

Select a color range you would like to even out and set a source color, done.

#CAPTURE ONE NIKON SKIN#
Speaking of portraits, Capture One Pro for Nikon offers some advanced tools here as well.įirst of all, you can easily even out the skin tone by using the Color Editor Skin Tone feature. What I love the most is that gradients in Capture One act as regular masks, so you can easily erase unwanted parts.You can even adjust the gradient mask for specific luminosity levels. Here I’ve used a radial gradient to quickly mask everything except the face to add clarity and contrast there. Radial gradient works great for portrait images. Classical linear-gradient fits landscapes excellently, especially when you need to enhance the sky. Gradients are also available in Capture One. You don’t need to be accurate with masking, simply use the Refine mask shortcut to polish your mask quickly. Of course, you can draw masks in Capture One using a standard brush tool as well. So, we’ve got a perfect mask on water, let’s add some contrast and color correction. Now, all I need to do is to invert this mask and refine it. However, I can easily create a mask from everything else, like this. I can’t create a mask from the water here. Drawing a mask on water manually is going to be a painfully long process. There is no way to select this area quickly by color or luminosity. How would you enhance it in your RAW converter? Here we have a nice image with some pretty dull water. Layers in Capture One Pro isn’t just a tool for some local adjustments they are deeply implemented into the workflow. Here you can say: looks awesome, but why do I need to pay for Pro version then?īecause Capture One Pro for Nikon can do way more! Why Switch to Capture One Pro for Nikonįirst and foremost – Layers.
#CAPTURE ONE NIKON FREE#
Here I have a style with advanced color correction and channel curve adjustments.You can’t adjust any hidden settings still, it’s pretty cool that you can have pro adjustments in free software.įinally, Express allows you to export your edited images into JPG, TIFF, and other final formats. However, you can still apply styles that contain pro adjustments. Capture One Express for Nikon actually contains all the pro tools they are just hidden from you. Plus, you can apply styles and presets with saved adjustments.īTW, here is a nice lifehack. Say, you can easily recover shadow and highlights, Also, you can adjust flat images with Levels tool.Įxpress version allows you to perform basic color correction.Black and White tool is also available in Capture One Express. Thirdly, you have access to all the essential editing tools. The Nikon Picture Control color profiles are available in the Express version as well. Secondly, Capture One Express for Nikon offers the same realistic and clear color “rendering” of your RAW files, as Pro version does. You can store and organize your files there, quickly rate images, and filter them.
#CAPTURE ONE NIKON ARCHIVE#
So, what Capture One Express can offer to Nikon camera owners?įirst thing, you can run a solid image archive with Express version. Capture One Express for NikonĬapture One Express for Nikon is a completely free version of Capture One with a basic set of image editing tools. We’ll get back to these tools when we talk about Pro version, now let’s see what features does Express version of Capture One for Nikon has. Using such Pro tools as color channel Levels you can quickly fix color cast or enhance a flat image. Now you can edit it with all the tools: Exposure, Curves, and Color Balance. Moreover, you can copy this mask and invert it to edit only the background area. Just draw a rough mask, select Refine, and you get a perfectly accurate mask. In Capture One, you can easily create complex masks.
