No correction for Pincushion distortion ?!

[Nino Loss]

It seems that only barrel distortion can be fixed in Capture One, not pincushion, correct? The distortion slider in the Lens Correction Tool does not go into negatives. Is there anything that one can do about that in Capture One?

[Doug Peterson]

You can correct either standard distortion or pincushion distortion in C1.

It's as simple as changing [Lens Correction > Lens > Generic] to [Generic Pincushion]. See attachment for a screen grab.

Now you can NOT correct complex distortion in the current version of C1. So if you have a really funky lens that has bad complex distortion and it's important to your needs/workflow to correct it then you'd need to look elsewhere (e.g. Alpa's plugin for photoshop or dXo).

This specific feature wasn't on the curriculum for our upcoming Capture One Online Classes but tons of little tricks like this are in there and we always have time for Q&A at the end.

Doug Peterson (e-mail Me)
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[Nino Loss]

Thank you for your prompt reply! I never noticed that there was a second "generic" setting for pincushion distortion. Thanks again!