Capture One 30 Day Challenge

Is this for you?

It's for anyone who have little or no experience with Capture One Pro - and those who have enough to know they don't know what's the up and down on a workflow.

The Capture One Pro Survival Kit also deals with how to move from Adobe Lightroom to Capture One with your files.

It's specifically made for digital photographers and Leica photographers.

The aim of the Capture One Survival Kitis to give you the overview and necessary tools, as well as a way to handle editing so that you can produce the image quality you require, without having to spend months or years to get to know everything about the software.

What is Capture One?

It's 'the other than Lightroom editing tool' that was made by Phase One in Copenhagen for professional medium format photographers to get fast, accurate workflow and premium quality.

Since it's been made useful for all photographers, using Leica, Sony, Fuji, Nikon, Canon and more.

It's maintained a very fast workflow, and extremely high quality in reading and working with the raw files from the camera.

It has a lot of features for photographers working in studio, exporting directly into Capture One, so an important part of my Capture One Survival Kit is to cut staight to the things you need and not get confused by all the endless possibilities.

What people say:

'Your Capture One style for BW and natural skin tone. It is quite useful.'

'The Capture One Survival Kit is terrific. It provides the discipline necessary to keep your workflow focused on your photos without worrying about how or where they are stored. It worked quite well for me and I can highly recommend it.'

“I bought Thorsten's guide and it's very easy to follow and full of practical advice. There's a lot more in it than Just Capture One; he goes into monitor choice, color calibration, hard disks, document management and a bunch of other useful stuff.?”

'Thorsten's methodology is perhaps not what hardware-, software- and cloud-companies want us to do, but as a former IT engineer I can only acknowledge his views about preserving our digital heritage. The workflow explained is for me the best I have ever seen.'

'I learned so much on your photographic workflow and philosophy.'

'Even as a professional, I am learning new things and adapting my workflow as a result.'

'Your workflow is of incredible value .. not only for photographic processes.'

'Your terrific workflow process is going to be a huge challenge and undertaking for me. I thought all of your advice was incredibly practical.'

'The workflow explained is for me the best I have ever seen.'

'Thorsten has a pleasant way of instructing and he inspires his students to develop a style of their own.”

'This influenced me postprocessing workflow very much and so I could develop my own style.'

'I am glad I got this kit. My workflow was so cluttered and I was in utter digital mess. It's simple and easy to follow. I have read countless books on workflow, this beats them all.'

'I have particularly enjoyed the revamping of this most useful workflow tool.'

442 page eBook making workflow and editing simple

Covers Capture One for digital photgraphers and Leica photographers

This is a tool to make Capture One Pro acessible, easy to use and work for you. How to get results, work fast and stay organized.

One of the things people experience in using Capture One for the first time (especially coming from Lightroom) is that it looks confusing. When you have used it for a couple of hours, you will see the simplicity and elegance.

One of the most valuable tools in my Capture One Survival Kit is the one about which things to disregard, pointing out the few things you have to use – and then how to use them the best.

You will see the simplicity, speed of workflow and improved wuality after having used Capture One just a few hours.

Checklists
The Capture One Survival Kit comes with checklists for setting up, exporting, transfering pictures from Lightroom to Capture One and more. Just like a captain on an airplane getting ready for flight, you get a pre-flight checklist for important things. Easy to find and easy to use.

DAM Digital Asset Management for Photographers
What is a workflow and how to make it simple and professional.

Hardware setup
Which computer to get, how to calibrate screens and printers and what it's all about.

Hard drives and archives
How to set up a proper workflow that saves time, makes files easy to findthing. How to work in the field and on location.

Photoshoptutorial
What it is and how to avoid using Photoshop when you don't need it. But also how to use it if you must! How to fix colors, white balance, create sparkling life in images and prepare for print and web.

What is Copyright?
What every photographer should know about copyright and social meda.

And more ...

The right setup
Getting the right settings in Capture One right, so it works right.

Simplifying work
Importing images, selecting and a walk-through of the actual tools you need to use - and how to use them.

White Balance and colors
A new improved and expanded section about getting the right White Balance and colors.

Black & white editing
and making 'final images'
What to export, and how - and to where.

Keywords
What to keyword, and how.

Backup and Cloud Services
How to make sure you have backup and how to make it simple and effective.

Archive Management
Using keywords, job numbers, color codes, stars and all.

Hardware
Screens, external panels, iPad, hardware calibration and more.

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Thorsten Overgaard

Thorsten von Overgaard by Ray Kachatorian

Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish born multiple award-winning AP photographer, known for his writings about photography and Leica cameras. He travels to more than 25 countries a year, photographing and teaching workshops which cater to Leica enthusiasts. Some photos are available as signed editions via galleries or online. For specific photography needs, contact Thorsten Overgaard via e-mail.

You can follow him at his television channel magicoflight.tv and his on-line classroom at overgaard.com

Feel free to e-mail to thorsten@overgaard.dk for
advice, ideas or improvements.