garrickw Loc: Wyoming Mn.

Hi everyone was wondering the people using capture one like the most about it over Lightroom or Photoshop

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Darn,
thought you were going to tell us why Capture One is better.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Okay, maybe it’s me, but your question or statement makes no sense to me? Are you asking why “some” folks are switching to Capture One? Maybe, they are all Sony or Fujifilm camera owners, since both provide a exclusive version with when you buy?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Pause for a moment and look back along the footsteps of your journey. Do you see a path climbing the steady incline toward skill and knowledge or just a trail of overlapping software purchases?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Excellent!!!

Along with a trail of purchased and abandoned cameras.
--Bob

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

tomcat

Aaaahhhh, Bob. Ya beat me to it, ha. Also I might add the trail of abandoned lenses too.

I've started a list:
1. A "travel" lens that was only used once
2. Dozens of flash modifiers
3. Countless impulse sprees looking for the perfect small camera bag (all were too small)--seems no one makes a medium sized travel bag
4. So many pocket cameras that are great for sunshine but not worth a hoot indoors in dim light--including those "infamous" Sony RX100-xx series
5. A do-all, be-all wide angle to telephoto combo
6. Accessory ditty bags

Please feel free to add to the list

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

I switched... but its all very subjective. The very best editor is one you know how to use.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

You are so right-on "joer!" Who really cares about my "journey" of software or equipment? When I drive down the street, I don't wonder what gas station the fella beside me prefers or for that matter, what he drives. I used to love Adobe and Fords, now I enjoy Luminar 4/Capture One & Corvettes, but does it really matter? It is all about what I love to work with and enjoy. For now, I enjoy fast software (less post) and fast vehicles.

Cheers!

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

I'm a very long-term Adobe user. LR/PS is still installed on my computer because I get paid to teach it. For a working professional it's the best option and I tell my students that regularly.

I personally use Capture One. I made the switch back in 2011. We all have different goals. Real high on my list is a raw workflow that is 100% non-destructive and non-linearly re-editable. I get that from Capture One better than I get that from LR -- Capture One's editing tools are superior and allow me to complete an edit without resorting to a raster editor more so than LR. Credit where it's due it was LR that first suggested the possibility to me that I could cut the cord to the raster editor (PS). That's what got me to look at C1 in the first place. There's still an occasional image where I have to use PS, but they're few and far between now.

The image below is an example. It's a C1 exported JPEG and the editing is entirely done in C1. Below is a link to the raw file. You can download it and open it in LR and try using LR to remove the utility poles and wires as I did in C1.(Don't let the green Uni-WB white balance throw you just WB sample from a target in the image).

If you succeed you're a glutton for punishment. Make sure and time your effort. If you're an LR subscriber the task is no big deal just pass the image to PS, do the clone/heal work there and pass it back -- and that's what an LR user is going to do. My problem in doing that is you no longer have a 100% non-destructive raw workflow. In C1 I do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rsmhq001pugwitt/_DSF0600.RAF?dl=0

Joe

(Download)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

They offer a free trial. So why not try it and see for yourself if you like it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I have a couple of editors I use.
I don't try stuff because it's a free trial,
I use what I have,
because they work for me.
I'm not going to waist my time trying dozens of editors that basically do the same thing differently, that I would have to learn how to use them to see if I like them.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

You say you get paid to teach? Why is it you don’t know how to perform non-destructive edits using PS?

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

I do. I said 100% non-destructive raw workflow. And in that context non-destructive means non-destructive of your editing work such that you can return to the edit in the future, decide to make a change, and not have to re-do editing unrelated to that change. My assessment about PS then as a destructive element in an LR raw workflow is accurate.

Joe