How to CROP, SHARPEN & EXPORT photos for INSTAGRAM with Capture One Pro
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Today we will be talking about cropping, sharpening and exporting high quality photos for INSTAGRAM with Capture One Pro 20. I will cover the CROP TOOL - how to save your own preset for a specific ratio. Next I will show you how to create and save your own PROOF RECIPE and how to OPTIMIZE SHARPENING for a specific size. Once the image is set and PROOF is done, we will EXPORT a physical file (JPG) to our hard drive. Last step - publish to INSTAGRAM and enjoy! :)
In this video I'l show the workflow for publishing INSTAGRAM, but the formula can be easily replicated for any social media - FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TIK TOK. All you need are the required dimensions for particular social media.
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Please do not shorten your videos. They are excellent - thorough and detailed which is what one needs when trying to understand a process. Your delivery is clear and straightforward. One of the best instructional videos I have watched. Thank you very much.
Excellent course, you filled in a lot of gaps about the process and interactions that I was struggling with, thank you very much.
Thank you for these Capture One videos. They’re excellent and always useful.
You're very welcome Nigel!
Really enjoying your videos !!! Nicely done !!
your tutorials are fantastic, so thorough yet easy to follow. Thank you
You are welcome Charles!
i really appreciate the extra details and explanations, this video helped me a great deal.
Thanks, this was exactly what I needed, among other things as well. You’ve got a new follower 👍🙂
Welcome aboard Markus! You might enjoy this article as well medium.com/@zellersamuel/tips-for-photographers-on-instagram-e5c09625bd2
Very well done!!!
So informative. :) Excellent!!
Thank you Anish!
Wow, thanks Kasia! Looking forward on this one :)
Excellent points. Only one remark/question around the color space (ICC Profile) you have chosen. I see you used AdobeRGB instead of the sRGB. Did you notice an improvement on Adobe's one for web use?
Hey, thanks for pointing that out! I haven't touched this setting, so must have been my default in C1. No, no improvement noticed, sRGB still is the most recommended and safest color space when the image is exported for a screen. Need to correct this in my process recipe for IG.
Grazie! )) sono sempre molto interessanti i tuoi video !
Prego! :)
Thank you! I watched this a few months back, forgot and now am back to actually create my recipes this time. Question: Will the process recipe for exporting be the same for IG portrait/square and landscape formats?
Love the content
Thank you Endrigo
thank your for this very helpful video. You made me realize that I was on the good way but now I know what part of the process I was doing wrong. Thanks for that ! ;)
You are so welcome!
Very useful for me. THX
Great, thank you!
thanks!
Very informative I have struggled with this somewhat!
Thanks Robert, glad to help!
Thank you for this video.
You are welcome Rob :)
Thank you for the video.
You are welcome!
Is it possible to disable the crop overlay in grid or filmstrip?
I really appreciate this video! Would their be a reason that after following these steps that instagram would still darken a photo post editing?
hey ho thx for your great tipps. I learned a lot. :)
ONE QUESTION :) I made my own frames in gimp. Saved it as png and import it in CAP1 as a watermark. It works perfect for me. I have e.g. 2 photos. photo1 is croped different than photo2. When I set the position of my frame in process recipe for photo1 it will effect photo2 too. I dont want that :D
Is there a way to LOCK the position of the frame (watermark) for each photo, so that it has no effect on the other photos?
best regards Micha :)
Hi Micha, thank you! Regarding the watermark - I don't know of such a functionality as locking the watermark for each photo. If you want to have the watermark (frame) fitted to a specific ratio (crop) I'd suggest creating separate process recipes for every aspect ratio.
So when you save the file and send the phone over to your iPhone or iPad for uploading from your Mac. Is there any compression applied. Or are you using a piece of software like Flume to publish?
Hi Brian, my IG workflow looks like that: edit an image in C1 > proof and export a JPG with process recipe (here I typically go with 80% JPG quality, so it compresses the file and I maintain control over the result) > publish the JPG to IG from my desktop ( I use an app called Later to do this)
Surely IG applies a compression, but by uploading exact size and already compressed file (that 80% JPG quality setting) I'm getting good results, since there is not much to adjust by IG algorithm. At least that's how I see it. My logic behind it is that if I was uploading large files, not resized for IG, then their algorithm would run the compression and resizing automatically. Doing my part I have more control over the final result. Hope that helps :)
I noticed your ICC profile was Adobe 1998, I was told it is better at SRGB for the web or viewing on a computer, does it really matter? Great tutorial, thanks!
Hi Al, good point, sRGB is safer when image is intended for screens and digital media. Need to change it in my IG recipe, thank you!
Quick question, when you crop the image your display only shows the cropped part. Mine always shows full image with the crop as a mask as soon as I click the crop icon. I cannot find anywhere in preferences the option to change it. If you could point me in the direction, that would be great! Also great channel, best Capture One educational source on RUclips by far.
Hi Stan, thank you, glad you enjoy my videos! You can control the opacity of mask for cropping here: Capture One > Preferences > Crop > Opacity
If you want fully opaque mask, set Opacity to 100%. With Brightness you can set the brightness of the mask 100% Black - 100% White. Hope that helps!
Kasla, what is the best setting to exporting your pictures for print? Thanks in advance.
Hi Richard, it depends on many factors - the printed size, type of paper, inks used. Best would be asking your printer to provide you with their specifications to avoid any guess work. If you are printing yourself, at home it is always great idea to run a "stripe tests" before printing any big size to check how your image looks transferred on paper.
Great video. I am eager to try out your techniques. I see you use 300 px/in for IG. I thought the recommendation was for 72 pc/in, or no more than 100 px/in, for internet images.
Thank you! When you export for digital media the resolution doesn't matter. Setting 300 or 72 will give you the same result and the same file size (KB), since we have fixed dimensions.
Hello Kasia, great video, thank you very much. I would buy your video course, but a new version of CaptureOne pro (21) will be available soon. Are you planning to update your course?
Hi Rene, yes, I'm always adding new lessons to my course, to keep it up to date. I have launched the course this year just before the C1 20 was introduced and immediately updated with new lessons to cover new tools.
@@KasiaZmokla Hi Kasia, watch a lot of your YT video’s. Very detailed and informative. Also had doubt getting this course because of the new C1P 2021version . Your comment above made me purchase the course. Looking forward to explore the course.
@@robertreinink2507 Hi Robert, thank you! Glad to have you onboard :)
I tried setting a user crop for IG and it messed me up a bit. It seems the crop tool needs to be set on 'Output' for the ratio to work? Am I missing something.
Hi Geoff, no, the crop tool can be applied at any stage. You may for example want to have the image cropped with no intention to output it at all - just to check different options (on different variants).
If you want to output and apply the crop you have set - just remember selecting the option "respect crop" from the dropdown menu in the Process Recipe > Adjustments > Crop
@@KasiaZmokla I'll keep playing. It seemed like after I had set the IG crop dimensions in the add aspect ratio drop down menu , the px numbers in the crop tool did not match what I had set.
@@Sticks55 That sounds strange, let me know if you managed to fix it.
Why do you use Adobe RGB at the export instead sRGB? All monitors, mobiles are displaying finally sRGB.
well, I see below similar question and Your reply :D
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very understandable tutorial but leaving me with one problem. I can't publish directly from my Mac to insta . I have to share it first to my app: "photo's" and than into Insta. any suggestion to directly transfer ? thanks
I’m not a social media expert by any means, as far as I know there is no way to publish directly from C1 to IG. I’m using an app called Later to publish to IG, but it is still a middle step anyway...
@@KasiaZmokla thank you for your answer>. Til now I publish my pictures in a map on my desk> than I share it on my photo app ( Mac =native)so I can share it on soc. media.A bit time consuming:-)! Anyway lots of thanks and I can assure you that your tuto,s have brought me much good tips and advice.
Why doesn't Capture One include presets for exporting various options such as Social Media, Prints, PhotoBooks, etc?
I'm not working for Capture One, but that would be tricky. You need to know your specific output media, size etc
When I click on Add Recipe > New Recipe, I don't get untitled. I get a duplicate of what already exists. How can a newbie do this? When you provide any tutorial, you have to assume the viewer doesn't know how to do it. You have no idea how frustrating it is when you sit through a tutorial for 15 minutes just to find out you need to go find another tutorial because Capture One doesn't respond the way your tutorial represents.
How to maintain original composition? I mean with white borders how could we maintain original composition
Hey - check out point #5 "Square or not square" in this article on Medium ( medium.com/@zellersamuel/tips-for-photographers-on-instagram-e5c09625bd2)
I guess this is what you are looking for. It's worth looking at - really great IG tips!
@@KasiaZmokla Hi. I have been following your very informative videos. I usually use Photoshop to add a border to my post. Anyway, I tried this link but it's 404 - Page Not Found.
@@tkphotosz The article must have been removed, it doesn't work for me either anymore.
@@KasiaZmokla Thank you for your prompt reply. Much appreciated.
Hi Kasia, one question here. I see your point about cropping the image to a 4x5 aspect ratio but I do not understand why you set the width of the image to 1,080px already at this stage. I mean, one thing is aspect ratio and another resolution. As far as I understand it is more than sufficient to set the width of the image within the process recipe but maybe I‘m missing something. Thank you!
Hi Jorg, 1080px is the recommended width for IG export (help.instagram.com/1631821640426723). I've made a specific process recipe in advance for IG portrait and the recipe we selected while cropping. The crop tool will always respect specific settings from SELECTED recipe.
@@KasiaZmokla Well, I was just wondering why you created a specific IG crop ratio within the crop tool. I understand that even if you do not crop your image but then apply a process recipe which sets the width to a maximum of 1,080px then Capture One will apply this maximum width upon exporting the image anyway. Thank you in any case for responding!
@@jorghahn2903 The image ratio differs - the frames from my camera have different ratio (proportion width to height) in comparison with the IG. It is not only about scaling down the image (by reducing the size value for width). I need to take decision which parts of the image will be cropped out, since the original ratio gives way "taller" rectangle. I don't want it to happen automatically, in such a case I might end up with let's say my subject's head cropped off the frame :D IG ratio is closer to a rectangle and it forces me to make the crop. There is a possibility of publishing images at their original ratio on IG, this requires creating white borders around the image, in order to fill in the given IG size.
@@KasiaZmokla Hi Kasia, I fully agree on cropping but what I wanted to say / ask is if one might also just set the aspect ratio to 4x5 (instead of using the pixel values, ie 1,080 x 1,350). My apologies but I guess that my question was not really clear.
@@jorghahn2903 No worries, I'm doing a guesswork at this moment too lol. I was saying that if you don't select any recipe, and will be cropping with the prerecorded (by yourself) IG ratio, C1 won't apply the 1080 pixels. I've done a quick test and see that it is pulling the size from selected recipe. So if no recipe selected C1 will apply just the 4x5 ratio, without matching the size.
Can use the sane process for Facebook.
Yes, plus you can optimize image ratio to work with Fb guidelines.
@@KasiaZmokla thanks for the feedback
I deleted my Instagram account and went back to ancient Blogger. My kinds of images are not made for Instagram anyway.
If it feels more suitable for your images - great! The principles covered in the video apply in general to exporting physical files out of Capture One to any digital media. No matter if it is IG, FB or your digital JPG archive on google drive.
@@KasiaZmokla Ok, I might watch it still then.
@@bioliv1 Hahaha, great! Check it out if you want to learn how to use the Proofing tool along with the Process Recipes. And to be honest anyone who wants to get JPGs out of C1 edits should know it by heart ;)
@@KasiaZmokla I'll watch it then! Yesterday was such a nice day, just where my girls are sitting should have been 70 wind turbines, but here we were able to fight them back: www.flickr.com/photos/78304219@N06/50660421953/in/photostream/
Amazing place! Hmm that would be a horrible idea to scatter the windmills all over the hill. Well done with fighting them. In Poland the windmills are placed mostly on flat fields, never seen more then 10 in one place. But on the other hand I never paid any attention to this issue, maybe there are more, or plans to install more.
Can you please try to make these tutorials short and straight to the point..
Hi Mike, thanks for your feedback, I can try to make the videos shorter. However I do believe that they are "to the point", this is just my teaching style. I do record these videos because I simply enjoy the process, not sure if I would like to "rush" them. This is an independent channel, I'm not sponsored by any company and therefore I have the freedom of making videos that hopefully bring value to the viewers and give me joy at the same time. Hope you understand and hope you'll keep watching ;) Greetings from 🇵🇱
@@KasiaZmokla DO NOT MAKE VIDEOS SHORTER!!!!!! You are a wonderful teacher
@@almostgreen9498 Ahahahaha, thanks! :D
@@KasiaZmokla yaah yaah I understand dear... Keep it up _ greetings from 🇿🇼
Cheers! 🇵🇱
Dear Kasia, seems you really know what your are talking about. But to keep people interested, you might want to stay more focussed on the topic, rather telling endless side notes. I always end your videos after a couple of minutes, 'cause they are too long. 30 Minutes to explain this topic is at least 20 minutes too long for me.