Great explanation of editing with Capture One and how to use Styles. While I still have Lr and Ps, I'm using Capture One more and more. Finding the colour tones on my Sony files much better than Lr. Now I'm going to make much more use of Styles after watching this.
Thanks for the time and effort you put in to putting this tutorial together Andrew, much appreciated. Thinking of purchasing Capture One and your video has helped in showing me what is possible with the software regarding landscape shots.
Very nice video showing how you edit. I've never bought any of the C1 styles, but you're the first to show me that they might be quite useful by applying them to layers! About the image, when you were editing it zoomed in, that landscape-crop, I think I might like that image even more actually than the full image. About highlights not doing much of anything, looking at the histogram of the image, that makes sense -- there doesn't seem to be much in the highlights or whites! :-)
Thanks Tim! It's definitely worth experimenting with using them in layers. It's the same principle as when I use them in Lightroom and Photoshop -- I don't want to just apply someone else's 'look' -- instead I want to take inspiration from those styles and use them as a jumping-off point to then put my own editing over the top and create something unique. And a good thought on the landscape crop -- I love when people are able to see something different in an image that I hadn't considered myself. Photography can be such a collaborative process!
@@AndrewLanxonPhotography Indeed, every preset should be treated as a starting-point that gets you in the ballpark of where you want to go with an image! That's how I see it at least. Browsing through a number of presets can be a source of inspiration, and a way of learning what can be achieved with different sliders when one is starting out with the RAW editing. That said, I also found that in some situations you have to "work in bulk". When one shoots at an event, it helps to have a few presets to fall back on for processing large volumes of images and get them in the hands of people!
Nicely done. One suggestion if I may, it would be great to minimize the film strip at the bottom of the screen if possible in Capture One. It would give us a better look at what you're doing. Thanks for the tips you've presented Andrew. 👍
Many thanks again Andrew, I do appreciate your videos on editing, I am learning a great deal. Unfortunately I do not have Capture One perhaps it maybe be worth the investment for the layer aspect of working.....
Thanks Graham! I do like Capture One and the layers system is great. If you have LR and PS though you can use the layers in PS to do much the same. Yes it means using additional programs, but it might be more cost effective if that's the only aspect you want to use.
Marvelous edit and presentation. The image is stunning, your take on how to bring out the underlying details is great. Love it so far. BUT the bit I'm after is this, "Mountains". You paint in the light (dodge) where it exists. Check!. (Can't find a tick emoji, actually can't find any, but Hey ho), Great, That I understand. But whilst (Genuinely) not wishing to be a (insert any expletive appropriate), I just watched you not 5 minutes earlier lighten (dodge) the shadows on the pebbles/rocks, bottom left that were clearly in shadow. This is where my lack of confidence lets me down. With experience, in this case such as yours, You instinctively know where that D/B will go. Not so easy for a Novice when the rules get bent. I do appreciate your recent explanation, and it helps, ( Blimey my Missus went batsh*&t crazy when you gave me a shout out in your recent live show, we have never heard my name online before. Thank you.) I think what I have learned from your edits, Is to trust your instincts and present the best possible image you can. 'tis really difficult to convey in mere words in this medium, but rest assured I feel I will be more confident when D/B is required after watching this. Well done. 1 Happy Customer............ Next. (sorry, How presumptuous of me) Be Well Andrew.
Hey Gary, thanks again for a great comment! So I think what I maybe didn't make clear is that I sort of see my D/B process as being in two stages; First is dodging and burning to actually 'correct' exposure issues. In the case of the rocks in the bottom left, they were simply too dark, and just bringing up the shadows slider would have brought the shadows up EVERYWHERE, so instead I brushed that detail in. That's not so much dodging and burning as it is just applying a local edit (I know, that's the same really).Second step is actually doing it for more 'artistic' purposes, where I'll try and emphasise the highlights, or carve out the shadows more as I explained -- this doesn't 'fix' the image, this is purely down to taste to try and give it that extra 'kick' and it's completely subjective about what works, how much to do etc. Fundamentally, everything in photography is subjective so there really isn't a 'right' or 'wrong' way to do D/B, and sometimes I will do some and then take another look at it and get rid of it as it doesn't look good. Best thing to do is spend some time experimenting on your own shots and seeing what you can do with them. Enjoy!
I was enjoying your vid till you mentioned the 'rule' of thirds. I don't believe in rules and don't want photographers advising learning photographers to employ them. Starts a bad habit.
Great explanation of editing with Capture One and how to use Styles. While I still have Lr and Ps, I'm using Capture One more and more. Finding the colour tones on my Sony files much better than Lr. Now I'm going to make much more use of Styles after watching this.
Lovely video, I love Capture One, so much more flexiblity. Thanks.
Thanks for the time and effort you put in to putting this tutorial together Andrew, much appreciated. Thinking of purchasing Capture One and your video has helped in showing me what is possible with the software regarding landscape shots.
Thank you, that was an excellent tutorial.
Thank you Evelyn!
Very nice video showing how you edit. I've never bought any of the C1 styles, but you're the first to show me that they might be quite useful by applying them to layers!
About the image, when you were editing it zoomed in, that landscape-crop, I think I might like that image even more actually than the full image.
About highlights not doing much of anything, looking at the histogram of the image, that makes sense -- there doesn't seem to be much in the highlights or whites! :-)
Thanks Tim! It's definitely worth experimenting with using them in layers. It's the same principle as when I use them in Lightroom and Photoshop -- I don't want to just apply someone else's 'look' -- instead I want to take inspiration from those styles and use them as a jumping-off point to then put my own editing over the top and create something unique. And a good thought on the landscape crop -- I love when people are able to see something different in an image that I hadn't considered myself. Photography can be such a collaborative process!
@@AndrewLanxonPhotography Indeed, every preset should be treated as a starting-point that gets you in the ballpark of where you want to go with an image! That's how I see it at least.
Browsing through a number of presets can be a source of inspiration, and a way of learning what can be achieved with different sliders when one is starting out with the RAW editing.
That said, I also found that in some situations you have to "work in bulk". When one shoots at an event, it helps to have a few presets to fall back on for processing large volumes of images and get them in the hands of people!
Nicely done. One suggestion if I may, it would be great to minimize the film strip at the bottom of the screen if possible in Capture One. It would give us a better look at what you're doing. Thanks for the tips you've presented Andrew. 👍
Thanks Tom and great suggestion!
Hi Tom, you can remove the film strip totally by hitting Command and B, this removes the strip, hit it again to return it. :)
Many thanks again Andrew, I do appreciate your videos on editing, I am learning a great deal. Unfortunately I do not have Capture One perhaps it maybe be worth the investment for the layer aspect of working.....
Thanks Graham! I do like Capture One and the layers system is great. If you have LR and PS though you can use the layers in PS to do much the same. Yes it means using additional programs, but it might be more cost effective if that's the only aspect you want to use.
Marvelous edit and presentation. The image is stunning, your take on how to bring out the underlying details is great. Love it so far. BUT the bit I'm after is this, "Mountains".
You paint in the light (dodge) where it exists. Check!. (Can't find a tick emoji, actually can't find any, but Hey ho), Great, That I understand. But whilst (Genuinely) not wishing to be a (insert any expletive appropriate), I just watched you not 5 minutes earlier lighten (dodge) the shadows on the pebbles/rocks, bottom left that were clearly in shadow. This is where my lack of confidence lets me down.
With experience, in this case such as yours, You instinctively know where that D/B will go. Not so easy for a Novice when the rules get bent. I do appreciate your recent explanation, and it helps, ( Blimey my Missus went batsh*&t crazy when you gave me a shout out in your recent live show, we have never heard my name online before. Thank you.)
I think what I have learned from your edits, Is to trust your instincts and present the best possible image you can. 'tis really difficult to convey in mere words in this medium, but rest assured I feel I will be more confident when D/B is required after watching this. Well done. 1 Happy Customer............ Next. (sorry, How presumptuous of me) Be Well Andrew.
Hey Gary, thanks again for a great comment! So I think what I maybe didn't make clear is that I sort of see my D/B process as being in two stages; First is dodging and burning to actually 'correct' exposure issues. In the case of the rocks in the bottom left, they were simply too dark, and just bringing up the shadows slider would have brought the shadows up EVERYWHERE, so instead I brushed that detail in. That's not so much dodging and burning as it is just applying a local edit (I know, that's the same really).Second step is actually doing it for more 'artistic' purposes, where I'll try and emphasise the highlights, or carve out the shadows more as I explained -- this doesn't 'fix' the image, this is purely down to taste to try and give it that extra 'kick' and it's completely subjective about what works, how much to do etc. Fundamentally, everything in photography is subjective so there really isn't a 'right' or 'wrong' way to do D/B, and sometimes I will do some and then take another look at it and get rid of it as it doesn't look good. Best thing to do is spend some time experimenting on your own shots and seeing what you can do with them. Enjoy!
Really helpful. Thanks.
Thank you for watching, David!
Thanks from Russia! 👍
Thank you too!
I was enjoying your vid till you mentioned the 'rule' of thirds. I don't believe in rules and don't want photographers advising learning photographers to employ them. Starts a bad habit.