A shortcut to the ultimate image quality

Capture One has a multitude of keyboard shortcuts that can facilitate fast navigation around the software. These normally perform functions that would otherwise have to be done with the mouse or by selecting menu items. Shortcut keys can be a real time saver in day to day use of the software and spending time to learn them or create your own set can be very worthwhile.

Editing keyboard shortcuts

Capture One comes with a default set of keyboard shortcuts, however, you may wish to edit these shortcuts to fit with your own familiarity of shortcut keys. This is easily achieved in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

Within Capture One, go to Capture One>Edit Keyboard Shortcuts and the following menu will appear:

Begin by Duplicating the current set of shortcuts as the Default set cannot be edited.

Choose a name for the new Shortcut set, and now you can begin to edit the available shortcuts.

Just expand a subsection of shortcuts and double click on the shortcut you want to edit.

Then, simply press the desired keyboard shortcut. If the new shortcut is currently in use by another action, a warning is displayed at the bottom of the menu, but the selection of this new shortcut is not prevented.

Press Enter on the keyboardto save the shortcut.

If you want to change back to the default set, simply choose Default from the drop down menu.

Step By Step With Capture One 5

How easy is it to process a raw file? Once you’ve transferred your files to your computer and opened Capture One, it can be as simple as four steps. Of course, once you’ve mastered these four steps, there is a whole world of control available elsewhere in Capture One 5.

Step 1 White Balance

The White Balance tool can be used manually, but I like the automatic eye-dropper tool. I click on a grey cloud and the colour balances is instantly neutralised.

Step 01 - White Balance

Step 2 Exposure

Next I play with the four sliders in the Exposure section – Exposure, Contrast, Brightness and Saturation. It’s amazing the corrections and improvements that can be made with these four controls.

Step 02 - Exposure

Step 3 Crop

Shooting from a boat meant a few angled horizons in Antarctica, and often I wanted a different format as well. The image is cropped and rotated, quickly and easily.

Step 03 - Crop

Step 4 Process

Often this is all you’ll need to do, so click on the Process control and the raw file will be processed and saved in a format and to a destination of your choice. Raw processing couldn’t be easier!

Step 04 - Process

Capture One 5 Pro RAW Converter Workflow Tour

Photographer Peter Eastway gives a step by step tour through the ideal Capture One 5 PRO RAW converter workflow.

See the Video Tutorial

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