• Aug. 14, 2023, 1:25 p.m.

    I'm using Capture One and having great fun with selective colouring. But I als want to be able to select and move an object (e.g. a tree) using something like 'quick select' in Elements. But I can't see how to do that.

    Anyone got any clues as to whether C1 can do this?

    Alan

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    Aug. 14, 2023, 3:41 p.m.

    No, you cannot move thing in C1. But I love the burning and dodging tools that let you do all sorts of adjustments.

  • Aug. 14, 2023, 5 p.m.

    Thanks for the update. At least I can stop looking for something that isn't there.

    A real shame as I'd like it to select a complex area so I can then do things to it (for example, select a tree and then change the colour)

    Any other s/w that can do that?

    Alan

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 2:33 a.m.

    Both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop can do that.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 5:07 a.m.

    The GIMP has many, many ways of selecting areas and also has layers and masking.

    This one I converted to grayscale, inverted it, ran around the tree with 'free select', set all except the tree to black, then used 'threshold' to make a mask:

    oak mill creek.jpg

    oak mill creek.jpg

    JPG, 1.0 MB, uploaded by xpatUSA on Aug. 15, 2023.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 5:30 a.m.

    I hope one of the "many, many ways of selecting areas" using GIMP can select areas much better than the one used here. The masking in this 100% crop is poor at best and it misses a lot of the original tree.


    dprevived.com/media/attachments/04/87/9yKyIQRNnvloWLtqpJ6HY5PtDC99xGqg3Dki16xFPT7SlJhHsCGYqHf86brYI2N7/treecrop.jpg

    treeCrop.jpg

    JPG, 41.5 KB, uploaded by DannoB on Aug. 15, 2023.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 7:06 p.m.

    Alan,

    Affinity Photo can do that. I don't do that very often but when I do use Affinity. Affinity is a poor raw convertor for XTrans so I do the conversion in C1 and export it to Affinity in 16 bit Tiff to finish up.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 10:35 p.m.

    Your hope is correct. I only used one easy way and that in a quick and dirty manner. The image was a demo with no intent of perfection.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 11:21 p.m.

    Ok, but that then implies that doing it properly using GIMP is not quick and simple.

    Alan has several software app suggestions that can do that type of edit.

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    Aug. 15, 2023, 11:52 p.m.

    Yep, this is a quick select using the object selection tool , trees are complex shapes

    Untitled-55.jpg

    Untitled-55.jpg

    JPG, 4.7 MB, uploaded by JimStirling on Aug. 15, 2023.

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    Aug. 16, 2023, 12:13 a.m.

    I find luminosity masks are a much quicker and more efficient way to isolate elements like trees.

    This is a quick luminosity mask of the tree in your image. It took me about 2 minutes to create.

    The Refine Edge Tool and Refine Select Brush in PSE and Ps are amazing for fine tuning selections/masks when needed.


    dprevived.com/media/attachments/79/f8/xMT5Y8LbgXZ81F6qROfGzk5WIzytiwdZckpgkQ7C9Smv5ezcbRPTv3f6aGyGJ7p7/luminositymask.jpg

    luminosityMask.jpg

    JPG, 446.5 KB, uploaded by DannoB on Aug. 16, 2023.