How to Sync Settings in Capture One (How to use the Copy and Apply Adjustments Tool)

In a recent blog post I covered the icons on the top of each of Capture One’s tool panels, and part of that was how you can sync settings from an individual adjustment panel. Based on the responses I got, it occurred to me that the way you sync settings in Capture One is a little confusing, especially for Lightroom switchers, and so I decided to make a video to explain it.

There are actually a couple of things that can cause confusion, especially if you’re coming from Lightroom. Here are some examples:

• When you copy adjustments in Lightroom you get a dialog box asking you which adjustments you wish to copy, bu tin Capture One, choosing “Copy Adjustments” just copies the active adjustments.
• To get the dialog box to select which adjustments to copy, you have to use the “Copy and Apply” adjustments function.
• The “Apply” button on this dialog is confusingly named. It really works more like the “Sync” button in Lightroom

All of these are covered in the video, so check it out. If you take away just one thing from this, it’s that the “Apply” button on the Copy and Apply dialog really means “Sync”.

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