The basic idea behind the set is that you explicitly use the presets for adjusting your images, instead of using the sliders. You can use all different presets individually as well as combine them through stacking. The Capture One Exposure presets fromВ Image Alchemist offer a set of 75 presets that cover all the sliders of the tool. They can give you a taste of what is possible. Exposure PresetsД¬apture One comes with a few built-in presets: different B&W contrast presets, high saturation presets, and two exposure presets.

Capture One adds or subtracts all the values set in the respective layers to determine the end result. Adjustments LayersДЄll sliders of the Capture One Exposure tool can be used in adjustments layers. You can change the color for the warning here too if it does not contrast with the colors in your image. The threshold for the warning can be set from the Preferences, Exposure tab, where you can also enable Shadow Warning. In Capture One you can configure the Exposure Warning in the Preferences. It is a toggle, so selecting it again switches it off. You can enable the Exposure Warning in the Viewer through the View menu > Show Exposure Warning, a shortcut or the toolbar. Previous versions can show different behavior. Note that this auto-adjust description applies to Capture One 9. The other way of Auto Adjust is accessible from the Exposure toolвЂ™s title bar, on which you see a capital A at the right. This command controls different tools (configurable) but as far as the Exposure tool is concerned it adjusts the Exposure, Contrast, and Brightness sliders. One is from the Adjustments menu > Auto Adjust. There are two types of Auto Adjust in Capture One 9. Auto-AdjustДЄnother feature of the Exposure tool in Capture One is Auto Adjust. The image above shows a moderate SaturationВ adjustment both negative and positive.В Like with the Contrast slider, the overall brightness of the image remains unaffected but the contrast, and in particular those of colors, are. Note that sinceВ Capture One 9 the Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation sliders have much improved for better image quality, in particular with extreme adjustments with these sliders. However, according to the online help, there is a roll-off in the highlights to prevent clipping for strong positive adjustments of underexposed images. All brightness levels seem equally affected. Technically spoken the slider moves the entire histogram to the left (negative adjustment) or right. When you treat an image that was overexposed by 1 stop with an adjustment of -1 in Capture One, you will get a result that is very similar to a properly exposed image. What theВ sliderВ actually does is mimicking the camera changing the exposure. In general, you use the Exposure slider to compensate for over or underexposure. In the sections below I discuss what the sliders actually do with examples to help you understand it more thoroughly and make better adjustments and better images of course! In addition, you find some controls through the icons in the title bar of the tool, top right, like with most tools, including an Auto Adjust, discussed below. The Exposure tool offers four controls in the form of sliders, named Exposure, Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation. I will discuss them in successive blogs.В The Exposure toolвЂ™s meaning and workings seem obvious at first sight, but there is a lot to explore.

On this tab, you will find other tools that are related to exposure. It is often the starting point of your adjustments.В You can find the Exposure tool on the Exposure tool tab. The Capture One Exposure tool is one of the tools you probably use most. After reading this blog, the Exposure tool does not have any secrets for you anymore. Presets for this tool made by the Image Alchemist are explained too. It is a very important tool that you best start with, before making finer adjustments with other relatedВ tools. In addition, it provides related controls like Contrast,В Brightness, and Saturation. The Capture One Exposure tool allows you to adjust the exposure of your image after the fact.

Note 9 adjust camera brightness slider