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Guidance AP/Capture One & Bracketing/ Stacking


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Hi folks. I use C1 for RAW editing, however it does not offer tools for bracketing or stacking.

I have a 30 exposure (in place of long exposure) set, each with  0,-1,+1ev brackets (90 images). This will be my first time bracketing + stacking a set of exposures, so advise would be appreciated.

If I edit the 0 ev exposures in C1 then send to AP they will be converted to Tiff and then not editable easily in C1 again. I’m not experienced in AP raw processing so not sure if that is the most appropriate way forward.

Q1: Would it be best to edit exposures in raw first, in C1 or AP, then combine each bracket sequence, followed by stacking the result of the brackets?

Q2: What alternate workflow might work best in this scenario, given the images will need some IQ processing? IE stack each bracket value first then combine each stacked image?

Feedback welcome, thanks in advance.

 

 

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@Dominatio

I would recommend processing your raw files first, but ensuring that the same processing is aplied to every image. In Affinity you woud use Presets. Presumably ON1 has somethig simlar. Save as tiff files.

Load your triplets into Affinity via File > New HDR Stack and process to get a merged image. Save as a 16-bit tiff.

Load the merged tiffs via File > New Focus Merge, process and save.

John

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1 minute ago, John Rostron said:

You just use File > New  Stack instead of New Focus Merge.

New Stack? or New HDR Merge?

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5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

New Stack? or New HDR Merge?

The OP just wanted a Stack, presumably for a median merge.

John

 

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