Can Capture One automate color correction from a ColorChecker or other reference card?

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I know X-Rite’s ColorChecker Passport software can create DNG camera profiles for Lightroom. In Capture One, I’d like a similarly repeatable workflow using a ColorChecker or other reference target:

1. Set up lighting
2. Photograph the color card
3. Shoot the session
4. Import into Capture One
5. Set white balance from a gray patch
6. Apply some automated color correction based on the target
7. Copy those corrections to the rest of the images

Is there an automated way to do step 6 in Capture One, given that Capture One uses ICC profiles rather than DNG profiles?

user4892 · Answer

After some searching around I found the following information that a user posted after being frustrated that Capture One only supports ICC profiles but X-Rite creates DNG profiles:

From robertharringtonstudios.wordpress.com:

I discovered that if you are using Capture One, all you need to do is photograph the Munsell Color Target and use the Auto Color Correction button to have the software completely correct the file.

First I take a custom white balance off the neutral target.

Then I photograph the target and bring that into Capture One as well.

Then I hit the A for Auto Adjust in Capture One and get a corrected image.

After that, I just copy and paste my adjustments to my photos and I’m done.

Can Capture One automate color correction from a ColorChecker or other reference card?

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