Capture One: According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more...

Elmo55 Loc: Illinois

According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more powerful. Also a one time fee as opposed to a monthly fee. Anyone else out there using Capture One? If so, what's your opinion pro and/or con? Thanks for your input.

manofhg Loc: Knoxville, TN

I have a copy of it, but have yet to test it out. I ordered it to take control of my camera from a computer from a remote location. I need full control and only wish that it would also turn the camera on, but no such luck. I really didn't know of the PP use for the software only the camera control when I purchased it.

Elmo55 Loc: Illinois

That was one of the main reasons for me was to be able to teether for portrait shoots.

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

Elmo55 wrote:

According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more powerful. Also a one time fee as opposed to a monthly fee. Anyone else out there using Capture One? If so, what's your opinion pro and/or con? Thanks for your input.

Your Youtube video information is suspect. Capture One is not comparable to Photoshop and Lightroom just as Photoshop is not comparable to Lightroom. There are reasons Adobe provides both.

Capture One is, as editing software, comparable to Lightroom -- both are parametric raw processors/editors. Photoshop is a raster image editor and so fundamentally different than either C1 or LR.

C1 offers a cataloging component in addition to the editing component as does LR. Most people will thumbs up LR as the superior cataloging tool over C1.

As far as the two programs editing abilities they're reasonably close. LR has more features eg. HDR ability but C1's core editing tools are hard to beat.

I make my $$$ teaching Adobe software -- PS/LR. I highly recommend them as the industry leading image editing software. Prior to 2011/12 I likewise used PS/LR for all of my personal work. At that time I made the transition to C1 and now do all my personal work with C1. I have PS/LR on my computers no charge to me (employer pays for it) but I spend the money to use C1 instead. In my job I examine a lot of other image editing software and have for example On1, Luminar, ACDSee, SilkyPix, Affinity, etc. installed on my computers. I haven't seen anything that would tempt me away from C1.

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

Elmo55 wrote:

According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more powerful. Also a one time fee as opposed to a monthly fee. Anyone else out there using Capture One? If so, what's your opinion pro and/or con? Thanks for your input.

Capture One is excellent software - and you can come very close to a finished image using it. But for final finishing, creative directors, publication, printing etc - there is no substitute for a good raster image editor like Photoshop, which pretty much is the industry standard.

I use both - and I prefer C1 to Lightroom for the results, which on many images can pass for finished. But for in depth editing, compositing, image and photo restoration, fashion-industry quality retouching, etc my go to is Photoshop. I do use Lightroom for 100% of my cataloging - I'd be lost without it or I'd have to go to a separate DAM software. But these titles are neither equivalent nor interchangeable.

Walkabout08

I switched from LR to C1. Cataloguing is good, image editing is superior, tethering capture is tops. As noted a raster editor AF or PS are sometimes necessary. All the C1 editing is non destructive.

Xpatch Loc: New York, Antigua, GT.

Capture 1 has superior editing software, good catalogue ability and I’d very adaptable, there own tutorials are excellent and I find the results to be better and the process more fun. You. An explot images to a good number of programs, I udse affinity, and helicon, and topaz resize and denoise?
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bweber Loc: Newton, MA

Capture One is a very good photo editing software and I like it for managing my library. I think is is a better raw converter than light room, and with the latest editions it makes very high quality post processing fairly easy once you learn the program. I believe that C1 will do everything that light room will do except permit direct export into facebook or other social network applications. That type of export is a two step process. However, It is not a pixel editor like Photoshop. I use affinity for the very few times I need a pixel editor, but I cannot remember the last time I used it.

MW

PS has capabilities Capture One lacks. Compositing. RGB channel swapping. Wide variety of layer merging. etc I doubt there is anything C1 does that PS cannot duplicate but often only with greater skill and experience.

LR includes good HDR and pano features. With capture one you need an third party software. LR integrates plugins and external processing better.

Capture One, which I use, offers layers, cataloging that I find easier to use than LR. In Capture One the basic adjustment sliders seem to me to be more subtle than in PS or LR -finer adjustments and reduced ability to over cook an image. With layers, masking is a lot more precise and powerful than LR. B&W in Capture one is good enough that i rarely resort to using Silver Efex which was not the case in LR

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

MW wrote:

PS has capabilities Capture One lacks. Compositing. RGB channel swapping. Wide variety of layer merging. etc I doubt there is anything C1 does that PS cannot duplicate but often only with greater skill and experience.

A couple things that C1 does PS cannot duplicate:

C1 provides a raw workflow that is 100% non-destructive and non-linearly re-editable. PS can only do that partially. More or less meaningful to different people; I find it very important.

PS requires that you save processed RGB versions of your images as TIFF/PSD type files if you want future access to your editing work. Bottom line is that PS requires you commit to about 80% more disk storage space to save your edited work.

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reguli Loc: Uruguay

I migrated from LR to C1 20, because the use of layers is very confortable, quick and precise and normally I do not need more editing. But it is not comparable with PS. The advantage of PS are the multiple types of selections you can do, the possibility to use channels, change colors, erase or modify a background. So C1 it is a very good raw editing software, but if you want and advance editing you must go to PS. PS is above every other photo editing software until now.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

The vast majority of my processing is done in Ps. I do use Capture One for its ability to do Lens Color Correction. I believe it’s the only application that does that.
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Elmo55 wrote:

According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more powerful. Also a one time fee as opposed to a monthly fee. Anyone else out there using Capture One? If so, what's your opinion pro and/or con? Thanks for your input.

dandev Loc: Enumclaw, WA

I use Capture One as my Lightroom replacement. I get updates every year for around $125. (Order early.) I've been using it for over 2 years and am happy with the results. They keep making improvements to keep up with Lightroom. I do professional photo work and use the software a lot.
I use Affinity Photo as my Photoshop replacement. Affinity and Capture One play well together.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Elmo55 wrote:

According to many of the YouTube videos that I have watched with regard to Capture One it is comparable to PhotoShop and LightRoom in how the program works, only more powerful. Also a one time fee as opposed to a monthly fee. Anyone else out there using Capture One? If so, what's your opinion pro and/or con? Thanks for your input.

I use C1, Luminar, and several other programs and prefer C1 to LR for its colour and ease of use. I do miss some of the search functions of LR, however. Also, LR plays well with Luminar. If you don't mind the fees for LR & PS, they are hard to beat though. Why not spend an hour researching the various programs done by professionals on-line for in depth comparisons vs. what I might like?

Happy hunting!