example, if you have included the Dehaze tool in a preset, it won't magically appear in Capture One. I've tried it myself, and it's compelling. It seems to rely mainly on the Color Editor and Luma Curve Tools of Capture One to recreate the look achieved with presets in Lightroom, and that's an excellent thing! It makes customizing your own Styles in Capture One very easy.Ī few important notes regarding the conversion of your presets, while Picture Instrument Preset Convert works very well, it cannot include settings that don't exist in Capture One. The above video explains in details how it works and what do be careful with when doing the preset conversion. You give it your preset folder or a preset, indicates where you want to export your Style or Styles Pack, and it does the heavy lifting for you. The solution is an app named Preset Converter.

This is far from being the most practical way of doing it, and Picture Instruments decided to offer a solution to people who don't want to lose their precious presets. When coming from Lightroom into the world of Capture One, you lose your presets and have to recreate them one by one by hand. Presets play a significant role in being as productive as possible as it helps to automate the recreation of looks or settings with minimal efforts. Well, thanks to Picture Instruments, it's now possible!Ĭreating a great workflow can require both time and efforts before it becomes genuinely efficient and works for you instead of against you. When switching from Lightroom to Capture One, I hear many users complain about not being able to bring their presets into their new photo editing software of choice.
