![]() Of course, there is a lot more to Capture One's Magic Brush that can fit in this article, but check out the videos below to get a taste of it in action. We will continue to teach you how to use Capture One from the ground up, right to the edge of the envelope, so check back often.Īnd if you want to begin learning immediately, there is already a bevy of tutorials on Capture One’s YouTube channel, and you can download Capture One here with a 30-day free trial. To see the Magic Brush in action, the following short videos are highly recommended and Capture One’s YouTube has a bevy of content to get you up and running quickly Conclusion Sample Entire Photo: This checkbox controls if the Magic Brush selection will be for the entire image or if it will be restricted by edges. A lower value means a harder edge and the higher value is a smoother one. Refine Edge: Similarly to Refine Mask, this refers to how hard the edges and fall-off are on the mask. Low tolerance (slider to the left) will restrict the colors selected to a very narrow range, and high tolerance (slider to the right) expands the range to include more colors. ![]() Tolerance: represents and affects the range of colors included in the mask. You will notice if you summon the Brush settings via right-clicking, that there are different adjustment options for the Magic Brush. While Size and Opacity are familiar and rather self-explanatory, you will notice two new sliders and a new checkbox, representing Tolerance, Refine Edge, and "Sample Entire Photo", respectfully. Additionally, you can toggle the "M" key to make your mask visible or invisible. The Magic Brush has the same default shortcut as the regular Brush tool ( B), but you can quickly and easily cycle between them using Shift+B, or of course, you can set up a custom shortcut/hotkey for it. It would be an extremely tedious and labor-intensive endeavor to accomplish this any other way. The gray scale on the right shows all the intricate parts of sky that are masked, and this was done with a single click. That selection, which can be made with a single click, can be further refined to be more or less inclusive of similar hues by changing a few sliders, or the brush tool can be used to add or remove areas of the mask if you wish. ![]() That’s the Cliff’s Notes version, but its applications for almost every genre of photography are far greater than can be fit in a sentence. You can also create a mask of areas with or without color, like black and white, or shadows and highlights (though the Luma Range tool is probably best for this). Essentially, you can create an extremely complex mask on any image within a matter of seconds. So What Is the Magic Brush?Ĭapture One’s Magic Brush is a local adjustment brush that quickly and easily masks areas of similar colors on your photo for editing on an adjustment layer. Note how the feet in the water were not included in the mask, keeping the skin tones natural. ![]() ![]() From left to right we have the original raw file, a mask drawn with one click on the water, a gray scale representation of the mask, and then the final image. ![]()
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