Capture One Cultural Heritage 20

Phase One today launched Capture One CH 12.1, featuring full support for Windows computers. The Windows version of Capture One CH enables more Cultural Heritage programs to benefit from the existing productivity features and efficiency benefits it inherits from the Mac version.

Features include:

• Negative film reproduction tools and styles
• Advanced auto-cropping with automatic straightening/rotation and alignment
• Capture resolution ruler
• Slipstream capture mode for non-trained operators
• CH workspaces and styles
• ICC profiles for Cultural Heritage
• Creative enhancements
• Camera focus with AutoColumn and PPI-Assist (full implementation in Capture One CH for
• Windows expected end of 2019)

Capture One’s Camera Focus Tool and its intuitive PPI Assist feature and precise contrast-based Auto Focus, provide an extremely simple, yet powerful way to achieve the highest level of image.

The user simply selects the target resolution, field-of-view or magnification ratio and the tool will calculate and advise the required positioning of the camera. The margin of error is within 2ppi which, at normal focusing distances, is well inside the specs of reproduction standards such as FADGI and Metamorfoze. When combined with other tools, such as AutoCrop, the efficiency and productivity of the system increase even more – particularly when operated by less trained personnel and when working with large batches of material in standard sizes.

An improved workflow that automates the conversion of negative transparent material in both black & white and colours. Use the exposure tools in an intuitive way to adjust exposure, contrast and colours, and get perfect results, ready for print or post processing. A selection of Cultural Heritage styles allow to quickly chose a set of conversion parameters for different film types.

Boost productivity by automating cropping in post-processing. Select cropping options for flat art reproduction or books, including corner or edge alignment with positive or negative padding. On-Capture multi-crop script increases productivity when scanning books that do not require the full resolution of the camera.

Obtain high colour accuracy with specialised ICC profiles optimised for both colour precision and three dimensional gradients at the same time. Available for common studio light types such as flash, LED and tungsten as well as for specific types of film.

Digitization studios and service bureaus, who often work on large-scale projects digitizing high volumes of loose leaf material and books, where personnel may have 2 levels of skills:
• An Administrator, who is experienced in Capture One and can set the system up in terms of capture parameters such as focus, distance and exposure, as well as base characteristics and process instructions (ICC profiles, curves and processing recipes) and who can create templates for the less skilled operator.
• An Operator can then switch to Slipstream mode, see a Live View image of the object, and see thumbnails of the images as they come into the Capture folder.
• The operator can start a new session job-folder or resume working with one which was created previously.

• Capture One CH 12 for Windows
• A supported camera: the Phase One iXG and XF 50MP and 100MP. Both will automatically switch from Live View to Capture and back when triggered.
• A touch screen device: Slipstream is designed to be used with a touch screen, so all main functions are operated with the touch of a finger: Capture, Live View, Retake, Insert, Delete and Finish. The workspace can also be changed between Browser & Capture modes by swiping and dragging the divider line across the screen. Standard gestures such as double tapping and pinching are also supported.

When working in a mixed environment where both Windows and MacOS are utilised on a network, the RAW files from Slipstream captured in Windows can be edited and processed on a Mac using the full range of CH dedicated tools, such as Auto Crop and film negative inversion.

Capture
A Live view image is shown on the left, this mode allows for easy and accurate positioning of the captured object

Delete/Retake
The captured image is on the left, thumbnails on the right with Delete/ Retake/ Insert Before options showing as buttons over the thumbnails on the right.

Retake and Insert Before
Should an image be out of alignment or have the wrong exposure, the operator can replace it by choosing the Retake option. If a page out of a folder was accidentally missed, it can be captured and inserted before the one just taken.

Browser
Browser takes over the whole view and shows options for each image to Delete, Retake and Insert Before. The operator can add a title name to an existing image or to the next capture. The name will be placed in the image file’s metadata.

When pressing the Finish button, the user will be taken back into Capture One CH where further post processing, editing and exporting can be performed.