Topic: Phocus 2.0 (Read 5146 times)

Dustbak · « **on:** December 10, 2009, 11:39:59 am »

For those waiting for it. It went life!

http://www.hasselblad.com/service--support...-downloads.aspx

Greg Hollmann · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:58:29 am »

Quote from: Dustbak

For those waiting for it. It went life!

http://www.hasselblad.com/service--support...-downloads.aspx

Phocus 2.0 Mac
This is a significant update to Hasselblad’s image processing software

Highlights
Recovery, Shadow Fill & Clarity tool
Floating tools
Loupe function via Navigator
End point control in Histogram
F-stop marks on histogram
Scene Calibration tool for equalizing intensity and removing cast
Phocus customization options via Layouts & Layout Triggers
Lens correction available for all V-camera Carl Zeiss lenses
Extended preview controls during tethered capture
Support for live video on H3DII-50*

* Requires new sensor unit firmware, which is expected within a few days.

Wim van Velzen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2009, 12:46:27 pm »

Any mention of the Windows version?

BJNY · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:19:49 pm »

Thanks, Greg.

Is live video enabled for H3DII-50ms as well?

arashm · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:30:59 pm »

Great
Only thing is I was REALLY hoping to see some way of being able to create "variants" or "virtual copies" of the same file...
This is extremely handy if you have to have different tonality and white balances for the same capture. (think intricate interior photography).
Hopefully it's on the future list...
am

Nick_T · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:38:02 pm »

Quote from: Wim van Velzen

Any mention of the Windows version?

It's in beta so shouldn't be to far behind the mac version.

Nick_T · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:40:56 pm »

Quote from: BJNY

Thanks, Greg.

Is live video enabled for H3DII-50ms as well?

I believe so yes. There will be a camera firmware update (done by the user) needed.

Nick_T · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:42:28 pm »

Quote from: arashm

Great
Only thing is I was REALLY hoping to see some way of being able to create "variants" or "virtual copies" of the same file...
This is extremely handy if you have to have different tonality and white balances for the same capture. (think intricate interior photography).
Hopefully it's on the future list...
am

it's already there. Look in the "adjustments browser" where you can apply multiple sets of adjustments to the same file.

arashm · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:46:59 pm »

Quote from: Nick_T

it's already there. Look in the "adjustments browser" where you can apply multiple sets of adjustments to the same file.

Nick
thank you for your response, does the adjustment browser remember the multiple settings per file after quitting out of the program?
is there a way you can have multiple thumbnails of the different adjustments on your thumbnail bar, to have the visual of what you've done?
thanks once again.
am

Nick_T · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:53:19 pm »

Quote from: arashm

Nick
thank you for your response, does the adjustment browser remember the multiple settings per file after quitting out of the program?

There's a preference setting to determine wether your adjustments are always saved or only when you save out a version, mine is set to always save (which seems most logical to me) and so yes the settings are remembered and saved.

Quote

is there a way you can have multiple thumbnails of the different adjustments on your thumbnail bar, to have the visual of what you've done?
thanks once again.
am

No there isn't but it does seem like a good idea, you could perhaps have a "stack" for a given file that had those adjustments, I'll pass it on and see what they say.
Nick-T

John.Williams · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2009, 03:33:32 pm »

Quote from: Nick_T

I believe so yes. There will be a camera firmware update (done by the user) needed.

Link to firmware update is live and available for download (listed in the description on the download page.)

RichA@FotoCare · « **Reply #11 on:** December 14, 2009, 08:08:40 am »

Hi Guys,
Paul posted this in another thread for the Live Video;

"Firmware R344 is now available:

http://www.hasselblad.com/service--support...-downloads.aspx

This package contains firmware version R344.CIM for the H3DII-50 sensor unit and is feature and bugfix release of version R341.

Highlights Include
Support for Live Video*
Improved capture rate when shooting to CF cards , especially with fast CF-cards
Added support for new CF-card types

* Requires Phocus 2.0 Mac

This firmware update is intended for Phocus users only and can be downloaded via Phocus version 1.1 Mac, 1.0.2 Windows or later versions. For a complete list of fixes and added features, please consult the read-me file.

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA"

Best,
Rich Andres
Foto Care

Dick Roadnight · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2010, 12:44:01 pm »

Quote from: Greg Hollmann

Phocus 2.0 Mac

Highlights
Recovery, Shadow Fill & Clarity tool
...

In the studio you are in control of the lighting, and you can control the DR, contrast etc.

With landscapes this is not the case, and Phocus 2 becomes the main reason for buying a Hasselblad.

Pre-Phocus 2 I produced this in Photoshop by layer masking, using select-colour and manually editing the mask and combining two pictures, one exposed for the sky.

[attachment=20957:Shipston...t_mask_2.jpg]

With Phocus 2 I produced this from one picture exposed for the sky in a minute or two, using mostly shadow fill and without having to use curves... and it looks to me to be a better picture , with better colours in the tree and the house, and more detail in the trunk of the tree.

[attachment=20958:Shipston...us__0023.jpg]

Highlight recovery is also useful, but in this example, it could not recover detail from pictures with the sky over-exposed.

Tripod, MLU, H3D11-50.

Barry Goyette · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2010, 02:37:28 pm »

Quote from: Dick Roadnight

In the studio you are in control of the lighting, and you can control the DR, contrast etc.

With landscapes this is not the case, and Phocus 2 becomes the main reason for buying a Hasselblad.

Pre-Phocus 2 I produced this in Photoshop by layer masking, using select-colour and manually editing the mask and combining two pictures, one exposed for the sky.

[attachment=20957:Shipston...t_mask_2.jpg]

With Phocus 2 I produced this from one picture exposed for the sky in a minute or two, using mostly shadow fill and without having to use curves... and it looks to me to be a better picture , with better colours in the tree and the house, and more detail in the trunk of the tree.

[attachment=20958:Shipston...us__0023.jpg]

Highlight recovery is also useful, but in this example, it could not recover detail from pictures with the sky over-exposed.

Tripod, MLU, H3D11-50.

It's funny you brought this up. I was out on location a couple of days ago and usually I'd plan shots like this during magic hour, but we had too many shots and locations to cover so something had to give. this was shot in a pretty strong backlight situation, with pretty minimal fill, and I was shocked as to what I could do with the shadow recovery tool in phocus when I got back to the office...it really made me re-think how I approach fashion on location.
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EricWHiss · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2010, 03:07:59 pm »

Yes the shadow recovery in Phocus is excellent - very well done. I much prefer it to fill light in LR or the shadow tool in PS.

Dick Roadnight · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2010, 03:16:31 pm »

Quote from: Barry Goyette

It's funny you brought this up. I was out on location a couple of days ago and usually I'd plan shots like this during magic hour, but we had too many shots and locations to cover so something had to give. this was shot in a pretty strong backlight situation, with pretty minimal fill, and I was shocked as to what I could do with the shadow recovery tool in phocus when I got back to the office...it really made me re-think how I approach fashion on location.

This is what my picture looked like before Phocus 2 adjustments. I exposed for the sky, not thinking that I would use any part of the picture except the sky... but when I tried to create a mask using select colour layer. I got the roof and bonnet of the bus as well.

I have four big Metzs, but they would not have been enough to light up the tree and the inside of the bus!

[attachment=20963:Shipston...023_dark.jpg]

P.S. I am a voluntary bus driver, and I drove this bus to Banbury yesterday.

vandevanterSH · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2010, 11:59:29 pm »

Quote from: EricWHiss

Yes the shadow recovery in Phocus is excellent - very well done. I much prefer it to fill light in LR or the shadow tool in PS.

There is no comparison. With Phocus 2.x, use of LR for Hasselblad files is not a good idea and this is from a person who resists using mfgs. specific software.

Steve

pixjohn · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2010, 04:48:42 am »

Since I am in the market to change my Aptus 75 to a Hasselblad H4-50 in the next few weeks, I started playing with the Phocus software. I wanted to see if anyone has good luck with correcting lens falloff? The Leaf function has never worked the way it was suppose to work. With the Leaf software it never lets me correct 100% of the falloff leaving dark corners.

Dustbak · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2010, 07:05:58 am »

The Hasselblad corrections work, work really well. I have never had the urge to check for remaining vignetting, which can be seen as an indication how well it works.

What you will really like is the virtual elimination of CA. That is very visible in the corrections.

Distortion correction also works extremely well. You will like that on things likt the 28!

Dick Roadnight · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2010, 10:42:34 am »

Quote from: Dustbak

The Hasselblad corrections work, work really well. I have never had the urge to check for remaining vignetting, which can be seen as an indication how well it works.

What you will really like is the virtual elimination of CA. That is very visible in the corrections.

Distortion correction also works extremely well. You will like that on things likt the 28!

Phocus 2 and the Hasselblad lenses go very well together... I would like to imagine (but do not believe) that with simple digital-specialist apochromatic lenses there will be no Chromatic Aberrations to correct... but most of the features on Phocus 2 will still work with Apo-Digitars.

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