All tagged Sharpening

My Go-To Sharpening and Noise Reduction Starting Point Settings in Capture One for any Camera’s Raw Files

My Go-To Sharpening and Noise Reduction Starting Point Settings in Capture One for any Camera’s Raw Files

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

One of the things some people often like about Capture One when they first try it is that they find it gives them sharper images or more detail than other software. However, I also often see complaints that details can look pixelated and over-processed. Depending on your camera and the type of images you take, you may notice this too, especially with older images. In my opinion, Capture One’s defaults are set too high. Whenever I get a new camera, it often takes me a little time to get the settings just right, but in the following post, I’ll share the parameters I often use when in a hurry, or where I start with when dealing in a new camera.

Use Layers to Separate Sharpening Workflows in Capture One

Use Layers to Separate Sharpening Workflows in Capture One

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Post Processing

When you are working with RAW files in any software, an important part of the conversion process is sharpening. Sharpening must be done to compensate for the inherent softness that is a part of the raw conversion process. I’ve discussed this before, but there are times when you need to do additional sharpening on top of the RAW level sharpening. While some software separates the RAW sharpening pass, most just have the one set of overall sharpening controls. In Capture One, you can use layers to split your workflow when you need to do more creative sharpening.

A Simplified Approach to Sharpening in Fuji Files in Capture One

A Simplified Approach to Sharpening in Fuji Files in Capture One

Thomas Fitzgerald
Fuji X-Series, Capture One, Video

I’ve written a lot about sharpening Fuji files in various pieces of software, and in fact, I have a whole guide for Capture One with details and corresponding presets. However, for some, this may be still a little too complicated, so I wanted to give you just the absolute basics. This is particularly suitable for those who may be using Capture One Express but the advice works for both express and pro versions. I fact, this advice will really work with any file.