Hasselblad X1D icc in Capture One
After a few months of trying to figure out how to get the correct colors in Capture One from a X1D when compared to a Phocus, I finally bit the bullet and bought an X rite color passport
Profiling
Profiling was pretty straightforward
Take a picture of the x rite target
bring it to Phocus, export as dng
use my script from asselblad-3fr-fff-in-capture-one to be able to open it in Capture One
In Capture One
remove all default adjustments (like sharpening and denoise)
set the ICC profile to Effects->NoColorCorrection
set the curve to Linear Response
Make a new Process recipe with
Format: Tiff/16bits
Options: Uncompressed
ICC Profile: Embed Camera Profile
Export the Tiff
In the ColorChecker Camera Calibration software load the tiff on the ICC-TIF tab (adjust the targets area if needed) and create the icc file
Results
Overall it gives me the feeling that I’m definitely way closer to Hasselblad’s Phocus’s creamy and soft gradients.
The results are a mix bag of emotions, some photos Phocus matches perfectly to capture one, others not so much but they are rather close.
Still a few things to figure but I can call this an almost-success
icc profile
I figure Hasseblad does have a good factory camera profiling, so using an icc profile from another camera couldn’t be far away… so here it is if you wan to give it a try yourself.
Phocus vs Capture One + icc colors comparisson
Here is an image where you can see Phocu’s better sky colors and gradients, but overall you get good enough matching shadowing colors, and greens, et all.
IMHO green shades and vegetation gradients are the hardest part, which seems to be handled correctly here at magnification
Top: Hasselblad’s Phocus
Bottom: CaptureOne