Capture One has released a spring update to its namesake photo editing application. Bringing the software to version 21.1 (or 14.1 to use the actual software version number), this new release adds two new features as well as the usual round of bug fixes and new camera and lens support.

If you ever have a problem with your Capture One catalogue then you may be forced to recover from a backup. This happened to me today, and I had to recover (my own fault) and so I thought that it might be worthwhile sharing this experience for those who may be wondering. The process is relatively easy, and in this post I’ll talk you through the procedure.

One of the tools recently added to Photoshop was a new AI-based sky replacement feature. Similar to the headline feature in Luminar, it allows you to replace a sky without complex masking. While sky replacement has gotten something of a bad name recently, it can actually be useful for quickly fixing an otherwise problematic image. In this case, I use it to replace an overexposed sky with a similar one and salvage a photo with a minimal amount of work.

Just a quick update on Capture One Express. When Capture One Pro was updated to version 21, I saw a few people saying that Capture One Express was discontinued. This is not the case. There was also speculation that it wasn’t updated to version 21 but this too isn’t true. I got in contact with Capture One to clarify the current state of the application, and so here are the details.

One of the topics I see coming up frequently on various forums and from my own readers is how to do skin softening in Capture One. In this video, I show you some techniques for achieving a natural-looking skin smoothing technique, and I also talk about some masking tricks and how to control the effect using layer options.

One of the topics I see coming up frequently on various forums and from my own readers is how to do skin softening in Capture One. In this video, I show you some techniques for achieving a natural-looking skin smoothing technique, and I also talk about some masking tricks and how to control the effect using layer options.

Last week I started having some weird things happen to one of my Instagram accounts. Instagram suddenly started sending me emails for my “Streets of Dublin” Instagram account in Russian. At first, I thought it musty be a hack or someone had breached my account, but there is a whole thread on Reddit about it from people having the same problem.

I like coffee. A lot. It’s probably one of my biggest obsessions after photography. I have about 10 different methods of making coffee, including three different coffee machines. I like all different kinds of coffee, and I’ll make a different type depending on the time of day and my mood. At this point, you’re probably wondering what any of this has to do with photography, but bear with me. It’s a bit of a journey, but we’ll get there.

Skylum has released the first update for its Luminar AI application. The release features some bug fixes as well as a couple of new features, and a fairly significant change to one aspect of the interface.

DXO Labs, the developers of Nik collection (Silver Efex Pro etc) and DXO photo lab will be hosting a series of free webinars throughout February. You can learn about DxO PhotoLab and the Nik Collection through free, educational webinars hosted by expert photographers. You can find out details and where to register in the full post after the jump…

When Capture One 21 was released with the long-awaited Dehaze tool, I was a little disappointed with the results. However, having worked with it for a while now, I’ve come up with a few tips and suggestions for getting around the shortcomings of the feature. I still hope they improve it in future versions, but for now, here are some workarounds.

Capture One has released a minor update to Capture One 21, bringing it to version 14.0.2 which adds support for some new cameras as well as some other fixes. Full details …

I’ve been writing reviews for over ten years. I’ve covered all sorts of things from hardware, to software, and I’ve never had as hard a time writing a review as I have with Luminar AI. Since the application came out just before Christmas, I’ve seen many reviews and coverage extolling its virtues, but this wasn’t matching my experience with it. I wondered what I was doing wrong because it seemed like I was reading about a completely different application.

I must admit to only half following this news over the past few days, being somewhat preoccupied with real-world events. Anyway, the other day Capture One announced that they were putting the prices up for some versions of Capture One, notably the Nikon, Fujifilm and Sony versions. In addition, they are putting the number of seats with the Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm versions to two.

Just a quick update. As I covered previously, I had closed my old store, but I had kept the website active for a few months so people could download their purchases. This site is now closed.