Like others, I've been watching, enjoying and learning from the Charlie Cramer videos. I don't want to start a religious war, but is there anything he does in the editing that can't be done directly in CaptureOne, with no need to go to Photoshop (hence avoiding a big usage of disk space)?
I suppose I am stating the obvious, but Charlie's "sloppy selection" approach cannot be done in LR or C1. In LR you can sort of make a selection using the radial filter, but it is not a random, sloppy selection and not technically a selection; it is a mask automatically brushed in or out. As far as I know there is no way to make a selection in C1. Making and adjusting masks in LR and C1 can theoretically do the same thing, and in some sense is more adjustable since you can vary the effect
within the selection by utilizing "Flow" and by varying the amount of feather in different parts of the mask as you go. Of course you can do that in PS too, but Charlie chooses not to. What is great about Charlie's approach is how fast it is for certain things.
Dave
Edit: One thing you can to pretty effectively in C1 that is similar to Charlie's sloppy selection:
- Create a new empty adjustment layer
- With a small brush, Flow at 100 and the mask shown (M), brush around the perimeter of the area you want "selected"
- In the layers control [...] "Fill Mask"
- In the layers control [...], "Feather Mask" to your desired amount
- Now you have your "sloppy selection." Still not technically a selection, but same effect
I am not aware of a way in LR to "Fill Mask" or "Feather Mask."