Capture One Help

[DerrickC]

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Hi,

 

i'm new to Capture One LE and have been trying to convert some M8 raw files. When i process the files and open up the Jpegs, the image looks kinda blocky (like the image has small square bands around the whole image when viewed at 66 to 100%, as if a grid of small squares was placed over the whole image). Looks like an image that has been over sharpened but i disabled the sharpening. I tried converting the same image in Photoshop and did not have this problem but getting the white balance right using PS seems alot harder.

 

Any ideas what i might be doing wrong. Any good workflow tutorials on C1 LE?

 

 

Appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

Derrick

[carstenw]

If the small square blocks are in a regular grid, you may have the JPG compression set too high. This is a JPG artifact.

[Guest guy_mancuso]

Or your file size is set to low

[wparsonsgisnet]

Derrick, just for the record, you will be able to view the jpg's in C1 but you won't be able to operate on them. C1 only mani;pulates raw (or dng) images.

[DerrickC]

Thanks for the replies. Don't think it had anything to do with the file size or compression. I tried converting the RAW file to both jpeg-high and tiff-16. Could it just be noise? The image was shot at iso 640 and was pushed 1/2 stop.

 

Here is a 66.7% crop of an image (effect seems to be more pronounced at this magnification on screen) Can see it on the hand:-

 

Here is a 100% crop of a part of the image (seems quite ok):-

 

I don't remember seeing this kind of thing on any of my RD1 files at any magnification. I must be doing something wrong.