A Preset is also a pre-made adjustment, but only for a single tool. It is important to differentiate Styles from Presets, which also exist in Capture One. A Style can include as many tools as you like, thus enabling photographers to create an extensive bank of ready-to-use adjustments for any workflow. Technically speaking, a Style in Capture One is simply a set of pre-made adjustments that can be applied to one or more images with a single mouse click. If you don’t already have Capture One, you can download a free 30-day trial.īefore we move on to the technical tips and tricks, let me just quote a previous blog post about Working with Styles: This blog post will describe some best practices to make your Styles more useful and broadly applicable for optimal results. Whether you use Styles and Presets as a large part of your editing process, or simply browse through them occasionally for inspiration, they can be hugely beneficial to any workflow. To learn more about our latest version, click here. As you move through the variations, the photos gain more contrast, making the photos feel a bit brighter with more punch.NOTE: This article discusses an outdated version of Capture One. Stockholm is a nice, bright preset made for bringing out the beauty of natural light. Orange is slightly more saturated, which creates a nice subtle warm glow with skin tones. Stockholm tends to create a sky and surrounding greenery that doesn’t distract from the subject. Unlike Helsinki, most colors have increased saturation except for blue and green. The Stockholm style is both warm and bright. Stockholm Stockholm I Stockholm II Stockholm III The Helsinki variations feel progressively brighter due to more contrast in each variation. Blues are also added back in just a bit, while the yellows and greens are further desaturated. Oranges and reds, in turn, add some saturation back in individually, heavier on the orange. This collection shifts the photograph’s curves towards the right, while the Editorial collection shifts towards the shadows. Inspired by soft Nordic natural light, the Helsinki style pack is light and bright. Nordic Lifestyle Helsinki Helsinki I Helsinki II Helsinki III Shadows deepen, and mid-tones widen with each progression through Oslo II and Oslo III. Oslo I has a smaller but noticeable bump in the shadows. The style also brings out the blacks and shadows. The result is an almost cinematic coloring. This style adds a little orange to the mid-tones but draws out the blues in the shadows. Copenhagen II and III each increase the contrast further, using curves. As a result, blue clouds turned dark and stormy, which created a nice contrast with the golden landscape. Copenhagen I (my favorite) lowers the whites and exaggerates the shadows just a touch. Color remains the same between them, but the contrast increases with each. Like the other styles in this collection, Copenhagen has three different variations. It made the subject look tan and brought out the gold in a field of dead grass. Applied to a portrait, Copenhagen gave the image a dramatic, golden glow. The preset exaggerates oranges in the mid-tones, with a little red in the shadows. This style gives the subject a golden glow and creates dramatic skies. Nordic Editorial Copenhagen Copenhagen I Copenhagen II Copenhagen III The style packs can be applied to the entire image or with a brush. Like with any preset, the look you get depends on the light that exists in the photo. I preferred the Lifestyle pack for outdoor photos, while I would use the Editorial on both indoor and outdoor. The Lifestyle pack favors soft light and natural beauty. The editorial pack is crafted after, of course, editorial images in magazines. Capture One says the presets are inspired by Nordic style.
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