Capture One - Edit All as layers in Photoshop?

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Recenlty moved to capture one, can't seem to find the "EDIT ALL AS LAYERS IN PHOTOSHOP" ?
Is there such a command? As there is in Lightroom?
Surely?
When I have say 5 layers highlighted there is only 'edit in photoshop' which creates 5 separate canvases. I want all as layers in Photoshop
 
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mrk123 said:
Recenlty moved to capture one, can't seem to find the "EDIT ALL AS LAYERS IN PHOTOSHOP" ?
Is there such a command? As there is in Lightroom?
Surely?
When I have say 5 layers highlighted there is only 'edit in photoshop' which creates 5 separate canvases. I want all as layers in Photoshop
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I wasn't aware of Lightroom having layers? It has masks that are similar to layers, but when I have used LR, they haven't opened as layers in PS

And I've never seen C1 layers being sent to Photoshop as separate canvases. So I'm not sure exactly what is happening. Apologies if this is a stupid suggestion, but you don't mean five "variants" are selected, as they would indeed open as five different documents in PS.

How C1 works is that has two options: "Edit With" and "Open With". there is no "edit in" option

When using "Edit With" C1 creates a PSD or TIFF (your choice) alongside your Raw file, and opens the newly created PSD/TIFF file in PS. All the CI edits are embedded into that single PSD/TIFF file and are seen as a base layer in PS.

However, any Annotations made in C1, or if you have used an Overlay in C1 will be included as separate layers in PS.


When you save the PSD/TIFF in PS, as the the PSD/TIFF is already "inside" C1 any edts will become visible in C1. You can't see, or edit any PS layers in C1, but there are still there, should you want to reopen the file in PS for further editing.

If you want to return to PS for further editing, you need to use the "Open With" option, which will reopen the PSD file in the same state as PS saved it in. Any C1 edits you have made in between will remain "overlaid" on top of the PSD in C1, but won't be seen by PS. But if you have C1 and PS in adjacent windows you can watch how changes in PS are affecting the combined PS+C1 edits in C1 (you need to be using a session for this, and it only happens when you save the PSD in PS. I don't think using a C1 Catalogue allows fo this instant feedback)

"Open With" is also used if you want to open a raw file in a external program. So if you choose "Open With" photoshop when editing.a raw file, C1 will launch PS, and open the raw file in ACR.

So "Open With" is a way of opening any file without including active C1 edits.


EDIT: The more I think about it, the more I think you mean variants and not layers. So the best way to work around this would be in Photoshop to use the

File>Scripts>load files into stack

This allows you to select the files sent from C1 and move them into layers within a single PS document. You just need to be careful how you the save that document. It also means uoi will have created multiple PSDs/Tiffs in C1 that you don't need. But unless someone knows better, I think that is the best option.

There is a C1 script in the script menu for stitching in photoshop, I'm not sure if that might take you part of the way, and then back out before PS does the stitching
 
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When editing interior images such as brackets, you generally select your brackets and edit as layers in photoshop, then when you save in PS a new TIFF files updates in LR..
Not possible in C1? Having to manually copy and [aste each 'variant' in PS is time consuming.
 
mrk123 said:
When editing interior images such as brackets, you generally select your brackets and edit as layers in photoshop, then when you save in PS a new TIFF files updates in LR..
Not possible in C1? Having to manually copy and [aste each 'variant' in PS is time consuming.
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So you didn't mean layers :)

I've actually just edited my post, as you were posting this one, with a suggestion to speed up things in PS.

But in terms of working with bracketed exposures, have you tried the C1 offering for this."Merge to HDR" in the image menu. I think they recommend working with three bracketed images.
 
If I’m understanding you correctly I think what you’re trying to achieve can be done as follows. Select your images then open scripts on the top bar and stitch with Photoshop. The images then open as layers in a group in Photoshop.
 
Hadron said:
If I’m understanding you correctly I think what you’re trying to achieve can be done as follows. Select your images then open scripts on the top bar and stitch with Photoshop. The images then open as layers in a group in Photoshop.
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I suggested that, but wasn't sure if it took to you all the way to a stitched image, or if it allowed you to stop at a stage with all the images in layers.

It's a pity the script isn't better labelled, as this is a useful function that goes beyond just stitching.
 
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Yeah 'stitch' is something I havr not heard of, i gogoled every conceivable variation in words too!
 
mrk123 said:
Yeah 'stitch' is something I havr not heard of, i gogoled every conceivable variation in words too!
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Have you tried C1s "Merge to HDR" It's not going to give the same control as blending layers in PS, but it's starting with RAWs, and you end up with a DNG, so you should get something that is very flexible in terms of editing.
 
myotis said:
I suggested that, but wasn't sure if it took to you all the way to a stitched image, or if it allowed you to stop at a stage with all the images in layers.

It's a pity the script isn't better labelled, as this is a useful function that goes beyond just stitching.
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I’ve just tried it again and it stops with layers in a group.
 
myotis said:
Have you tried C1s "Merge to HDR" It's not going to give the same control as blending layers in PS, but it's starting with RAWs, and you end up with a DNG, so you should get something that is very flexible in terms of editing.
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Never trusted or liekd HDR.
 
mrk123 said:
Never trusted or liekd HDR.
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Is this from trying it out, or just based on the horrible HDR stuff that used to be produced? Because from the reviews, C1s exposure blending bears no resemblance to the results that those old HDR programs produced.
 
myotis said:
Is this from trying it out, or just based on the horrible HDR stuff that used to be produced? Because from the reviews, C1s exposure blending bears no resemblance to the results that those old HDR programs produced.
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I will be honest I have not tried it in C1. Just never had good results in PS or 3rd party. Might try it out. But I don't believe you can get better results than doing it manually.
 
mrk123 said:
I will be honest I have not tried it in C1. Just never had good results in PS or 3rd party. Might try it out. But I don't believe you can get better results than doing it manually.
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This is probably the case, but I would struggle to not at least try it out. If you do give it a try, I would be interested to hear how you get on.
 
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