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Table of Contents
1. System Requirements .............................................................................................................. 1
2. Installation ............................................................................................................................... 2
1. How to Install Capture One Software ................................................................................. 2
2. Standard Folders Created During Installation ..................................................................... 2
3. How to Uninstall Capture One Software ............................................................................. 2
4. How to Activate a License ................................................................................................ 3
4.1. How to Activate a License Automatically ................................................................. 3
4.2. How to Activate a License Manually ....................................................................... 4
3. Getting Started ........................................................................................................................ 6
1. Software Basics ............................................................................................................... 6
1.1. Creating a New Session ........................................................................................ 7
1.2. Importing Images .................................................................................................. 8
1.3. White Balancing Images ........................................................................................ 9
1.4. Fine Tuning Exposure, Contrast and Saturation ..................................................... 10
1.5. Focusing and Sharpening .................................................................................... 11
1.6. Image Processing ............................................................................................... 12
1.7. Batch Processing ................................................................................................ 12
2. How to Set Up the Hardware ........................................................................................... 13
2.1. Installing the PCI IEEE-1394 Card ........................................................................ 13
2.2. Setting Up the Phase One Equipment .................................................................. 13
2.3. Understanding the LED Indicator Lights ................................................................ 14
2.4. Working With Other Photographic Equipment ........................................................ 15
4. Main Window Overview .......................................................................................................... 16
1. Main Window ................................................................................................................. 16
1.1. Folder Browser Window ....................................................................................... 16
1.2. Capture Collection Window .................................................................................. 17
1.3. Preview Window .................................................................................................. 17
1.4. Function Tabs ...................................................................................................... 18
1.5. Menus and Toolbar Reference .............................................................................. 19
2. Tools Reference ............................................................................................................. 19
3. Cropping and Rotation .................................................................................................... 22
3.1. How to Crop Images ............................................................................................ 22
3.2. How to Rotate Images by Preset Amounts ............................................................ 23
3.3. How to Rotate Images Arbitrarily .......................................................................... 23
3.4. How to Rotate Images by Fixed Amounts .............................................................. 24
5. Organizing Images ................................................................................................................. 26
1. Sessions: Organizing Files .............................................................................................. 26
1.1. How to Create a New Session .............................................................................. 26
1.2. How to Automatically Name and Number Capture Files ......................................... 27
2. Selecting and Editing Images .......................................................................................... 28
2.1. Exploring Folders ................................................................................................ 29
2.2. Working with Thumbnails ..................................................................................... 29
2.3. Working with Previews ......................................................................................... 30
2.4. Comparing Multiple Images ................................................................................. 30
6. Capture ................................................................................................................................. 32
1. Capturing Tethered ......................................................................................................... 32
1.1. How to Capture Images ....................................................................................... 32
7. White Balancing Images ......................................................................................................... 33
1. How to White Balance Images ........................................................................................ 33
2. White Balance Tool Fields ............................................................................................... 34
8. Exposure Evaluation .............................................................................................................. 36
1. Exposure Tool Fields ...................................................................................................... 36
9. Focus and Sharpness ............................................................................................................ 39
1. How to Focus and Sharpen Images ................................................................................. 39
2. Focus Tool Fields ........................................................................................................... 39
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