In this tutorial I’ll be showing you just how far you can get retouching a portrait in Phase One Capture One Pro 8. We’ll cover the retouch from start to finish without ever going into Adobe Photoshop.
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This tutorial was somewhat helpful, but didn't explain which specific adjustments to be made in each layer. The vagueness made it hard to follow. The photo looks amazing, I just wish I had more specific, clear-cut instructions on how to mimic it.
Michael, I’ve noticed that with Capture One Dodge & Burn layers are based on exposure adjustments whilst in your Photoshop course and actions you use curves instead. Please let me know if what is the reason for that. Thanks.
before was much better than after to my eyes.
I must be the only one who loves the after photo, very artistic…the before photo was WAY too orange. She looked like a carrot.
What lens and aperture did you shoot that image with?! It's gorgeous!
Michael it looks like you were shooting with the D800? Would you mind sharing what glass you were using … the focus falloff is fantastic. Thanks for the tutorial and your willingness to share you knowledge. Best!
To be honest nothing happened. It's just like adjusting the Tint and Color Temperature. The freckles are more prominent in the finished one..
Great work, May you do one in Photoshop?
Am I the only one who thinks Capture One's implementation of brush tools is awful? I wish it was as fast as Aperture 🙁 There is NO reason for layers.. tons of extra steps taken here. #DEALBREAKER
I prefer much more LR. C1 has better standard colors and thats all for me. Theoretically you have more options in local adjustments, but its easier in LR.
What the hell happened? The image before looked better LOL
Will you ever make capture one presets?
Anyone can help me out here? I can't get the black and white luminosity adjustment to work. When I disable B&W all my RGB adjustments go back to default. How could I retain the adjustments like in 15:00?
well, with all due respect, i think that the final photo lacks all kind of warmth in the face of this young lady. she has absolutely no "glow". in fact, she looks horribly pale, darkened and ill. you turned her into a corpse, lol
i noticed you brought up using a wacom tablet. ive been looking at a tablet monitor for editing. do you have any experience with any of those?
I can appreciate the technical skills, and thanks for taking the time to create these videos. However after seeing many of your videos, the skintones always make the faces just a bit lifeless. As if you're attempting to reach this 'perfection' that, in the end, doesn't do these models justice. Natural light, and it's affect on the shadows / highlights / skintone has it's own appealing nuance. The problem is that many seem to feel that's it's not quite perfect, so take so much time to create something that, in the end, robs the image of it's character.
Exceptionally great tutorials, amazing talent!
love your videos. thank you
Before was really much better. Color balance of face became like a brick with more less contrast
Love your tutorials Michael, Craig Beckta
excellent
before much better
i wish capture one would use "flow" instead or as well as opacity.
The before picture looks better
Nice video. But can someone give the poor girl a glass of water…she looks well dehydrated.
this is very informative, though i must say the final image looks like she is made out of plastic !! why warp the natural light.
That's what I really like how a pro retouch their works. First they make sure they do it right on the shooting part with the lighting, etc. Then they bring out that dramatic look later on with all those subtle yet impactful adjustment. This, really inspires me a lot, every time…
Can I ask, does this work better then lightroom cc? If I am using a DSLR? I have been thinking of switching over. .
this is great, she has perfect skin tho, what do you do when you actually have to heal problem areas/skin smoothing… haven't figured out how to smooth skin other than clarity reduction.
the picture is beautifull even without retouch
Michael, I love your work! I'm quite a begginer in this, but I like very much this type of work and I love spending a lot of time on it. I have two questions, though, if you would be so kind to answer me; the first one is: your models simply glow, in a very contrasty and stylish way; I wonder, do they use some kind of oil, or cream, or make-up on their skin for the shooting? I'd love to get that effect one day. And the second question is: How do you get photos so sharp, and still use very small f numbers? I'd love to hear from you! Have a nice day, Michael!
Does Capture One have lens profiles to fix vignetting or other optical issues for particular lenses?
Bardzo subtelnie, w polskiej grafice wszystkie parametry są x10, a ludzie wyglądają jak poparzone d&b plastikowe manekiny.
thanks Michael, useful a lot
Such a beautiful Portrait Michael!
Me encantó este tutorial. Michael muchas gracias por tan maravilloso trabajo 🙂
Thanks +Michael Woloszynowicz! This is a great intro to 8, and covers much of my retouch workflow.
Excellent video; especially loved the "trick" of switching to B&W for dodging and burning. Thanks Michael!
I've got to ask. I love the processing features, and over all development features of capture One Pro 8 (that color editor is amazing), especially considering the files are kept smaller with better quality before heading in to PS; compared to from LR. I've come from years of LR use, so I'm having a bit of an issue. I can't seem to wrap my head around the DAM features in C1pro8. I've looked through phase ones videos, and they've been of some help. But I'd love to see your take on it for a video. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that is having this issue. Love the long form nature, and high quality of this video. Thanks for this one too!
Thanks for this excellent intro to retouching in Capture One, I've just downloaded it and am trying to figure out how to use my Wacom tablet with this program. I see right around the 7:50 mark, you were able to quickly zoom in and pan around while keeping the masking tool selected. I can't seem to figure out how to get my Wacom to perform that function. I'm used to holding down the ALT in Photoshop to pan, but it doesn't seem to be the same in Capture One.
That's pretty cool, but from what I can see, there is some lag when using adjustment brushes (when you are working on her eyes). And also, comparing to Photoshop, isn't there less control overall on what you can do with the layers in CO? I mean in Ps you can 1. adjust the brush you're using 2. adjust the layer's opacity and fill of a layer 3. change blending mode 4. Mask in or out and much, much more… It's interesting to see there are things one can do in CO and it's an interesting challenge, but I think I'd still rather run the image through Ps for any retouching more detailed than global adjustments of a RAW file… And definitely loving CO for working with RAW files, in my case Lr doesn't get much use any more.