10 Step RAW Editing / One Image from Start to Finish / Capture One

In this follow-up to my earlier "10 Step RAW Processing" video, I edit a RAW image from start to finish using Capture One. I explain what I'm doing, why I'm doing it, and how you can improve your RAW editing workflow with any image editor.

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△ Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:20 Using a framework
1:59 Pitigliano, Italy
3:00 Leica M-P
4:11 Step One - Lens Corrections
6:47 Step Three - Crop (Skipping Step Two)
7:15 Step Four - White Balance
8:45 Step Five - Exposure
13:58 Step Six - Contrast
18:43 Step Seven - Color
20:46 Step Eight - Dodging & Burning
26:47 Step Nine - Cleanup
27:45 Step Ten - Sharpening
28:34 Outro

△ Credits

Pitigliano B-roll by Riccardo Piazzalunga

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[kemerthomson]

One of the best raw editing workflows I’ve watched: you make every step clear. Along the way, you explained some more of how Capture One works.

[brucehergert]

Great ideas. But I just can't understand why everyone, and I mean everyone, compares their final image with the original raw file. Of course it will be vastly different. You should be comparing your final image with a jpeg right out of the camera. That will tell you if all of your editing effort and time was really worth it compared to what the camera was able to do with its jpeg settings. That comparison would be hugely more helpful to see.

[kimmartin]

Really liked the "here's the original shot and this is where we're going with it" opening to your tutorial. Great incentive to keep watching. Then followed up with great instruction.

I'm an old film (1979-84ish) dinosaur just now getting back into photography. Just beginning to figure out digital. Thanks for presenting in a way an old man can grasp.

[alter]

What a fantastic video. Love your teaching style (as someone in their 21st year of teaching I like to think I recognize great work) and find the comment section filled with meaningful discussion. You have a new subscriber.

[traveller]

This video brought my editing skills to a completely different level! Thanks a lot!

[andredumas]

After many years with Lightroom CS6 I'm now moving to Capture One Pro 2021 and after 2 weeks of getting lost and sweating it out in C1, this video, I find is superb and a great liberator for me. After viewing your video I feel like I am an old hand at C1... well not really, but thanks Todd. Well done, you are articulate and easily understood even if english is not my primary language.

[josewantland]

Great organization video, I'm a photography student at OCC ( Orange Coast College ) in Costa Mesa California and I finally started to understand the importance of knowing how to read the numeric and visual values on images and also to have the monitor calibrated to make sure the prints come out exactly as they are on the monitor. Btw I just changed the way my drop down list of tools were organized lol.

[steffenn]

I have never understand it better before, thank you very much. Perfecte pace, explanation, all thumbs

[Aphex]

Always helpful to see someone else's workflow. Thanks a lot for sharing !

[malikaq]

That’s a savage video to creat .. thank you so much for doing this hard work, it does means a lot for us to watch. Great job 👏🏻 ❤️

[nicespichki]

The most charming and inspiring voice on YouTube! Also thank you for the information about the raw processing

[glennmitchell]

This is my first time to watch one of your videos. Todd. You did a brilliant job. Very nice presentation of the material. Interesting photo to edit. Excellent pacing. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Well done!

[silveralcid]

I really love the way you execute and present your tutorials. It baffles me how many people don't show a before and after right at the beginning. I really appreciate how organized and concise you are as well. Looking forward to delving into more of your videos!

[RVNmedic]

Thanks Todd. I've just started editing my photos. I use an X-T5 so Capture One seems like the way to go. You have clarified many thing for me and I thank you. I will continue to follow and have subscribed. You have an easy demeanor that is a pleasure to listen to.

[ConnorCrosby]

Absolutely love these kind of videos. Would really appreciate if you could post more of these!

[alexanderfield]

This was extremely useful, especially the histogram techniques you mentioned. They make the most impact to the image.

[robhardwick]

Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. So informative and helpful.

[jeylful]

Fantastic tutorial... I have to start learning to play with these tools more. You have a great voice to accompany your videos. Thanks!

[rocktgrn]

This is so wonderful, I'm new to capture one and this has helped so much. It might not really be what you do but I can't express how grateful I'd be for a video like this but with an image with a human subject. (Ideally using mixed available and strobe lighting).

[LtCore]

Awesome video & love the list of steps as an overall process.