Capture One Pro Tips - Keystone Tool & Perspective Correction

[@matteovannini7283]

What you have done with this video is to convinced me to stay 100% with C1!!! I didn’t realize why C1 doesn’t allow me to crop outside the image, but now I know there is the option! Thank you 3000! I’ll follow you forever

[@peterhubertus]

Perfect lesson! Thank you very much! Good voice, clear and comprehensible. Nothing to improve.

[@rbn1528]

Even though I've used C1 for a while, I always learn something new from your videos.

[@Paulreiffer]

Great to hear Rob - Keep going, we've got a lot more to talk about!

[@wiriadinata]

I never realise the amount 80%...and the 4 dots way of doing it. gosh. awesome, always something new to learn from your sharing. thanks

[@jshetley2]

Gee this was hugely helpful! You really explained the entire tool and how to deal with those sticky situations where things cannot be completely corrected. Thanks so much for these videos!

[@hibhaven]

Thanks for this great explanation. I am thinking of switching from LR to C1, and currently using the trial version. This video helps explain the Keystone tool very well. Great work.

[@emadal-ajmi1013]

Thanks a lot for your thorough and detailed explanation. Such an amazing walkthrough and practical examples. This really cleared things for me with perspective corrections with capture one. Amazing night photography and cityscape 👏🏼👍🏼

[@robdlain9145]

I'm not really into architecture shooting but I could definitely apply this for landscape. Another great one for my KB and well explained.

[@ShaneBaker]

Thanks Paul. Hugely valuable as always. On the amount slider: you're (correctly) always urging us to keep it real. To my eye, in most images, 100 makes it unreal as some convergence is part of our visual world. Please keep the videos coming.

[@Paulreiffer]

Yup, absolutely. When looking down or up at something, that’s what our eye expects to see, so hence my view on “don’t ruin the shot just to get things straight and level”! But, in some circumstances where you’re actively trying to correct for distortion, the default of 80 isn’t going to be enough, so the Amount slider will need to be modified.

[@cmolina31]

Awesome breakdown of a much intimidating tool. Great job Paul.

[@Paulreiffer]

Thanks Carlos - It's not too scary once you get confident with the dots! :-)

[@goldfinch2283]

Another great tutorial. Thx Paul!

[@gwynethenticott8477]

Makes it sound easy! Well. done!

[@henrikobermann8370]

Thanks for a very instructive, far-beyond-the-basics, well-prepared, calm and unhurried tutorial! (I could just do w/out the "smashy" intro/outro jingle, but understand it's done on YT.) When you finetuned the correction on the coastal church and in the Brisbane shot by minimally re-adjusting the keystone tool and guide-lines, i wondered if it wouldn't have been easier to play with the Vertical/Horizontal sliders in the Keystone panel? More generally, i wonder why KZbinrs record their tutorial screen in super high resolution, maybe even in 4k. It leads to very tiny elements in the graphic user interface (like very tiny buttons, panels and overlays). Wouldn't it be nicer to record in HD oder maximally Full HD - to show a much bigger, less faded GUI that's also less destructible by KZbin's compression? Anyway, a very instructive, pleasant video by content and way of presentation!

[@RalfWeyer]

Brilliant explanation, very informative and easy to follow 👍. Thanks a lot

[@whitsunday_photos]

Great tutorial Paul!

[@simonhill7121]

Fantastic tutorial, learnt so much

[@zulfiyaakhmetova9470]

the video is fire of keystone :D thanks so much for this! Just trying to edit pictures of very bulky furniture for music studios and found this video very helpful to sort out the issues that came with shooting in a small space. Zulfiya

[@macmcmillen6282]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@David-gh8my]

Thank you, Paul. I am fairly new to capture one but not making the headway I would like to make, your videos are clear and concise and your teaching is easily absorbed. I guess time and practice is the keystone (pun intended) to learning this photo editing software.

[@looseunit9180]

So useful! Thank you very much!

[@lookforbeauty1964]

Thank you Paul. You should have become a teacher 😊. Your explanations are concise and very clear. It is a pleasure to listen to you !!. It would be great if the "Guides" could be not only vertical and horizontal for when you don't have a reference in both sides (like in the case of the church). It might be used as a "keystone reference line" when nedded.

[@Paulreiffer]

Yeah - I think maybe an option to move the tops or bottoms in simultaneously (so they're linked) with a modifier key might be a good way to do it...

[@hazchem100]

exellent tutorial paul

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias.

[@PrasadPalaniyandi]

Another awesome one....

[@mart_photo]

Thanks for your informative tutorial, Paul. Question; how did you get two vertical lines in the Guides tool? I only see one? (one vertical and one horizontal line). Searched how to adjust it but it is hard to find.

[@Paulreiffer]

Hi Martin - Go to View > Customise Guides > Add Vertical :-) (You can also add horizontal and change their colour, etc too)

[@mart_photo]

@@Paulreiffer Hahaha, it's dead simple 😏 Thanks so much Paul. Enjoy your weekend!

[@peterward8379]

Really useful way to draw out those pesky splodges, especially for macro at small apertures. I guess tho the removal layer might be best using spot removal rather than heal points/strokes if you want to reuse (copy/apply) the dust removal layer to another image as the heal sample points might not be appropriate in the next image - unless you can get them to be resampled that is. Any thoughts?

[@Paulreiffer]

Hi Peter - I'm guessing you're referring to the dust spot finder video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZnPlZV9a81liNU In which case, yes - *if* the images in a series have absolutely identical dust spots, then it might be worth doing - BUT - be very careful. In reality, they very rarely do...!

[@MadGeorgeProductions]

As far as I'm concerned the only thing C1 is missing now to be a true Lightroom replacement is the automatic keystone tool for all cameras.

[@cptbrncls7050]

Thanks, is it possibly to change the fault to 100?

[@Paulreiffer]

Annoyingly, right now - it appears not. I've checked and double-checked, and it's nowhere in Capture One. So a future feature request, I guess!

[@cptbrncls7050]

@@Paulreiffer thanks

[@davemilnes1147]

Has there always been a four-way keystone option? I know in the past I have tried to apply a vertical correction, and then a separate horizontal correction, but C1 wouldn't let me use both at the same time?

[@Paulreiffer]

For as long as I've known it, Dave - yup! (Just long-click on the tool)

[@davemilnes1147]

@@Paulreiffer Well, there ya go....! Fab videos by the way :)

[@seang8462]

Is there a way to change the lines from a thick white line, to what you have in the tutorial here (slimmer, dotted line)?

[@Paulreiffer]

This was actually updated in the most recent versions of CO, as people didn't like the thick lines... :-) I don't think they can win on this one!

[@gbee8888]

Great video. Can’t believe the stupidity of C1 setting default amount to 80. So frustrated until I found that slider. As for “keeping it real” what’s real about 80. Why not 70 or 90. The default should be to fully do what the tool says it is supposed to do.

[@Paulreiffer]

I think one of the challenges is that if you're *really*, really, really, into architecture photography - you should be looking at a tilt/shift lens setup to accommodate for that. Capture One therefore assumes if that's not in your kit bag, some element of distortion is perfectly natural as you look down or up at a subject - and so applies that. But yes - it can be confusing!

[@gbee8888]

@@Paulreiffer I'm more into abstracts taken with moderate telephoto so there are no T/S options for that. C1 could at least make the default amount value setable in preferences. Anyway great video. Don't suppose you could do one one the lens correction panel. It's a bit confusing how the inbuilt manufacturer profiles relate to the silders.

[@FTropper]

The feature request here is that Capture One show automatically a lupe/magnification when you move the circle/point of the keystone tool.

[@Paulreiffer]

Yeah - there are a few requests I've sent in to the team. Hopefully some big positive moves will happen long-term. In the meantime, have you put that request in via the official support channel? support.captureone.com - if not, they can't hear you ;-)

[@ovidijuspocius6336]

I swear I cant see. they are all straight for me :D