Coming home from a beautiful day in Italy’s Dolomite Mountains, the Professor discovers a White Balance variation in his image. Check out how he fixes the issue and gets the perfect snow ‘color’ using the LCC Tool.
If you are an architectural or interior photographer using a technical camera, the LCC Tool in Capture One 7 is a tool you wouldn’t want to miss. LCC is an acronym for Lens Cast Correction and this tool will help you correct common issues that arise when using wide angle lenses and movements on these types of cameras. In fact, users of any camera may benefit from this tool too. Fixes color casts and uneven exposure swiftly There are many kinds of technical cameras available particularly suited to architectural and interior photography. Lenses for technical cameras are typically designed as non retro focus lenses, which means that they behave according to the classical lens equation. This equation says that if you for instance have a 35mm lens and you focus at infinity then the distance between the lens and the sensor will be 35mm, which is actually very close the sensor. If you also use movements then the light exposing the sensor will be arriving at an extreme angle . This can cause color casts …
Opening up shadow details while maintaining highlights and mid tones, along with a natural looking picture can be a challenge. See how the image quality professor uses the levels tool to reach the best result.