Woodworm65 Loc: Lombard, IL

What do UHH members think about Capture One photo editing software?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I had to search my computer to see if I had it, but I don't. Members will give their opinions, but I would also look for reviews.

https://www.google.com/search?q=capture+one+reviews&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS716US717&oq=capture+one+reviews&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4152j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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

I've been a Capture One user since version 3. Unlike many raw converters, it is provides excellent auto-adjust capability of one or all image adjustment parameters. And it can do very good local adjustment. In many ways it is similar to Lightroom, but it lacks the ease of image management - but you do have the choice to do session or library/catalog-based management, and it does not play nicely with plugins.

I still use it for my Sony images. The results I get from C1 are better and faster than the other raw converters I use - On1, LR, DXO PhotoLab. For importing and culling, there is nothing faster.

I am a dyed-in-the-wool LR user. When I have images to import from my Sony camera, I copy them to my hard drive and add them to the Lightroom catalog, but I then open C1 and import them a second time. I do not adjust Sony images in LR, and any adjustments I make in C1 are not visible in LR unless you opt to write metadata changes to xmp inside of LR. But since the quality of the image adjustments, particularly contrast, microcontrast, color, sharpening and noise reduction, there is no point (at least for me) of wasting time in LR only to find myself undoing and redoing adjustments in C1.

Don't get me wrong - C1 is not perfect, but neither is LR. I like them both for different reasons. But whatever I get from either one, or any raw converter, the image isn't finished until it's had a trip through Photoshop. Raw converters parametric in nature, and are not capable of precise, efined pixel level adjustments. I use Photoshop for photo restoration, high-quality portrait retouching, and other applications for which none of the raw converters provide adequate tools to properly adjust an image.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Just curious, why did you choose to import the RAW files the first time to LR and the second time to C1, instead of simply importing them into C1, then importing that file to LR? Don't you create duplicate files the way you have chosen to do it?

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

I use LR for all of my image management - easier this way. My import using LR copies the images from the card to the computer. My import into C1 merely lets C1 know there are files that it needs to know about (with an .arw extension) and adds them to a session, so I can edit them. So, there is only one copy of any given file, but it is part of two cataloging systems. I rarely need to use C1 to find anything.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Thanks.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

I'm using it more and more and think it may be a good replacement for Adobe. As I get better with it I'll stop my Adobe subscription.

picsman Loc: Scotland

I do a lot of sports photography and take raw images so I need a fast raw converter which processes batches very quickly. It also has styles so I can import images and apply auto adjustments and styles (like presets). The colour rendition is great and the jpg conversion after culling is fast. I upload images to an external disc via laptop while driving home applying styles and auto adjustments so when I get home I cull and convert.

miked46 Loc: Winter Springs, Florida

I tried it for 2 weeks, and went back to Luminar,

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

It is top of the line professional level software.

Jolly Roger Loc: Dorset. UK

A day or two back I watched a video by Matt Granger, who says he is going to stop using Lightroom, in favour of Capture One.
Link:
https://mattgranger.com/tutorials/item/1147-capture-one-pro-it-s-better

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

The more you use it, the more you'll love it!

*(Info to Sony users: If you use the basic Capture One for Sony users, note the price will go up sometime in late September, 2018. I would suggest getting the full version anyway.)

Should anyone want a full copy, there is a 10% discount through several of the ambassiders. One is Alex on Raw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFt0_ICEU0

Here is a "get started" YouTube vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFt0_ICEU0

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Capture One is my go-to software for developing a raw (digital color) file. It easily does everything I need but my requirements are limited to raw conversion, shadow and highlight recovery, exposure and contrast adjustment, spotting, leveling and occasional cropping. Capture One can do a lot more than and so can other programs but I have no need for anything more exotic. It's not necessary to keep up with all of the latest changes so I save money by upgrading only every two years or so.

I use the Sessions option because I keep track of my own catalog using the operating system's file manager.

For occasional HDR, focus stacking or stitching panoramas I use separate programs designed specifically for each purpose.

For scanned B&W I still use Picture Window Pro 7.0. It's free, a mature product (even if a little old fashioned) covers my B&W needs and I don't have to worry about upgrades because there is no more development going on. It's one of the few programs that supports 16-bit B&W that has not been converted to 48-bit monochrome. That saves space.

timcc Loc: Virginia

Like Lightroom, it is a sophisticated program that has a substantial learning curve. There are more features and functions than most of us will probably use, but it has phenomenal editing capability, it's fast, and the colors are great. For Sony users, the full Sony pro version costs less than the full pro version that covers all cameras. There are lots of YouTube videos, and Capture One produces periodic webinars that are extremely useful. If you want a full-featured PP program, Capture One Pro will be hard to beat. While professionals may want to tweak images further with Photoshop, I've found that C1 is all I need for my processing.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

I use C1 all the time. Yes, I shoot Sony. The C1 Pro for Sony is the full C1 program with only Sony cameras and lenses. C1 Express for Sony is a limited but powerful tool for free.

C1 does webinars and has a lot of training videos on YouTube.