When Capture One 20 Was Released at the start of December 2019, one of the key new features was the revised HDR tool. Since the release, there has been a lot of commentary around this that indicates that there is a degree of confusion about the changes, and in particular how they relate to other software, or other tools within Capture One. In order to try and explain the differences, I wanted to take a deeper look at the revised HDR tool in Capture One 20.

There's a stretch of walkway that runs along by the canal that has a regular metal railing. The position of this fence is such that in the morning, when the sun is shining you get really strong shadows of the bars on the bright concrete slabs that make up the walkway...