![]() Phase One spends a lot of time analyzing the light transmission on commercially available lenses and camera bodies and creates fixes for these issues that can be toggled on and off. It’s also a RAW engine that’s very flexible, both in terms of processing images and in correcting visual problems caused by the characteristics of lenses and camera sensors. Each company that produces a RAW editor likes their engine the best, but to many photographers, Capture One Pro is the gold standard. The strength of the program’s tools wouldn’t be helpful if images processed with Capture One Pro didn’t look good, and fortunately the app has arguably the best RAW processing available. With the new version upon us, it’s a good time to look at the Capture One Pro toolset as well as the program’s strengths and weaknesses. The newest version, Capture One Pro 11, has the major focus of providing significant speed boosts but also refines editing and collaborating tools to provide a more familiar work environment for Photoshop editors, as well as increase the communication between photographers, editors and art directors. The demise of Apple’s Aperture drove a large number of customers to Capture One Pro, thanks to an Aperture-user-friendly, non-modal interface that provided an easier transition for some than Lightroom’s system of moving images though different modules.Īdobe’s recent decision to fork the Lightroom product line into a desktop-based workflow (Lightroom Classic CC) and a separate cloud-based tool (Lightroom CC) has created an opportunity for Phase One to tout the benefits of its more traditional desktop tool and to reaffirm its commitment to the professional photographer. ![]() While Adobe’s Lightroom Classic CC has the lion’s share of the market, Phase One has been steadily gaining converts with each update to the app, thanks to a steady stream of feature enhancements, performance upgrades and a RAW conversion engine many feel is the best available today. An original RAW image, right out of the camera, is going to require some tweaking to bring out the vibrant colors that were present when shooting this sunrise in Oregon. ![]()
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