Using Generative Fill with Capture One

I've just found a way to implement Photoshop Generative Fill into Capture One workflow. Using this trick, you can mask an area in Capture One, click a shortcut, and in several seconds you'll get the AI-retouched image right in Capture One. How? In this video, you'll find a complete step-by-step guide on implementing Generative Fill in Capture One.
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The whole process looks like this:
We're masking an area in Capture One and sending an image to Photoshop using Edit With shortcut. In Photoshop, we have an active event that applies pre-made action with Generative Fill to newly opened images. Finally, Photoshop auto-saves the image, and it appears in Capture One.
Now, let's see how to make this process fully automated.
First, we need to find a way to mask an area in Capture One for further AI retouching in Photoshop. I've tested several methods, and the best one is to make the required area pure white. You can easily achieve this by setting the White point in the Levels tool to 0. Also, make sure that your brush hardness value is set to 100. To quickly draw with these settings, you can create a style brush.
Next, we need to send our image to Photoshop, and starting from Capture One 23 16.2, you can set a custom shortcut for any Edit With actions.
Thus, we can now send images to Photoshop with just a couple of clicks.
In Photoshop, we need to record an action that will select the required areas and apply Generative Fill to them. If you're not familiar with Photoshop actions, feel free to download my action, and the masking style brush at AlexOnRAW.com/action
You'll also get 50 styles for Capture One free of charge!
There are several ways to select white areas in Photoshop. I'll use the Color Range feature with white color as a sample and 0 Fuzziness.
Next, it makes sense to feather the selection a bit and expand it.
Now, we can apply Generative Fill without a prompt. Nice!
Finally, we're going to flatten the image, save and close it.
There is only one thing missing for complete automatization. We need to set up Photoshop to run this action automatically when it opens a new document.
Here we need to enable events to run scripts, set Photoshop Event to Open Document, and the action to our Generative Fill action. Click Add and Done.
Ok, let's test it on some images!
First, how about removing the person from this shot? This is something that is impossible to achieve with Heal or Clone brushes, but the new workflow handles such tasks easily.
Or what if we don't need all these boats in this image? We can now quickly remove them.
This is just one example of how AI and automatization can improve your image editing workflow.
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[@meeno_the_man]

Really great way to work through this. Thanks for your constant genius.

[@AlexOnRAW]

Thanks, Meeno!

[@meeno_the_man]

@@AlexOnRAW you’re a fantastic resource to all of us. Keep up the great work.

[@cdmurray23]

Thanks, one thing to note, if you you have pure white in the rest of your photo (outside of the mask) the automated fill process will distort it. I think PS grabs it as part of the color range selections. It's an easy fix but just can't be down automatically with your action. Or maybe I don't have everything exactly setup correctly or I missed it in your demo.

[@AlexOnRAW]

Yes, that's true, but usually, it's better to avoid having pure white areas on your images, so in most cases, that shouldn't be an issue.

[@javier8j]

hello! great video. I'm interested in the course, but you don't have subtitles in other languages, do you?

[@AlexOnRAW]

Thank you! Unfortunately, we don't have subtitles available right now, but we're definitely working on adding them in the future. Can I ask which language you prefer?

[@julianpinol1572]

@@AlexOnRAW Castellano.... From what I see, the user's name is Javier. By the way, I would also buy the translated book. Unfortunately in Spain most of us don't understand English... Although Google Translate is fantastic (I'm using it right now)

[@user-tx7ek3ov7z]

I was going to buy the toolkit, has the offer finished now?

[@AlexOnRAW]

Please, send me an email at [e-mail] I'll send you an available offer.

[@FranciscoJavierDiazBenito]

Is the generative fill still in beta because I don't see it integrated into my photoshop??

[@AlexOnRAW]

Yes, you can download it here - creativecloud.adobe.com/campaign/creative-cloud?workflow=route-to-path&route-path=/apps/beta-apps

[@FranciscoJavierDiazBenito]

I'm not in a rush, so I'll wait for it to be integrated into the next versions. I'm saving your action and your tutorial for when it arrives

[@psmontte]

Capture One mainly serves as a catalog manager, raw image processor, and offers tethering functionalities. However, for intricate editing and image manipulation, Photoshop remains the preferred choice.

[@tundrusphoto4312]

Wrong. But don't worry. You can enjoy your Adobe bloatware.

[@StarfireResearch]

If you are going to use (require) Photoshop then why bother with Capture One? Personally I'm happy with what Capture One provides (no need for Photoshop).

[@AlexOnRAW]

Well, I have always had licenses for both Photoshop and Capture One. They are simply different apps - Capture One is the best choice for RAW development, and PS is for numerous other image editing tasks, including skin retouching or deep image manipulations.

[@jomuller5462]

Falscher Titel.

[@AlexOnRAW]

Why?

[@jomuller5462]

@@AlexOnRAW müsste lauten: >>using (or implimate) Photoshop in(to) capture one.

[@AlexOnRAW]

​@@jomuller5462 The title says, "Using Generative Fill with Capture One". I show how to use it with Capture One. Not inside or in Capture One, but *with*. Obviously, Generative Fill is a part of Photoshop.