Paul, as I mentioned to you on the live demo of 20.1 on May 18th 2020, you have given the best explanation of not only "how" to use Capture one, but "why". This explanation of the difference between Exposure & Brightness has not been done elsewhere, including Capture One's proprietary demos. Thank you for being so detailed.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Thanks J.D. - Glad they're helping, and don't worry - there's lots more to come!
@JDFloyd4 жыл бұрын
@@Paulreiffer - Cool!
@dennisvanmierlo4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Not only the “how” but more importantly the “why”!
@ovidijuspocius63363 жыл бұрын
My post-work getting better with every video I watch, I bought some tutorials like Lynda or Udemy, but yours are different levels. thank you, sir.
@andyplatt67294 жыл бұрын
Only just descovered your channel and am finally starting to understand Capture one a little better and I now realise how powerful this program really is. Thank you Paul for your brilliant way of explaining things.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help Andy!
@stevemallett69524 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Somebody finally clearly explained brightness and when/how to use it.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Cool! - They're actually both very important, and easy once explained (I guess, as with all things in life!)
@MichaelSeneschal4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Every now and then I come across a simply amazing KZbin Channel, this is definitely one of them. You’re a fantastic teacher and explain things in such an organized and professional way.
@fauland_photography4 жыл бұрын
I guarantee you a trillion Photographers using C1 for years say "What the f..." now :-) Pushing Exposure left and right seems the "natural thing to do" .... Brightness is your secret weapon ;-) BIG THANKS for putting those super-useful tutorials together.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Ha ha! There’s a reason every tool exists 😉👍
@keithpinn1523 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul: I am just in the process of moving from LR to Capture One and this video has been very timely and beneficial in my understanding of the Brightness & Exposure Tools. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this information. Regards, Keith
@robrosiebeenhakker20304 жыл бұрын
Your videos on C1 are just the best. Keep them coming, please.
@pdvelasco3 жыл бұрын
Paul, your tutorials are exceptionally interesting, educational and empowering. Please keep creating them! Thank you.
@drshisslerphotoart39294 жыл бұрын
A very helpful video as are all of your excellent videos. Thank you Paul.
@danbrowning24184 жыл бұрын
That was the best instruction on the use of the histogram and its components (brightness, shadows, exposure) that I have ever seen. Thank you.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Aww - thanks Dan - Glad it was helpful!
@jerrypollatos79352 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation of exposure and brightness in Capture One, thank you!
@steveatesh3 жыл бұрын
Superb explanation Paul, I have always used shadow slider as my go to for brightening, I'm weaning myself off that in response to your great teaching. Cheers .
@OrlandoCeleiro4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Paul. Best explanation ever seen on this topic. Suscribed.
@_Name_4 жыл бұрын
Have to mention, that the video very easy to understand and can can be interesting even not for beginners. The examples are quite representative and the hole explanation is simple and logical, on my opinion. And one of the reasons is clear and easy to understand English pronunciation. So, keep going, Paul! Subscribed.
@meyou584 жыл бұрын
Superb explanations from the best C1 Pro instructor! Great in-depth tutorial!
@darcybrown73692 жыл бұрын
just about to buy C1 and these great tutorials are a big factor in deciding to and in what I hope to be able to do
@Paulreiffer2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Darcy - enjoy!
@richard2811504 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video on editing; I've now gone back to some of my images and using your information greatly improved them. The tutorial was put together so well and was easy to understand. You're the first person I've come across to explain the reason those numbers were above the image and how they're used. More please... :)
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Great to hear Richard - and don't worry, more on the way ;-)
@AndyTychon2 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation Paul, thank you.
@geoffreybassett67414 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great deep dive into these two settings. I've avoided brightness in the past, great to know when to use it appropriately.
@dennisvanmierlo4 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, I am learning new things every time I watch your videos. You explain everything so well and complete. It gives a good understanding in knowing how to work with Capture One. Much appreciated and lot’s of greetings, Dennis 🇳🇱
@DaveStern24 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, once again! Thanks so much for all of these tutorials!
@Yalelax4 жыл бұрын
I agree with Dan and others Paul...nicely done, perfectly explained...keep these videos coming.
@Russet_Mantle3 жыл бұрын
Dude, I really love your intro music. It's so DOPE!
@ThatGuyInVegas4 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation!
@brenshaw4 жыл бұрын
Amazingly helpful video. Like a couple others on here I have avoided brightness but this helps to show when to use it and what its actually doing.
@thomaswhitmore50954 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Paul. Great content. I have been re-processing some old files (lock down!). These are 11 year-old raws made with a first gen Olympus 4/3. The specific files were taken in bright sun in central Utah, so there was lots of blown out red rock. To maintain the overall brightness feel, I looked at the little numbers as you taught us and saw that only the red channel was off the scale. So I went into the color tab selected that spot (highlighted by the exposure warnings), and very slightly reduced the brightness or saturation of only that color. Works great even in old files with not the best dynamic range to bring back a bit of texture in those spots.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Nice use of the pointer read-out Thomas! Hopefully they’ll all come out better than they would have done 11 years ago! 👍😎
@lookforbeauty19644 жыл бұрын
Very useful. Thank you so much, Paul.
@dianecotton95314 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is such a great video! Absolutely love this. It's like a revelation! Thanks so much Paul. Duly liked and subscribed.The best explanation I've seen on exposure anywhere. I was always wondering why my highlight warnings would come on when things weren't blown out even though I had it set at 255. Great explanation of brightness. I never used this much either because I wasn't sure what it did.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Diane, more to come - and maybe catch you at our live sessions!
@jimmitchell82444 жыл бұрын
Extremely fine lesson. Going for all of them!
@fraserhalscheid77774 жыл бұрын
Great video. Well explained. I never understood this and explanation with hist makes it very clear
@MichaelLobischDelija4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot - very systematic, clear and concise, hence very helpful!
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful Michael!
@pianoman19734 жыл бұрын
great explanations ! really top quality - kudos !
@gratefulhealth4 жыл бұрын
wonderful job of teaching.
@davidl54694 жыл бұрын
Really great tutorial. Thanks a lot.
@moritzathaher4 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation
@AmorLucisPhotography4 жыл бұрын
And now, I understand! Thank you! Do you have any use for the exposure evaluation tool in assessing the room you have to balance exposure vs. brightness adjustments? In other words, to assess, the dynamic range we have in the image to play with?
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
So the way I personally look at it, it's a good "quick check" for the overall exposure - but it's a very basic indicator, and with time, you'll be able to see just as quickly by taking a glance at the histogram. Remember, the exposure evaluation tool will always show the input metering, and is unaffected by adjustments. Same with the histogram shown in Levels and Curves palettes - so they can all be used as a guide to how much latitude there is in the image, and disclose more detail than the evaluation alone. (Example: 90% of image sits in the shadows, 10% at 254. The evaluation tool will show underexposed, but you don't actually have any room to push to the right, due to that 10% already sat in the top end.)
@wiriadinata4 жыл бұрын
awesome explanation !
@arminloacker91734 жыл бұрын
Thank you Paul, once more a great video over C1. My english is bad so i can't always follow your explanations. i have two questions. When would you change the slider for the target values in the preferences? Why is exposure warning not activated by default in C1?
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Hi Armin, If it helps (sometimes the written form is easier?) - there should be the option for subtitles on the bottom of the stream? They're not 100% accurate, but can help when I use some words too fast.. (sorry!) On sliders, I'm not quite sure what you mean, but yes - the values that can be changed are held in Preferences. (Not all tools have variables that can be set). For exposure warning - mostly because it's a representation of if the *output* is over-exposed, and only one or more of the channels. So, for example, if I shoot a blue illuminated sign at night (correctly) - it'd potentially be maybe R30, G40, B255. Is it "over exposed"? Nope - and especially not if my camera raw data actually allows me to drag that down to 253/254 etc. But the warning would cover that area. So for me, it's a guide - but not essential - and if people rely on it too much, they might make some bad decisions. It's always there as an option to enable, but just like the focus mask - it's an assistant/guide, not really a tool? Of course, that's just my opinion - others may disagree! ;-)
@arminloacker91734 жыл бұрын
@@Paulreiffer Hi Paul, thank you for your ultrafast answere! I use the default settings for the exposure and can handle them. I would only have been interested in why C1 did not tick the depth warning by default. The second possibility to activate the target tone values for RGB channel and separately red, green-blue channel or not is not clear to me either. But if even C1 and you don't activate that by default, I can live with it. Thank you again for your effort and continue to have great videos.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
So on the separate RGB for Levels - there's a reason. In many photos, the separation can be a good thing (where the RGB levels are *broadly* similar...) But for others, it can result in huge colour-shifts, if you Auto-Levels based on independent R G and B values. So the default of RGB combined is "safer" - to not shift any one channel more than the others. (But, as you know, you can switch to the individual channels if you're happy with that too)
@Paul_anderson_creative4 жыл бұрын
Superb, again. It would be great if C1 let you select a pair of images for comparison and then assigns the 'before/after' as an image 1/image 2 comparator in that use case... Thanks.
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Yeah - it's not there yet, but I can see the list of people asking for that feature growing...! :-) Of course - you can still compare variants - check out the Before/After video in Pro Tips, as it also shows how to do that.
@my2004rt4 жыл бұрын
Great explanation.
@RichRahalla4 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed and learned. I subscribed
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Rich! :-)
@JDFloyd4 жыл бұрын
A bit of humor... Some of your explanation reminded me of "...crank it up to 11!".
@VictorLipp2 жыл бұрын
Paul thanks for your good instructions, this is entirely off the last tutorial; is there anyone in your organization who can give me step by step instruction on adding text to an imagec
@Paulreiffer2 жыл бұрын
Other then for editing notes in annotations, or watermarks on export - there's not really a way to add text in a raw editing system...
@josediazh38904 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias.
@gbee88884 жыл бұрын
I don't see the logic of C1 showing an exposure warning for a single 255/0 (or user preference) color value. Surely there should be an option in Preferences for the warning to apply to only all three channels being 255/0?
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Well, technically, the second any of the channels hits 255 you're losing *some* data - regardless of whether it's affected all of them - so it does make sense.
@DB-wx1zs2 жыл бұрын
Hello, I’m having an urgent problem with capture One. Everytime I import a raw file into Capture one the exposure of the image looks 1-2 stops brighter than it actual is. I know it must be capture ones problem because I imported the same photos into Lightroom and Photolab and I don’t see the same problem in those softwares as I do in Capture one. Is there some setting that is on that automatically brightens the photo upon import into capture one? Please help!
@CaptainJack634 жыл бұрын
Where can I find that brightness-chart.tif file so I can follow along in the lesson? :)
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Hi Captain Jack, I hadn't intended to include it, but no harm in doing so - if you check the description of the video now, you'll see a WeTransfer link to the file :-)
@CaptainJack634 жыл бұрын
@@Paulreiffer Thank you very much! I tried googling for it but failed. 😄
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Ah, yeah - it's one I pulled together quickly in Photoshop :-)
@Spinlayer4 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me please with wich camera did you took this photo? Edit: I saw the IIQ!!!
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
Yup, depending on what image you’re talking about, either an iQ3/100 Trichromatic or the iQ4/150MP 👍
@almostgreen94984 жыл бұрын
Curious why you have both the histogram and the levels tool on your screen. Can’t you see what you need to by looking at the histogram in the levels tool?
@Paulreiffer4 жыл бұрын
The "Levels" histogram shows you your input values (from raw - it doesn't react to any changes you make). The upper "Histogram" tab is showing your *output* values (so, the result of all your changes). You need to compare both to do it right, and make sure the output is correctly exposed :-)
@almostgreen94984 жыл бұрын
Paul Reiffer - Photographer Got it. What a gift these videos are!!! Best out there.