LR Classic and Capture Pro 11...differences??? I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it...

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it, too, is a catalog-based processing application. For those of you who have used both programs, what are the differences and the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

One clear difference, you own and know one already ....

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

CHG_CANON wrote:

One clear difference, you own and know one already ....

CHG, that was a pretty useless answer, which you are already aware of. Yes, I know LR but I might want to also know Capture Pro if it would be beneficial and that was what I was looking for, replies from people who can tell me what the application can and cannot do. But thanks anyway and Happy Thanksgiving.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

via the lens wrote:

I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it, too, is a catalog-based processing application. For those of you who have used both programs, what are the differences and the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance.

I use them together - adjustments are faster and better with C1, catalog is way way better in Lr. Sony raw files are better in C1, and as much as I try, I can't get them to look the same in Lr. Lr plays very nicely with a huge number of plugin applications - C1 does not support plugins at all. There's more but those are the big points.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

via the lens wrote:

I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it, too, is a catalog-based processing application. ...

Capture One Pro does not have to be used as a catalog-based application.

If you use Sessions you can escape the catalog and all of its complications. You will be in charge of where the files are stored, how they they get backed up. They can be processed on more than one computer. You will never lose a file because of a corrupt catalog.

I personally prefer Capture One Pro simply because it is not Adobe.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Gene51 wrote:

I use them together - adjustments are faster and better with C1, catalog is way way better in Lr. Sony raw files are better in C1, and as much as I try, I can't get them to look the same in Lr. Lr plays very nicely with a huge number of plugin applications - C1 does not support plugins at all. There's more but those are the big points.

Thank you.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

selmslie wrote:

Capture One Pro does not have to be used as a catalog-based application.

If you use Sessions you can escape the catalog and all of its complications. You will be in charge of where the files are stored, how they they get backed up. They can be processed on more than one computer. You will never lose a file because of a corrupt catalog.

I personally prefer Capture One Pro simply because it is not Adobe.

Thank you.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

via the lens wrote:

I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it, too, is a catalog-based processing application. For those of you who have used both programs, what are the differences and the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance.

I find Lightroom *much* easier to learn and use. Capture One Pro is the top choice for tethered capture. It also supposedly does a better job of rendering RAW Fuji X Trans files.

picsman Loc: Scotland

I don't know Lightroom but did use Photoshop for a while before moving onto DxO and now Capture One. I like CO because it is very fast at batch processing, allowing styles (presets) to be used on importing. But the main feature I like is the sessions approach to cataloguing so each event is a separate session and there is no large and ever increasing single catalogue. Also its colour processing is pretty good.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

berchman wrote:

I find Lightroom *much* easier to learn and use. Capture One Pro is the top choice for tethered capture. It also supposedly does a better job of rendering RAW Fuji X Trans files.

Thank you.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

picsman wrote:

I don't know Lightroom but did use Photoshop for a while before moving onto DxO and now Capture One. I like CO because it is very fast at batch processing, allowing styles (presets) to be used on importing. But the main feature I like is the sessions approach to cataloguing so each event is a separate session and there is no large and ever increasing single catalogue. Also its colour processing is pretty good.

Thank you.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

via the lens wrote:

I've used LR Classic for years but continue to hear about Capture One Pro. I just downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and it, too, is a catalog-based processing application. For those of you who have used both programs, what are the differences and the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance.

I've used both C1 and Lr. Different tools to achieve the same desired effect. Color management is easier in C1. C1 also has Sessions (which I really like). C1 also has better tethering. Initial display of RAW files in C1 is superior to the initial display in Lr, but Lr now has an Auto button that works very well. Lr has merges for HDR and panoramas that are absent in C1. Don't change unless you have a really good reason.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

jackpinoh wrote:

I've used both C1 and Lr. Different tools to achieve the same desired effect. Color management is easier in C1. C1 also has Sessions (which I really like). C1 also has better tethering. Initial display of RAW files in C1 is superior to the initial display in Lr, but Lr now has an Auto button that works very well. Lr has merges for HDR and panoramas that are absent in C1. Don't change unless you have a really good reason.

Thank you. I like LR a lot but hear now and then how good C1 is so just curious. I did not like the window display as much as I like the window display in LR, it seemed more complicated. I'm always willing to try something new.

LA Loc: Little Rock, AR

Gene51 wrote:

I use them together - adjustments are faster and better with C1, catalog is way way better in Lr. Sony raw files are better in C1, and as much as I try, I can't get them to look the same in Lr. Lr plays very nicely with a huge number of plugin applications - C1 does not support plugins at all. There's more but those are the big points.

Gene, how is LR better than C!? Like the OP, I am on a trial of C1 and am impressed with how it does in photo processing, but I have not investigated the ins-and-outs of the catalog the way I have with LR, hence my question to you. If you want to use catalogs rather than sessions in C1, what doesn't work so well?
Thanks,
Larry