In subsequent examples we’ll expand this code incrementally until we have turned our keyboard into Master of the Cropping Universe. Let’s start with a very simple example of changing the crop using AppleScript. The journey of pages of code begins with the first few lines. decrease the height, or nudge it to the left) with a single keystroke, making it faster to use than the native Capture One Crop tool (e.g. We want to be able to modify the crop from the keyboard in a variety of ways (e.g. Simple AppleScript Cropping Example The End Goal If you’re interested in AppleScripting for Capture One, we have a new product you’ll LOVE! DT Building Blocks – a library of super valuable ActionScripts custom built by Digital Transitions to help speed up and enhance your Capture One Workflow. The tool is based on the Capture One AppleScript Dictionary and is, therefore, Mac only. In this article we look at a non-native cropping tool that DT has developed under the name DT CropControl and released as open source (meaning you can use the code for free, with the only requirement that you must provide us credit and a link to this blog post if/when you post about or distribute the tool). Modify Crop: Changes the crop of one or more selected images in numerical ways (e.g.AutoCrop: Finds the subject matter and crops (with optional positive or negative padding).Numerical: Type in a specific value for width or height crop resizes based on current center pointĬapture One CH provides several additional ways to manipulate the crop:.
Force New: Shift Click-Drag with the crop cursor to start a new crop.New: Click-Drag with the crop cursor to start a new crop.Crop in Capture One can be manipulated in a variety of native ways.