Capture One Pro Tips - Flow vs Opacity & Brush Control

Get to know the difference between Flow and Opacity in Capture One 20's Brush Controls. This video goes into detail on how to get the best masking effect, based on the use of each control in isolation as well as in combination with each other. The Airbrush option is also demonstrated, allowing you to make an informed choice of how you want to set up your brush strokes to match your own editing style. For those wondering about the maths in terms of each "layer" of opacity or flow that Capture One applies... The mathematical answer is that each click MULTIPLIES on the previous - and it works in the inverse way. (Rather overly complicated, in my view, but hey - it works the same way in Photoshop!) So, it won't go: 20-40-60-80-100 with each click or brush-stroke in an additive way. Instead, it goes 20-36-49-59-67-74-79-83-87-89, and so-on, never *technically* reaching 100% except for rounding. To do the maths, you need to start at 100: Minus 20% = 80. (Inverse = 20%) Minus 20% = 64. (Inverse = 36%) Minus 20% = 51. (Inverse = 49%) Minus 20% = 41. (Inverse = 59%) Minus 20% = 33. (Inverse = 67%) Minus 20% = 26. (Inverse = 74%) Minus 20% = 21. (Inverse = 79%) Minus 20% = 17. (Inverse = 83%) Minus 20% = 13. (Inverse = 87%) Minus 20% = 11. (Inverse = 89%) ...and so on. Presented by Phase One and Capture One Pro Ambassador - Commercial, Landscape & Cityscape Photographer Paul Reiffer. All video content © https://www.paulreiffer.com/ and may not be reproduced without permission. Recorded using Capture One Pro v20.1 on an Apple Mac Pro 16-core Xeon with 192GB memory, 2x Radeon Pro Vega II Graphics cards and 4TB SSD. And don't forget, the discussion continues on our Behind The Scenes Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PaulReifferLive/