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Colour Confidence seals deal over digital workflow tool
Colour management specialist Colour Confidence has signed a deal with digital photography firm Phase One to sell its Capture One digital imaging workflow tool.
Capture One processes RAW files from professional and DSLR cameras into JPEG and TIFF files, providing control of exposure, contract, sharpness, noise and conversion to black and white.
It is available in two versions – Capture One 4 and Capture One 4 Pro – the latter adding additional tools including soft proofing, ICC colour profile application and CMYK output.
The Pro version also enables Phase One cameras and Canon DSLRs to be operated tethered to the computer for greater control.
In addition, Phase One has upgraded both to version 4.6, which offers faster processing and higher quality, extends tethered shooting to Nikon DSLRs and adds compatibility with new cameras from Canon, Nikon and Olympus.
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mark smith - 08 January 2009
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NDCT - 08 January 2009
As a user of Phase One for several years, it is of more use to the photography industry than to the printing industry.
Processing of RAW files, colour contrast, curve adjustments and sharpening can all be done in Photoshop.
The real advantage, I suspect, is being able to tether a camera to the software in order to get exposures and white point settings right in the first place. Amazingly, despite that, there are professional photographers out there who seem incapable of even getting those basics right.
I'm not sure I'd call it a 'workflow' tool in the sense that printers would understand that term though.
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