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How to remove spots on your images

The Spot Removal Tool in Capture One Pro 7 removes two different kinds of ‘spots’ you may see on your images. There are dust spots that are present on the camera sensor itself and spots or blemishes on the image subject – for example skin blemishes.

Capture One Pro 7 is able to remove both of these with the Spot Removal Tool. By default it can be found in the Details tool tab.

You can select between spot or dust removal.

Multiple spot removal points can be placed on the image and they can be a range of different sizes and not limited to just Spot or Dust removal.

Example – Spot Removal

This image has a number of spots around the nose and mouth, which we can clearly see if we enlarge a little.

One possibility would be to export the image to Photoshop and use the clone or healing brush to remove the spots. However, that involves an extra step, which will take additional time.

To remove spots in Capture One Pro 7, first select the ‘Remove Spot’ Cursor Tool. It can be selected in the Spot Removal Tool itself or from the Cursor Toolbar.

The ‘Type’ menu selects between removing a ‘Spot’ (Blemish on the image itself) or ‘Dust’ (Dust on the camera’s sensor). The algorithms we use to detect and remove the dust are quite different for each type, so it is important you choose the correct one. You can choose this before clicking on the spot to remove or afterwards, so don’t worry if you initially choose the wrong option.

Adjust the radius of the spot removal tool, by dragging the ‘Radius’ slider to the left or right. Try to aim for a spot removal tool size a little larger than the spot itself.

If you need to change the parameters, like the type and size once you have placed the spot, you can do so in the Spot Removal Tool. Additionally you can also adjust the radius by hovering near the edge of the spot.

Once a number of removal points have been placed on an image the Spot Removal Tool will look like this.

In the ‘Spot’ pull down menu you can select individual removal points and adjust them further. Click on the minus icon to delete a point.

Finally, you can also right-click with the Remove Spot cursor for fast access to the parameters.

Here is a comparison of the same image with and without spot removal.

Here is the image with the Spot removal points shown.

The procedure is exactly the same for removing Dust spots from the camera sensor itself.

Best regards,

David

I don’t give a JPEG!

You’ve finessed your images to the point of delicious visual perfection……..
Now what?

Now you need to process them. And as you’ll see, I actually sometimes give a JPEG.

This seldom talked about part of the workflow can save you a ton of time with just a few minutes planning. But there are so many options……..

6bit or 8bit? TIFF or JPEG?

The client wants low-res JPEG’s and full-res TIFF’s in different folder. Sure thing, easy.

All the images need to be exactly 23.5cm in length on the short edge? EASY PEASY!

Where are my processed images? Capture One Pro 7 has a built-in sniffer dog ready to track your images down with one click of a button.

This final stage in our workflow series shows you how do all these things and make great coffee along the way (maybe I lied about the coffee)

Enjoy the last part of my workflow tutorial!

Warmest wishes,

Adrian

Ch-ch-changes by Adrian Weinbrecht

So what’s next? You’ve got your raw images loaded into Capture One Pro 7, now what?

Now it’s time to set up your workspace, choose your tools and get creative! Capture One Pro 7 gives you a huge range of tools and choices, but which tools do you really need to use every day?

In this Workflow Tutorial Part II I will go through how I set up the various computers I have running Capture One Pro 7. Believe it or not the tools I use most, can be contained in one tool tab. Life is better when it’s simple.

Capture One Pro 7 makes great photography easier.

Please feel free to post any questions or comments you might have.

Check out “Data Love Part I” here and see how I set up a session, name, import and rate it in Capture One Pro 7

Thanks for watching.

Warmest wishes

Adrian Weinbrecht

Nail down exact color correction

One of the many strong features of the Advanced Color Editor is the ability to define exactly which color you wish to edit, even down to the saturation range. It is a far more accurate system than just moving arbitrary named sliders, for example.

How to make sure the right colors are selected

To assist you in seeing exactly what colors have been selected, there is an option in the editor named “View selected color range”. With this option selected, any color that is not going to be affected will be displayed as greyscale.

The Advanced Color Editor is a really simple way to nail down that exact color correction!

Examples

In our sample image I have used the Pick Color Correction cursor to select the bluebell flowers. I have subsequently raised the saturation and dropped the luminosity of the blue slightly. This darkens up the bluebells closer to what I remember them looking like. They are always a tricky subject to catch!

To see exactly which areas of the image are going to be affected, I can check the “View selected color range” box, indicated by the orange circle. The preview will now look like this:

It is very clear to see what tones are going to be adjusted in the Color Editor.

This is a really useful feature if you have a number of color tones that are close to each other and you want to carefully define what is going to be changed. In my example, it will be more obvious of course, but this image shows exactly how the color range option works.

The parameters of the selected color can always be edited, even with the “View selected color range” option left on.

In this example with the current selection in the Color Editor, I would be able to make a very precise color edit.

If I leave the “View selected color range” option on and simply expand out my selection in the Color Editor wheel, I begin to see more of the color range that will be affected by any future edit applied.

Try to get in the habit of making a quick check with the color range option, to accurately see what your color edits are doing.

Best regards,

David