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All in Capture One
Capture One has announced the release date for the iPad version of the Capture One software. The iPad app will be out on the 28th of June and will be available on the iPadOS App Store on that date. The iPad version of the software will require a subscription of $4.99 a month.
Last week Capture One suffered a service outage that affected users of the companies software. The issue was caused by Capture One’s payment provider, Fast Spring, and it caused the software to temporarily stop working for some users. Needless to say, people affected by this weren’t happy. Luckily, Capture One seems to have realised the seriousness of this, and yesterday they addressed it in a Tweet on the companies official Twitter Account.
Most people think of Styles when thinking about saving process recipes in Capture One. Styles let you save a wide range of settings into a file that can easily be recalled, and work great as both a time saver and for creating looks that you can apply to a photo. However, you shouldn’t forget about Capture One’s other recipe saving tool: presets.
I’ve been using Capture One for quite some time now (since version 6 I think) and in that time it’s come a long way. With recent versions, they’ve been adding a lot of features that people have requested for a long time, but there are still areas where I think the software could be improved. Moreover, some recent decisions by the company are somewhat perplexing, and there are areas there that could be improved too. So, in no particular order, here are the five things I would love to see improved in Capture One
Capture One has just released a new version of the software with some new features, bug fixes and improvements. This release brings Capture One to 15.2. The big new feature is an AI-based auto-perspective-correction tool, similar to Lightroom’s “Upright” feature. Also included, is an improved auto-straighten tool.
One of the things about Capture One that is both a good and a bad thing about the software, is that there are often many ways to do the same task. While some people like myself, like this about the application, new users often find this frustrating. One good example of this is rotating images. There are so many different ways to rotate images in Capture One and in this video I go through 9 different methods. (Well, I show 8, but I mention a 9th)
Yesterday, Capture One showed off the iPad version of Capture One for the first time. In a livestream on their YouTube channel, David Grover, showcased the interface of the new software. Here are some thoughts on what we saw.
Capture One (the company) has added a new post on its website about its vision for the future of its software (also Capture One). The company has outlined its path to creating a whole ecosystem for professional photographers. This starts with Capture One Pro on the desktop, and the recently released Capture One Live, and encompasses future plans which include Capture One on the iPad and eventually iPhone.
One of the new features introduced in Capture One 22 is the new notification system on the Mac. The software now uses the system wide notification system to let you know when various tasks are completed, such as merging panoramas, or even just exporting images. While this is useful, it can also get annoying, especially if you’re doing a lot of things in succession. Luckily it’s easy enough to control these notifications or turn them off completely.
Capture One has released the latest version of its flagship photo editing application of the same name, and the first point release of Capture One 22. Capture One 22 15.1 features some bug fixes, improvements to HDR merging and Capture One Live, the companies new online collaboration tool.
Capture One today announced that they were discontinuing the individual manufacturer versions of the software. This means that the Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm versions of the application are going away. In fact they’re no longer available as of yesterday.
The topic of how best to process Fuji raw files has been a long-running topic on this website. I’ve covered it extensively in the past, including a previous version of this article. However, over the past two years since the last time I updated this, there have been a few changes to the landscape, and so it’s time to write an updated version. So, what are the best options for Fujifilm raw processing in 2022? (In my opinion)
Now that Capture One 22 has been out for a little while, and I’ve had time to play around with the upgrade, I’ve collected a few random observations, and tips when it comes to the panorama merging function.
One of my most popular Capture One posts on this website is the post entitled “Capture One vs Lightroom from someone who uses both”. I last updated this earlier this year, but since then, a lot has changed. With the release of Lightroom 11 which brings the new masking architecture, and Capture One 22 which adds Panorama stitching and HDR merging. This changes the dynamics of my previous arguments for each, and so I wanted to offer an addendum.
I think it’s safe to say that Capture One 22 is one of the companies most hyped releases of recent times. They have publicly touted the main features in advance and two of those features – “Panorama Stitching” and “HDR Merging” have probably been the two most requested features for Capture One for a long time. They are the two big features that Capture One lacks compared to Lightroom. So now that the software is released, are these features any good, and what else is new in Capture One 22?
Capture One has just announced that the next version of its photo processing software of the same name, will be released next week on December the 9th.
In Capture One, Variants are the equivalent of what Lightroom refers to as “virtual copies”. However, if you’ve come from Lightroom, you may notice that there are some key differences. In this post, we’ll look at some of the basics of using variants in Capture One.
One of the things that I love about Capture One is the fact that there are often many ways to complete the same task. Sometimes multiple tools can achieve similar results, but they go about it in slightly different ways. If you’re coming from Lightroom, at first, my may stick with the typical Lightroom tools. However, there are two adjustments that are frequently overlooked by Lightroom switchers because they’re not in Lightroom. These tools can be really useful occasionally, and they are the Levels tool and the Brightness slider.
