Sooner or later, every photographer finds a reason to split up their RAW catalog, change RAW tools, or even use multiple RAW editors for different projects. Even if they continue to use the same RAW tool, projects will start being split between catalogs, by year, or month, or project to combat the tool grinding to […]
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Capture One: Exporting Finished Photos with Recipes
A Capture One Process Recipe provides an easy way to export photos from within the standard editing workflow. There is no dialog box or other step to break your editing. You can process images through one or multiple process recipes at the same time. And thanks to Capture One’s highly configurable interface you can add […]
Workflow: Setting up a Project Based Workflow
I use a project based workflow. Every single photo shoot ends up in its own catalog. I use Capture One’s Inside Catalog as my storage location, so my catalog directories are self contained. With a little forethought, Lightroom users can do the same. Setting up a project based workflow is easy. For a more in […]
Capture One Imports: 3 Powerful Methods
Capture One imports are highly flexible. Like many things in Capture One, it doesn’t require you to adopt any particular directory structure or import method. Instead, you can configure it on an import by import basis to do whatever you like. Or, you can keep life simple and let Capture One Imports handle things. There […]
Workflow: Taming the Beast by Splitting Your Photo Catalogs
In my previous post about high level workflow design and breaking vendor lock-in, I referenced different types of workflows: the monolithic, semi-monolithic and project based workflow. I didn’t go into detail then (that post was already getting long), but now it is time to talk about them in detail. This article is primarily about the […]
Workflow: High Level Design and Breaking Lock-In
Once upon a time, there was Lightroom, and only one catalog. All photos went into this catalog for editing and searching. Then the catalog got bloated and slow. Adobe started to charge a monthly fee to access the photographers own archive. It became impossible to tell what images were finished and which still needed work […]
Workflow: Backup Strategies for Photographers
Backups should be a key part of any photographers workflow. It isn’t a matter of if you will have a storage device fail, but when. However, many photographers, amateur and pro alike, lack the background knowledge to understand what is really needed. In this post I will explore backup strategies for photographers including risk analysis, […]
Capture One: Catalogs vs Sessions
One of the most frequent questions I get asked at my Capture One classes is the difference between Sessions and Catalogs. Lets dive into how they each work: Capture One Catalogs vs Sessions. TL;DR: Capture One Catalogs vs Sessions Sessions are: Old school, the original Capture One system. Directory based: you move files around between […]