Look in the Built-in Styles section of the library and try them out! There are also a few third party companies that sell some Capture One Styles to try.ĭon’t forget that you can also apply Styles and Presets on import and also during a tethered Capture Session. If you want to experiment with some existing Styles, there are a number included already in Capture One. I personally don’t stack Styles together but building a look from different Presets can be a useful exercise! Note that the ‘Stack Styles’ option is checked which allows us to stack Styles and Presets. Here it could be useful to choose a bunch of Presets on an image.
I also tend to normalize Exposure and White balance before attempting to apply them.Īs I mentioned earlier on in this post, you can also recall Presets from this tool as well. Remember, you can always use these as starting points for further adjustments. Now this Style can be applied on any image: Think of a name for your Style and Save it: Therefore we simply have to uncheck them and then click Save: For example, Exposure compensation, Levels and Rotation. If we scan down this list, a few things would not make sense to save in the Style. I have collapsed some of the menu items, which contain no adjustments at all to save a bit of space here: The subsequent menu lets you pick and choose what current adjustments should be saved into the style. To save a Style, click on the plus icon in the tool: By default this sits in the Adjustments tool tab. Styles can be created in the Styles and Presets tool. The beauty of saving a Style is that you can pick and choose what elements on the current image will be included in the Style, omitting the ones that won’t be suitable. Now, some of the adjustments might not be suitable for other images, for example Levels adjustments. I have reduced saturation a little, added a simple Curve and some minor adjustments to the 3-way Color Balance tool. But it’s important to note that no Style is set in stone, once applied it can always be adjusted further. Let’s continue on with the same landscape image and add a few more touches that I could conceive might be general starting points for other landscape images. Creating a StyleĪ Style is a very similar concept except it allows you to save and control more than one tool adjustment. Presets can be recalled from the Styles and Presets tool. This is very handy if you are comparing different Presets: Hovering over the Preset also gives you a preview of what it will look like. This Preset will then be available on any other image from the same menu in the tool. You will be prompted for a name, so call it something recognizable. Then it is a simple case of using the tool contextual menu to save it as a Preset: So in this example I have set the values accordingly: Simply go to the tool you want to create a Preset for, adjust the tool and then save it.įor example on some of my landscape images I like to have more Clarity and Structure. It’s a very simple process to create a Preset. This is a very useful additional feature. Presets and Styles can also be applied during Capture and Import. This is not something I personally do as then I believe it gets confusing, but more on that later. You can in fact stack a Style on top of another one(!). Presets can be stacked together if you want to build a look in that way too. An easy example could be a Curve, a Color Balance adjustment and a Film Grain application.
Style – A multitude of adjustments from several tools, which come together to create a Style. An easy example could be a particular Curve. Preset – An adjustment from a single tool, which can be saved for easy recall and application to any image. First of all let’s clear up what the difference is between a Style and a Preset.