can trade meta data back and forth
this includes tags like keywords, location
Rating, contact and copyright information and more
in order to make it work correctly you'll need to set your preferences
and you also need to know how the swap works
We’ll outline how the Process works with this diagram
then we'll see how to set the preferences and then we'll see how to actually make the
swap
so we want to take metadata from Capture One and move it over into Media Pro and we'd also
like to take any meta data that we create in Media Pro
and move it back to Capture One
we can't do this directly, we have to use of third party
will use the image file
or rather we use a sidecar file that is sitting in the folder right next to the image file
and has the exact same name
but has XMP as the file extension on the end of the file name
when we create meta data in Capture One we can sync it out to the sidecar file then
When we import the images into our Media Pro catalog
all of the meta data that's in the sidecar file
will get brought into the catalog and will be assigned
to that image file
any changes that are made to the meta data
in the catalog
can be synced back to the XMP sidecar file and then that can also carry the changes
back over to Capture One
so if you were to add some keywords or change the usage rates or add or change
Copyright or contact information
you can push that back into the sidecar file
and then when you open the file backup in Capture One
you'll see the new information
associated with that file
and this is a manual Process as we have outlined it here
but we're going to make One change, we're going to set up the synchronization between Capture
One and the XMP sidecar file
to be an automatic
two-way synchronization
that way anytime we make a change in Capture One it's going to automatically update
the sidecar file
in any time
new information comes into the sidecar file
we're going to automatically see that in Capture One
the link between the sidecar file and the Media Pro catalog however is always going
to stay
as uh.. something that needs to be invoked manually
you will either export annotations from the Media Pro catalog you’re re-import
uh.. annotations
back into the Media Pro catalog
that won't be
An automatically updated link
in the same way we have it set up over here
in Capture One
their number of reasons Media Pro is set up this way
at the core, is the concept that catalog software contains the master copy meta data
you need a place to do your organization
and set the tags
and know that the work you do
will be reliably saved
it's simpler in safer
to keep all that information in one single place
the catalogue
think of the embedded and sidecar meta data
as a way to make the information visible to other Programs when that need arises
if we open the Capture One preferences which are in the Capture One menu on Mac and in the
edit menu on PC
and go into the
image panel we’ll see down at the bottom
the meta data items
this is the most important one right here
this auto sync sidecar XMP “full sync” this is what creates that two-way update between
Capture One
and the XMP sidecar file
I suggest you have these other two checkboxes
checked like this
but they're only going to be useful in very rare kinds of instances
and really that's all we have to do at this point we've set this up so that Capture One
will create these XMP sidecar files
and is always going to be updating them
anytime we add
meta data to some images
so let's see how that works
I’ve got a couple of images
and I want to add some metadata data
and I’m going to use a preset that I’ve got
I get a preview of what that is the information
shows up there in the meta data panel and I’m going to assign that information
and you can see
that information is now assigned
to both images let's keep these images selected
right-click
and add them to the Media Pro catalog
I can find my most recent import by the find menu shows last import
and here are these two images
that we've brought in
Let’s go look at the meta data for them
and you can see I have my city state country information as well as my copyright contact
information
all applied to these images
so these have come in with that information
that I applied over in
Capture One
now let's make a change to these files. I’m going to select both and taken some usage rights
okay have typed that in
and I can
tab out of that
and that's now been applied to both of these images and you can see
As I click through
there they are
let's go back into Capture One and see what we see
Back in Capture One we can see that the usage rights field is still blank, let's go back to
Media Pro and synchronize the annotations I’m going to select both of these images and
go to the action menu and choose sync annotations
you can see in the synchronize annotations
dialogue I have two options, I can either re-import metadata or I can export metadata
in this case I’m going to export metadata
Media Pro has added this new item
create XMP sidecar meta data files in this case because there already is a sidecar
file it actually doesn't matter
what I have this set to, and as long as your images are coming in from Capture One Pro
with sidecars
it actually doesn't really matter how you have this set
this only makes a difference
when there's no sidecar file already in existence
in which case you have the choice to tell it
not to make a sidecar file,
make a sidecar file when it thinks it needs to because it can't put the meta data into
the file, or to always make a sidecar file
regardless of what kind of file type you have. I suggest that for most people this is going
to be the right setting
once we have that set
let's hit “ok”
once we come back in to Capture One we can see that that metadata
has appeared in the correct field
and I didn't have to do anything to make it appear
because we have Capture One set too
update whenever
something happens to that XMP file
it simply read it in and shows it to me
now let's make a change here
and re-import that back into Media Pro
I’m going to change the location name here to the name of the road which is the M1
now let's go back into Media Pro
and we can see that of course this has not updated because we haven't told it to
So I’ll select both of these
and I’ll go up to the action menu
and I will sync annotations
And this time
I’m going to
import
I have three options
I can replace current
which will take
anything that's enough
XMP sidecar file
and it'll kicked out
anything that's in here that is different
or, I can say
merge
and what that's going to do
is it will
only important new values when there's
a blank field, if I select merge
it's only going to import new values
for blank fields it's going to prefer the catalog if there's a conflict and when I say
merge prefer original file
if there's a conflict between
what's in the XMP sidecar file and what's in the catalog
it's going to
Prefer what’s in the XMP sidecar file rather than what's here. In this case it doesn't make
any difference
and there it is, showing up in the location field
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Capture One Process Recipes are at the heart of the Process feature. Understanding Recipes give you maximum
This is the third blog in a sequence on output. One preceding post provides an overall view of the Process feature, another covers the simpler Export feature.
Capture One Process Recipes
Let’s start with an overview and highlight the concept of the Capture One Process Recipes. The use of recipes in Capture One goes back to the days of its inception. It is at the heart of the program. Capture One was designed as a raw workflow tool like a 3-stage rocket:
- capture or import
- select and adjust
- process and save
The Process Recipe covers the third stage of the process.
What Is A Process Recipe?
Each recipe is a collection of settings that defines the outcome of processing. Parameters that are stored in a recipe include file format, quality settings or bit depth, ICC profile, size, file location, naming, and more.
By collecting parameters in a set, and the ability to create multiple sets of recipes, you can easily switch between recipes. You can even combine them to create multiple output files simultaneously, with optionally different naming and in different locations.
To summarize, recipes are extremely powerful but due to their history and evolving nature, possibly complex at first sight. So let’s uncover the secrets!
Capture One Process Recipes Tool
You can find this tool at the top of the Output Tool tab. The tool lists all available recipes on your system. You can add, delete and duplicate recipes from the action menu or use the plus and minus buttons at the bottom.
You can enable and disable each recipe with a checkbox at the left of the recipe. Enabling a recipe means that it will respond when you use the Process command.
For example, you have a recipe for TIFF full size and JPEG QuickProof. Enable both with the checkmark and process your images. Each original will be automatically processed into both a full-size TIFF and a QuickProof JPEG. Note that this cost hardly more time than processing one recipe. Very efficient.
In case you have too many recipes and lost the overview of the enabled ones, check the Show Enabled Only box for your ease and peace of mind.
Order Your Recipes
A long list of Capture One Process recipes might need reordering. Just drag-and-drop the recipes to put them in the right order. Also note that when you hover your mouse over a recipe, a brief summary is displayed.
You can only select one recipe at a time. In general, this is the same as your enabled recipe or your most important recipe in case you have enabled more.
The selected recipe is used for the Viewer and the Histogram tool. RGB values and clipping are based on the selected recipe, at least when you set the proof profile accordingly. For the record, take a look at the View menu > Proof Profile and confirm that Selected Recipe is marked. This is the default.
When the selected recipe is not enabled with a checkmark, the Process Summary tool will highlight the recipe in red. I explained this in the blog Capture One Process.
Process Recipe Tool
This tool shows all the details of the recipe that you selected in the list of the Process Recipes tool. It is very similar to the Export Variants dialog in case you have been there, but with some extra options. All recipe settings are spread over five tabs, and I will explore each of them now in more detail.
Basic Tab
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The Basic tab is identical to the one of the Export Variants feature, which I discussed in this blog. To save space, I refer to that blog now for all fields with one exception: Scale.
The Scale option is a very powerful feature of a process recipe. It allows you to up or downscale an image to predefined dimensions. A series of images can come from different cameras or have different crops. Either way, you end up with differences in pixel size.
With the Scale function, you can set the long or short edge, the width or height, or both sides. This is great for your online service, social media page, website, printing or any other occasion that requires you to define a precise dimension. But there’s more!
I think few users know that you can link the output dimensions to the crop tool. Normally, you would crop with a specific ratio, but the ratio does not define size! However, you can select Output as a ratio in the crop tool. Now the crop will follow what you defined at the Scale field in your recipe and as a result, both ratio and size are linked.
File Tab Root Folder
The File tab has three fields to control and their effect is often more wide-spread than imagined.
By far the most important and most misunderstood setting is the first field: Root Folder. The Root Folder field determines where images are stored and how the Output Location tool works.
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When you choose Root Folder > Output Location the control of where the processed images are stored is handed over to the Output Location tool. In other words, the process recipe does not determine the output location. This is a great option if you like to manage your output location from a single place, independent from the recipe used.
Choose Root Folder > Image Folder or Select Folder and the Output Location tool is bypassed. Now the recipe controls the location.
Selecting Image Folder as Root Folder means that Capture One will save the processed image in the same folder as the original image. Note that you can not use this option with fully managed images in a catalog.
When you choose Select Folder you give the Process Recipe full control of the output location. The images are processed into that folder each time you use that recipe.
File Tab Sub Folder
The Root Folder is also the root of an optional Sub Folder (I skip the Sub Name for a minute). Fill in your subfolder or path in the Sub Folder field. For example, when you have two recipes for TIFF and JPEG respectively, you can select the same root folder for both recipes and TIFF and JPEG subfolders.
Note that you can use both fixed text as well as tokens. You can also create nested folders inside the Sub Folder with the slash (/) on Mac or backslash () on Windows.
In the image above the recipe creates a ./TIFF-full size/. subfolder and inside that folder a ./x-star/ subfolder corresponding to the rating in Capture One 8. In case you have different ratings in your processed images, they will be automatically sorted in their respective subfolders.
The Sub Name field is another story. Between the Root Folder and the Sub Folder fields you find the Sub Name field. The value or token you enter here will be filled in in the Output Naming tool when you use the Sub Name token in the definition. This way you can enter recipe specific information in the file name on output.
In the image above you see from top to bottom the tokens (Make-Aperture) as Sub Name. Next, you see the Sub Name field in the Format field of the Output Naming tool and below the sample. It appeared to be an image taken with a Phase One camera at f/11.
Adjustments Tab
This tab has currently (version 8.3.2) two checkboxes, which allows you to bypass specific image adjustments.
- Disable Sharpening
- Ignore Crop
Both checkboxes are cleared by default and as a result not effecting the processed image. Download aerocool advanced driver.
The Disable Sharpening checkbox allows you to fully bypass any sharpening in Capture One Pro 8 during processing. You can leave the image sharpened for easy viewing and evaluating sharpness and focusing. This is great if you like to do any sharpening in another tool before printing, down-sizing or in prepress.
The Ignore Crop works in a similar fashion. Applying crop while adjusting images can help determine the composition and also affects any kind of automatic adjustment. For example, cropping out a bright sky affects the highlight and typically Exposure, HDR and Levels adjustments. Nevertheless, you might want to have the full uncropped image for reference, archival purposes or else. The option in this tab prevents the need to remove the crop from the images.
Tip: when using these settings give your recipe a descriptive name to reflect any box you checked here, like “TIFF 8-bit (AdobeRGB) – No Sharpening”.
Metadata Tab
Metadata is great and I encourage you to use it to your own benefit as much as possible. However, not all output need all kind of metadata. In particular images for the web are often cleared. This is where you do it.
On the Metadata tab, you have a list of options whether you like to include specific IPTC metadata.
Watermark Tab
A watermark is a way to label your images. You can simply apply text or your custom made image. Preferably use an image with a transparent background.
Both text and image are fully scalable and you can adapt the opacity. It is best to crop the image before you apply a watermark.
Move it around with the cursor when you select the proper cursor tool. You can find the Move Watermark tool on both the tab as well as on the cursor tool section in the toolbar (the second icon, keep pressed to select).
Instead of a simple line of text, you can make an image of your logo or cover design to include in the image.
Note: the watermark becomes a part of your output image; with the Overlay tool the text or image is only visible in the Viewer, not on the processed image.
Where To Find?
Process Recipes are as valuable as your styles and presets. You can find them in the same location in the so-called application support folders.
- Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Capture One/Recipes82
- Windows: C:Users<user name>AppDataLocalCaptureOneRecipes82
Mind the hidden ~/Library folder on Mac and the ./AppData folder on Windows.
Wrap Up
Capture One Process Recipes are incredibly powerful and can greatly enhance your workflow. It makes sense to put some effort into setting it up properly for your own benefit. Maybe you only need one or two. Or you like one for each purpose, like online services and social media, for fine art printing in-house, and so on.
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