C1Convert
Fra Hougaard
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Convert settings from Phase One Capture One 3.7 to 4.0
Background
I'm a long time user of CaptureOne raw converter and have been using version 4 since beta 1. One the the most irritating aspects of 4 are that my raw settings from 3.7 are not converted, information like white balance, crop and exposure compensation is "lost" when I open my old raw files with version 4.
I have therefore created a small tool that can convert settings from 3.7 to version 4. This is only for the Windows version of CaptureOne.
I have only tested with files from Canon 300D,20D and Nikon D70 - The current version does NOT handle files from a Phase One databack correct (Maybe the next version).
Please be aware that if you want the same (pixel for pixel) output from a raw file, keep using 3.7.
You can reach me a erik(a)hougaard.com
Details
The current version convert the following settings:
* White Balance (It looks like there is a difference between the calculations in 3.7 and 4.0 so the white balance is not exactly converted - +/- 200 kelvin) * Exposure Compensation * Contrast * Saturation * Sharpening (Amount and Threshold) * Cropping (May be off a few pixel) * Curve (Gives the same curve in both programs but the image is quite different) * Shadow and highlight levels (Midtone is not support yet).
How-To
1. First we need CO4 to create the .COS (xml based) setting files for our raw files. The best way (I have found) is to open the folder with CO4, give one raw file a rating, select "copy adjustments", select all files and "apply adjustment". Do this for all folder with raw files.
2. Run C1CONVERT.EXE from a prompt for each folder with raw files.
Syntax: C1CONVERT <folder with 3.7 work files> <folder with raw files>
Example: C1CONVERT "c:\program files\phase one\Capture one 3.7 LE\Previews\" "f:\photos\raw\"
When the program is running the output to the screen will look like this, listing every raw file that is converted
Target directory is e:\foto\c1data\ Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4863.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4861.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4868.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_0410.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\DSC_3693.NEF.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\crw_1.crw.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4862.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4860.CR2.cos with 3.7 information Patching e:\foto\\captureone\settings\_MG_4867.CR2.cos with 3.7 information
A log file is created C1CONVERT.LOG with tons'o'information on the convertion. This file can be viewed with notepad.
For each .COS file in the "CaptureOne\Settings" folder a .COS.Backup is created. The backup file is a copy of the .COS file before any modifications. If the program is executed on the same folder again no backup will be created, and the backup will be used for creating the modified .COS. So do NOT run the program again on a folder where you have changed raw settings. If you want to restore the raw settings without the 3.7 information simple copy the cos.backup file to .cos.
Download
(Version 0.01 to 0.03 has been removed)
C1CONVERT004.ZIP (Supports shadow and highlight levels (not midtones yet) and better even runtime support than 0.03)
C1CONVERT005.ZIP (Same as 004 but requires CaptureOne 4.5)
In the zip file is also vcredist_x86.exe if your system does not contain Visual Studio 2005 Runtime DLL's. Disclaimer
This program comes without warranty of any kind. Use it at your own risk.
