I want to apply PureRAW4 to a batch of images after they are edited in Capture One. When I try to import them PureRAW 4 does not read them from a file on my desktop. The images are there, they show up in a folder on the desktop but are not seen on the import page in PureRAW 4. They can’t be dragged there either.
PureRAW must be the first tool in the processing chain
Thanks, Joanna. I appreciate your prompt response. But I have to ask some questions, isn’t that unfortunate? Why did they design it that way? Why didn’t they say that upfront? And as far as workflow goes, it makes little sense. Am I missing something?
I had a photo shoot last night at a music fest. It was indoors, often dark so I decided to shoot at ISO 8000. I took 264 images and usually deliver about 25% of what I shoot. What you are saying is that I would have to decide on those images I want to deliver before I import them into a photo editing software: In my case, Capture One. Or I suppose I could process all 264 images in PureRAW4 first then input to C1. This is a head-scratcher. Again, am I missing something?
PureRAW is for converting files from RAW, so that they can then be edited. In so doing, it denoises them. The two processes are intertwined to give you the cleanest possible image to work on in whatever software you prefer.
So, yes, if you can’t pick your keepers in a simple file viewer, you would need to pass everything through PureRAW before passing the keepers to Capture One.
PureRAW noise reduction is also adaptive, so you can pass any ISO through it.
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@Martin , you might also check out the support info about PureRaw. e.g. the following: