Thomas is a professional fine art photographer and writer specialising in photography related instructional books as well as travel writing and street photography.
All in Capture One
Just a quick update. I’ve seen a few questions from Capture One users, as to whether or not Capture One works on Monterey. Well, we’ve finally gotten an official answer from the company, and the current version, 14.4.1 is officially supported on Monterey.
I recently decided to close my Patreon channel after several years of running the page. had produced some exclusive videos for Patreon, that because of my failure to grow my channel there, never really got seen by an audience, so I’m going to share some of them here now.
Capture One have launched a new promotion on Pre-Orders of Capture One 22. The new version will be out in December and brings the much awaited Panorama stitching and HDR merging. Capture One are now offering discounted upgrades to those on 21 and earlier.
In this video I show you how to change the direction and focus of lighting in a scene in Capture One using layers.
Capture One has just announced the latest upgrade to Capture One 21. Version 14.4 is available now, and the biggest feature is that it brings back support for the Export tool tab.
As I’ve recently started using my Laptop as my full time computer for everyday tasks, I recently came to appreciate a feature of Capture One, that not many people may be aware of. I knew about this feature, and I’ve briefly mentioned it before, but it’s only in the past few months that I came to really appreciate it. If you’re working on a catalogue, and your originals are stored on an external drive, you can disconnect that drive and continue to work off the previews.
Starting today, until October 4th, Capture One is offering anyone who buys or upgrades to Capture One 21 a free upgrade to Capture One 22 in December. They have already announced that HDR and Panorama merging will be coming in Capture One 22 when it’s released in December, so if you’ve been on the fence about upgrading, now might be the time.
Capture One today announced via their newsletter that two of the most requested features are coming in the next major release due in December. These are of course: Panorama and HDR merging.
In a recent blog post I covered the icons on the top of each of Capture One’s tool panels, and part of that was how you can sync settings from an individual adjustment panel. Based on the responses I got, it occurred to me that the way you sync settings in Capture One is a little confusing, especially for Lightroom switchers, and so I decided to make a video to explain it.
In this video, I show you some tips on how to use the Dehaze tool creatively in Capture One. By using a negative amount on Capture One’s dehaze slider and by tweaking the colour, I created a soft light effect.
On almost every tool panel in Capture One, there is a row of icons across the top of the panel. These are pretty much the same across most Tools, and in this post I go through each one and show you what they do.
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.
Capture One today announced the latest point release for Capture One 21 and it contains a couple of new features. The company has been on a roll of late, with each point release adding new functionality to the software. This release sees a new export interface added, a new “magic brush” for making quick selections, and a much requested change to the way catalogues handle sub-folders.
As a quick follow on from my recent updated post on Capture One vs Lightroom, just a quick note to say that if you’re considering getting yourself a copy of Capture One, you can now gat a 10% discount on any version of the software by using the code in this post.
I first wrote this article last year, and since then it has become my most popular post on this blog. However, since last year, both applications have continued to develop, and both have had several new features added and both have changed the way they perform, so I felt that it was important to update this article. While the bulk of this will still be the same, there are a few things that have changed that are worth pointing out.
If you’re a Capture One user there are lots of little things that you may or may not be aware of that can actually help your workflow, but are too small to put in an article all by themselves! So, I’ve collected a few of these quick tips into a single post. Depending on your experience level, you may have come across some or all of these before, but for beginners or Lightroom switchers, I hope you find some of these useful.
Just a quick follow up on the recently released Nik Collection 4, which I posted about recently. Since its release I’ve been trying out the various applications, with the intent of writing a review, specifically of Silver Efex Pro, which is the main application I use in the suite. Since the release, and my initial post, I’ve noticed a couple of things.
One of the things some people often like about Capture One when they first try it is that they find it gives them sharper images or more detail than other software. However, I also often see complaints that details can look pixelated and over-processed. Depending on your camera and the type of images you take, you may notice this too, especially with older images. In my opinion, Capture One’s defaults are set too high. Whenever I get a new camera, it often takes me a little time to get the settings just right, but in the following post, I’ll share the parameters I often use when in a hurry, or where I start with when dealing in a new camera.
