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Phocus 2.0 Released

anGy

Member
Yummy, great update and for free. Xmas comes early this year.
Many thanks to all Phocus engineers !!
 

fotografz

Well-known member
Very cool. Downloaded and used already.

Now I can configure the tool sets to match the order and locations in Adobe Lightroom so my workflow is similar = speed :thumbup:

Excellent additions in exposure control ... again, now more similar to Lightroom. Nice simple B&W controls also.

May need to upgrade my Graphics card to take full advantage of the speed.

ALL V lenses now supported with DAC including the F and FE optics ... for those using a CFV/CFV-II or CFV/39 on a 200 series camera.

I wonder if DAC now corrects the slight distortion of the 40 CFE IF?

So far ... :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Marc
 

PeterA

Well-known member
Very cool. Downloaded and used already.



I wonder if DAC now corrects the slight distortion of the 40 CFE IF?



Marc
I will let you see and know - :)

Will download tonight when I get home - very exciting to see Phocus come with the exposure tools and colour caste corection tools as well.
fantastic that my V and f series lenses are now supported in DAC!:thumbup:

All we need now is a focal plane body ( from Hasselblad) yeah I know it is :deadhorse:
 
Very cool. Downloaded and used already.

Now I can configure the tool sets to match the order and locations in Adobe Lightroom so my workflow is similar = speed :thumbup:

Excellent additions in exposure control ... again, now more similar to Lightroom. Nice simple B&W controls also.

May need to upgrade my Graphics card to take full advantage of the speed.

ALL V lenses now supported with DAC including the F and FE optics ... for those using a CFV/CFV-II or CFV/39 on a 200 series camera.

I wonder if DAC now corrects the slight distortion of the 40 CFE IF?

So far ... :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Marc
Don't forget the floating windows and Loupe tool either. :thumbs:
 

jlm

Workshop Member
my first 39mp image processed in 2.0, love the shadow recovery.

still hate the rather clunky trail you have to go down to to set the export destination.

for example, for this image: using the browser, locate the .fff file in it's folder, write down the name of that folder. work on the .fff file, then set output variables. choose "export" and navigate back through the directory to set the destination to what you wrote down. if you didn't write it down, you have to open various folders to find the right place.
now the .fff image is still on the screen, so it would be nice if the path was indicated as well.

now if you are processing several files from the same folder, using the same export destination, fine, as it retains the last spot, but in this case i was going back through folders and picked one file. if I was picking several files from different places, it gets clunky

unless I'm missing something, certainly possible
 

LJL

New member
my first 39mp image processed in 2.0, love the shadow recovery.

still hate the rather clunky trail you have to go down to to set the export destination.

for example, for this image: using the browser, locate the .fff file in it's folder, write down the name of that folder. work on the .fff file, then set output variables. choose "export" and navigate back through the directory to set the destination to what you wrote down. if you didn't write it down, you have to open various folders to find the right place.
now the .fff image is still on the screen, so it would be nice if the path was indicated as well.

now if you are processing several files from the same folder, using the same export destination, fine, as it retains the last spot, but in this case i was going back through folders and picked one file. if I was picking several files from different places, it gets clunky

unless I'm missing something, certainly possible
John,
Not sure if this is the "best" way, but when you are in the Browser, you can select the image thumbnails and drag them to the "Quick Collections" folder on the left side of the panel. That lets you get back to those shots whenever you need to, or you can dump them whenever finished, since I think they are only reference pointers.

Since I do not work with Phocus a lot, I do not know if this is the way to go, but it would solve your immediate problem of having to go back through folders to find the files. Once in the "Quick Collections", you can then Export to wherever else you want them. The breadcrumb trail would be nice to see where the originals are stored. Maybe that can be added, or maybe somebody else knows how to navigate this better than me.

LJ
 

fotografz

Well-known member
John,
Not sure if this is the "best" way, but when you are in the Browser, you can select the image thumbnails and drag them to the "Quick Collections" folder on the left side of the panel. That lets you get back to those shots whenever you need to, or you can dump them whenever finished, since I think they are only reference pointers.

Since I do not work with Phocus a lot, I do not know if this is the way to go, but it would solve your immediate problem of having to go back through folders to find the files. Once in the "Quick Collections", you can then Export to wherever else you want them. The breadcrumb trail would be nice to see where the originals are stored. Maybe that can be added, or maybe somebody else knows how to navigate this better than me.

LJ
That's how I use Quick Collections" in LR ... same process in Phocus and why Quick Collections is there.

Since I don't catalog with Phocus, but instead use LR because I'm using multiple digital platforms ... I'm not sure how cataloging in Phocus would work. But I know Professional shooters use the Hassey software in conjunction with other cataloging/storage systems ... I just don't know how.

-Marc
 

Stuart Richardson

Active member
Nice to see this...I am especially interested to hear about the DAC corrections for FE lenses. But by the way, can we please integrate the scanners into Phocus? They also use an .fff format (and .tifs), and it would be great to have access to some of the more advanced features in Phocus, compared to FlexColor which is getting long in the tooth. After all, its not like the scanners are lower-end products...the X5 costs a lot more than the CFV-39! I just wish the scanners would get some attention from the software engineers too...it can't be that hard to integrate...
 
J

John Collins

Guest
"But by the way, can we please integrate the scanners into Phocus?"
Stuart Richardson


This is just what's needed. Please include the Imacon scanners, also.

John
 

Seascape

New member
Thanks Paul, it includes the ones I own :thumbup:

I seem to remember the initial list did not include CF lenses, so this is good news.
 
"But by the way, can we please integrate the scanners into Phocus?"
Stuart Richardson


This is just what's needed. Please include the Imacon scanners, also.

John
John

I do not anticipate this happening. The primary comment from many with Flexcolor was they considered it scanner software. Flexcolor was/is a full featured capture software. We now have a clear delineation between scanner (Flexcolor) and capture (Phocus) software. Flexcolor will still work as a capture software if you wish, with the exception of the 50mp.

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA
 
Thanks Paul, it includes the ones I own :thumbup:

I seem to remember the initial list did not include CF lenses, so this is good news.
We had 9 CF/CFE lenses in Phocus 1.2.1.
It does time to map each of the C and F type lenses by our optical specialist in Sweden in order to generate the lookup tables necessary for the proper lens corrections.

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA
 

Stuart Richardson

Active member
John

I do not anticipate this happening. The primary comment from many with Flexcolor was they considered it scanner software. Flexcolor was/is a full featured capture software. We now have a clear delineation between scanner (Flexcolor) and capture (Phocus) software. Flexcolor will still work as a capture software if you wish, with the exception of the 50mp.

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA
That's a rather strange comment -- I used FlexColor with the DMR and with
the 646, and now with the X5...I never felt any sense of confusion about its abilities. If you do not plan to integrate it into Phocus (which seems like it would be by far the easiest thing to do, and you could even completely disable the scanning features unless a scanner is connected...which is basically what FlexColor does now), would you please at least consider modernizing FlexColor? For example, previews are still pixelated and difficult to do work on, while using the detail tab results in waiting for a scan -- if you try to go work on something else while it does a detail scan, the detail scan comes up blank (i.e. you need to sit with FlexColor as the primary window for the entire detail scan). It crashes frequently and it has a confusing workflow (and this is from someone who has worked with it for 4 years).
You cannot even rotate the crop tool! This is a huge pain, as the scanning path or film is not always 100% straight in the holder, especially with panoramic formats...something so simple as a rotating crop tool would help enormously. And this is leaving aside all the more modern sharpening, noise reduction and color correction tools in Phocus. It just feels really spiteful to have spent so much money on a scanner to be denied software that could make it so much easier to work with and more productive. I am trying to run a small lab here, and scanning is one of my most frequent tasks -- anything that could make it easier would be appreciated. I just feel like the scanners are grudgingly being kept on as a legacy product, and that Hasselblad just wants to ignore them so they can focus on their backs. FlexColor was designed 10 or more years ago now, and it looks, feels and acts like it! And again, this is from a very very loyal customer!
 

Stuart Richardson

Active member
Sorry, I got a little passionate there. I neglected to thank you for responding Paul, which I really appreciate. I also know that you are probably not the one deciding how the resources are allocated here. I just smell something up here -- it reminds me of the treatment of the 200 series before it was discontinued, and of the V system before it was all-but discontinued....a sort of slow death through lack of development.
 
Sorry, I got a little passionate there. I neglected to thank you for responding Paul, which I really appreciate. I also know that you are probably not the one deciding how the resources are allocated here. I just smell something up here -- it reminds me of the treatment of the 200 series before it was discontinued, and of the V system before it was all-but discontinued....a sort of slow death through lack of development.
Stuart,

You are correct that I am not one deciding how the resources are allocated, but I will forward your comments to the proper individuals.
I wanted to acknowledge your post and tried to provide what I consider to be an honest answer.

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA
 
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