With the latest release of Capture One that was announced last week, the company changed the way you export images from the software, adding a new interface. They also removed the old output tab which had the processing options in it. This has led to some confusion among long time users about how to do certain things now. The one I’ve seen requested the most is how do you do recipe proofing now? Well, it’s actually not that different.

Setting up output recipes

Previous versions of Capture One let you preview your processing settings as you work in the main window, by using what is called “Recipe Proofing”. This allowed you to preview what your image would look like when output, by showing you things like colour profile differences, scaling and so on.

I had a video and blog post before about how to use recipe proofing to get around what had been poor preview performance in Capture One.

As a side point, I don’t think you need to do this anymore, as they seem to have improved the quality of previews substantially, and I no longer see a huge difference using the recipe proofing method.

Recipe proofing now no longer uses “Process Recipes” because these are gone, but instead uses the newly renamed “Export Recipes” - which are essentially the same thing.

So, to set up your recipes, instead of going to the output tab, you simply go to the export option:

Select an Image (any image - you’re not actually going to export)
Choose Export from the button on the toolbar or from the file menu
Under the Export Recipes panel, you can now create your recipes as before in the old “Output Tab” method
Once you’ve created the recipes you can now close the export window. Just use the close button, rather than using the export button, if you don’t actually want to export.

Enabling the Recipe Proofing button

The recipe proofing button on the toolbar now seems to be disabled by default, however, it’s simple to re-enable it. Just right-click on the Toolbar and choose “Customise Toolbar”

This should bring up the customise toolbar option, and now you simply need to find the Recipe Proofing button and drag it to your preferred location on the Capture One toolbar.

You can also find the recipe proofing options in the View menu

Choosing your recipe and enabling proofing

Once you’ve added the button to the interface you can now use it to turn Recipe Proofing on and off. You can also click and hold on this button to select the recipe you want to use for proofing.

The big advantage over the previous method is that there is no longer confusion over which recipe is being used, and there is no longer a need to worry about the difference between the selected recipe and the active recipe as there was with the older versions.

If you prefer to use the menu, you can find all of these options in the View menu.

View > Proof Profile lets you select the profile you want to use. This will also let you proof colour profiles for both screen and print
View > Recipe Proofing will toggle recipe proofing on and off.

Conclusion

That's pretty much all there is to it. It hasn’t actually changed a huge amount, but some things are now hidden by default, and some of the options have moved around a bit. The one area where I recommended using Recipe Proofing in the past, to improve the slightly soft main image preview, no longer seems to be necessary (at least on my M1 Mac - maybe it’s a Metal thing?), but if you still want to see what your image will look like when you output, this is how to do it.

Help Support the Blog

Try or Buy Capture One

If you don’t already have Capture One, you can download a 30 day trial now from the company’s website. If you do go to buy it, Capture One Pro is available in both subscription and perpetual licences available, in versions for all cameras, Fuji specific , Sony specific or Nikon specific. The Fuji, Sony and Nikon versions only open raw files from cameras of the respective manufacturers, but other than that, they are identical to the full version.

In addition you can get 10% off the price of any Capture One product by using the following code: TFPHOTO

If you buy through the above links, we get a small commission, which helps run this site.

Check out my Capture One Style Packs

If you’re looking for some Film Effect, or black and White style packs for Capture One, check out my Capture One styles on my Gum Road Store.

Patreon

If you like what you see here and you find this useful, then you can help support this blog and help me keep making great content like this by supporting me on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. There are a number of options available with different rewards, such as behind the scenes content, special Patreon only videos and more. Check out my Patreon Page for more details, and a big thanks to everyone already supporting this blog on Patreon.

Buy me a coffee!

If you’d rather not use Patreon, but still want to say thanks or help, then you can feed my caffeine habit and buy me a coffee via PayPal with a one off donation to my PayPal tip jar.

Join our Facebook Group

If you want to discuss anything you’ve read here on my website, or saw on my youtube channel, or if you want to share images you’ve created using any of my techniques or presets, then I’ve started a new Facebook Group just for that.

Note that this post contains paid affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links, which helps run this site.