phocus
Features, releases, and how-to coverage of Hasselblad's Phocus software.
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A Complete Hasselblad RAW Workflow: Cull, Phocus, 16-Bit TIFF, Lightroom
Paid Members PublicEvery week the same question surfaces on r/hasselblad, in the Facebook groups, or in my inbox: what does a sensible Hasselblad workflow actually look like, start to finish? The answers people get are usually fragments. Someone explains their culling setup, someone else defends Phocus, a third person says they
How HNCS Actually Works: Hasselblad's Color Science Explained
Paid Members PublicHNCS isn't baked into your files at capture. Here's how Hasselblad's render-time color pipeline in Phocus actually works, mechanism by mechanism.
What Is Hasselblad Phocus? A Free RAW Editor for Mac
Paid Members PublicIf you just bought a Hasselblad X System camera, or you're deciding whether to, "Phocus" is the word you might keep running into and nobody quite defines. It's Hasselblad's own photo editing software, it's free, and depending on who you
Phocus, Capture One, or Lightroom? I Measured Instead of Guessing
Paid Members PublicThe same Hasselblad RAW, measured in Phocus, Capture One, and Lightroom: tone, color, and lens handling differ more than you'd guess.
Phocus 4.2.1 for Mac Has Eleven Words of Release Notes
Paid Members PublicHasselblad released Phocus 4.2.1 for Mac on July 15th. As I write this, their own Phocus product page still lists 4.2 as the current version. The build is on their CDN and in the API that feeds the downloads page. The page just hasn't caught
Phocus 4.2 Modifies Your RAW Files on Import and Breaks DxO PureRaw
Paid Members PublicPhocus 4.2 import rewrites the EXIF Model tag in 3FR files. DxO PureRaw rejects them, checksums break, and Hasselblad calls it by design.
Culling a 1,500-Frame Hasselblad Shoot in Fifteen Minutes
Paid Members PublicHow I sort a 1,500-frame Hasselblad card in 10 to 15 minutes with Palomino, then hand clean keepers (and ratings) to Phocus.
Capture One's Hasselblad Support: What You Get and What Stays in Phocus
Paid Members PublicCapture One 16.8.3 opens Hasselblad 3FR files natively. What you get today, and what still needs Phocus: HNCS color, HDR output, FFF, tethering.
