Do you use Capture One? Which features did I miss? How would you compare it to Lightroom? Also, congrats to @xjester1975 for winning the ND filter giveaway! xjester, email me at the address included in the description.

@Vultite

4 жыл бұрын

C1 has a lot of variation from screen to exported JPEG. Sometimes the edit is matched to what I see on screen and sometimes it is not. The software isn't reliable as far as I'm concerned which is a shame, I think it is better overall.

@wallaceshackleton1889

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing that I really miss in LR is the dust spotting tool.

@freetibet1000

4 жыл бұрын

Wallace Shackleton / If you update to the latest version of Capture One that came out in May 2020 you will find a new fantastic spot healing tool that removes an unlimited number of spots or artifacts on a single layer without slowing down your workflow or computer. But it goes even further than that, you’re also able to remove larger objects with content-aware technology with that tool now.

@Anarki2U

4 жыл бұрын

I will also very highly recommend Capture One ! You can add how easy it is to make black & white in the color tool panel at the bottom where you can enable black & white ;) Remember that for Fujifilm, Nikon and Sony there are Capture One Express which are free versions ! The full versions for Fujfilm, Nikon and Sony are cheaper than the "normal" full version. I use Capture One express for Sony, it is exellent ! www.captureone.com/en/products-plans/capture-one-express www.captureone.com/en/products-plans/single-user

@juancarlosplaza8301

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and helpful video. I would add: LUMA masks, healing/cloning layers, film simulations, masks from color selection, and export recipes. All of them very useful.

Let me tell you why I just subscribed to your channel. Great info on C1, of course. But another reason? I DIDN'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH AN AMATEUR COMEDY ACT!!! THANK YOU. I am so tired of these channel guys trying to be funny, some take it way way overboard and the info gets lost. I love it when I see and hear straight, well-spoken, concise info without me needing to sit through an amateur comedy act. Wow, this was so refreshing, thank you. I would like you to do an episode on Exposure X5 (formerly Alien Skin).

@TheTAOLounge

4 жыл бұрын

Good morning, I couldn’t agree more with this comment. Intelligent, to the point and educated presentations. Thank you for the great work. A breath of fresh air. Enhorabuena, greetings from Spain.

@walter_ullon

3 жыл бұрын

haha, I'm guessing you don't like Omar Gonzales...

@SwanSycorax

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. There's so much rubbish here on KZread but it is really great to find straightforward well presented videos like this one and those from Paul Reiffer, Matt Irwin and Capture One Pro themselves.

You had me at highlights...then you added way more features that blew my mind. I'm a total newbie to Capture One and the Fujifilm ecosystem. Thank you!

Feature 13. Better RAW file conversion. The first time I opened a difficult image in Capture One, I knew I was switching. Feature 14. Luminosity Masking. Capture One's luminosity masking works on an existing mask using the image's luminosity values. For example: a landscape with a bright sky that needs to be darkened. Problem: a mountains that should not be darkened raises into the sky. In Capture One, add a graduated mask at the horizon (the mask now darkens the sky and the mountain). Apply the Luminosity mask to the mask and exclude the luminosity value of the mountain. The mountain is excluded from the graduated mask, which remains fully editable as a graduated mask. Feature 15. Tethered shooting. LR doesn't compare, not even close. I have almost full control of the camera from within Capture One. The only control I set on the camera is whether it is M, Tv, or Av. Also, the Skin Tone color tool can be used for skies. I used LR for a three years, and PS from version 2.5. After switching to Capture One, I hardly ever used Photoshop, which I have since dropped for Affinity Photo.

Lightroom: Algebra. Capture One: Physics, Trigonometry, Calculus.

@BYCWELL

2 жыл бұрын

:-)

One feature in capture one I like is when you select a colour it can be turned into a mask on a new layer. That's perfect for targeted editing

@freetibet1000

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love that tool too! Especially because that will give me the opportunity to further refine my mask, such as using the “Refine Mask” function under Layers. There is one negative with this approach though, -you will not be able transfer this specific edit to another photo if something have moved ever so slightly from one image to the next, -the very specific mask you just made is specific to the precise placements of the elements in your photo. On the other hand, a normal color-selection can be transferred over to any other photo without any kind of miss-alignment what so ever. Both methods have their uses so they both exists for different types of uses.

Oh just realised this great comparison video was posted 2 months ago. I am a Capture one user and love it. The new Update for Capture One Pro 20 is awesome, before and after slider, and the New intelligent Heal/Clone tool is total revamp of the old version and now really easy to use. Thank you Tod for this great video now a subscriber and keep them coming.

Great videos on Capture One. I've been using it for a few years now and absolutely love it! By the way, that orange bar in the histogram shows up with ALL cursus and told you use. It's always bouncing around! It helps identify where a specific area or color lies: in the shadows, the mistiness or the highlights.... Very useful for assisting in adjusting your HDR settings......

Wow! Todd, thanks for your time on this... I bought Capture One a while back for 1 thing - live tether... But the features you have demonstrated have made me want to really learn the program. Some aspects that I use in Lightroom look like they would much better be served by Capture one! (particularly liked the layers concept & color picker)... Lightroom user for many years! Cordova, Alaska.

Outstanding video! Thank you! I have C1 12 and a bit shy using it but I will dive into it again! Thank you!

Fantastic rundown of the differences. I'm definitely going to give it a shot.

Great Presentation. I really enjoyed your thoughts and ideas.

This video is of outstanding quality! You deserve it to be seen by many more people

Brilliant video - I am still trying to decide whether to move over to Capture One but your video has given me a great view of what's possible. Thanks for sharing.

This was awesome!! Supreme presentation, excellent information, I might actually buy this now lol 😊

About the presets: You can actually have both, contextual presets for individual tools AND global presets for multiple tools (you can also choose which tools exactly). The global ones are just called styles in Capture One, instead of presets. What’s absolutely great is that you can even apply styles on layers and use masks or decrease the "opacity", for example. Surprised that I didn’t know about some of the things you showed though, even after using C1 for over 3 years now.

Great video, please do more on Capture One 20.

I use C1. Note that in addition to contextual presets it also has global presets like LR where you can select which adjustments are saved in that Preset, best of both! UI tailoring means I have reordered AND changed the C1 default workflow tabs to fit my processing. Superb. Thanks, great professional video..

I also used Lightroom for years, then purchased Capture One and have been using that as my main raw editor for a couple of years, and love it. I have an old Canon SX-50 super-zoom that is not supported by C1, so I use Lightroom for those raw images, and Lightroom just feels so 'clunky' compared to C1, and C1 just feels so much more professional. Love your vlogs! If you use a tablet like Wacom, I'd be interested to see how it is used properly -My Wacom is gathering dust because my couple of attempts to use it was sheer frustration.

The first truly thoughtful review of Capture One by someone that actually bothered to learn it and use it. VerY fair THANKS! Something you may want to church further are the sharpening, contrast, brightness, noise reduction, grain, and clarity tools. I think they are better than in LR. And do check Capture One luminosity masks!

As an event photographer, I use C1 more often than LR. My clients don't want the images to be retouched too much. Sometimes they need the photos right after the event, sometimes they need them the next day. In the 2nd situation, I use C1 to refine the raw images a little bit, whitebalance, exposure, HDR, etc. C1 is more effetive than LR in such cases. But if I'm handling portraits, I would rather use LR. There are quite a lot of LR presents files to be used. C1 introduced its 'style' in last years, but resource is not as sufficient as LR. But there are some tools to transfer LR preset files to C1 style files nowadays.

Hi! New sub! I’ve watched 1.5 of your videos and I’m sold! I’ve recently transitioned from LR to C1. I am still being blown away by the software. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight! Looking forward to watching more of your content!

Thanks. I'm loving using Capture One as a long time LR and PS user. A couple of differences to LR I'd highlight are: Luma masking Before/after split window.

Great video! One feature that is useful is that you can select a color range and then create a layer (a complete layer, not only color) with that color selection. I started on photo editing with capture one and I know very little about lightroom , but I found that LR is better correcting lens distortions (they have a wider catalog of lens). Also they keystone feature seems better in LR and LR lets you work with multiple photos to make panoramas or HDR. It would be great if you make the reverse video (what can you do in LR but no in CO)

Wow, thanks. Been thinking of switching but haven’t since as a graphic designer I pay for the CC full package. But I am blown away and as a Fuji X photographer I think C1 is turning into a must have. One feature you did not mention (for studio photographers) is the ability to do publication previews when shooting tethered which Adobe does not have. Most portrait photographers I know use C1 just because of this one feature.

Really useful video, thank you!!

Hi Todd: Thanks for creating and sharing this video. I am still in the 30-day trial evaluation phase of Capture One Pro 21 so your video does help to unlock some of the mystery of this application and why I should move away from LrC for my image editing requirements. Cheers, Keith P.S. On your next video.

Great presentation and info. Thanks!

I'm sure a lot of people will find this useful, Todd. One comment: a "13th feature" is that C1 is completely configurable in terms of the user interface and users can save these configurations for future use. Hence, where in your video, you called up Normalize as a floating tool (around 18:40), you could have added that to the tools tab wherever you like and provided you saved that workspace, it would be there next time. Indeed, some people moving from LR to C1 set it up so their tools are on the right side of the screen, as that feels more comfortable for them.

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! That’s a great point. Thanks Shane.

One additional feature regarding the color editor tool that I find useful and use frequently... You can create a layer and mask which will then limit the color editing to just that masked part of the image.

Excellent overview about the features. Well presented. Good work.

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

The Candid Frame Wow, it’s you! Listen to your podcast all the time. :)

So precise and to the point , unbiased video. Thanks , just confirmed my belief that U should give a try to C One

I just found your channel and am so happy I did.

After watching this video i'm really thinking about considering Capture One. Although I have not mastered LR or PS lol. It looks like it's manageable. Thank you much.

Very well done. Thank you

So brilliant! I started out with Lr CC in 2018 when I got my a7III and added C1 about a year ago, I still have both and like both. For architecture and interior I often use Lr CC because of the automatic leveling tool, which is awesome. You have Keystones in C1, but I'm not really smart enough to use these. For my nature images and landscapes I use C1 90% of the time. I didn't try out Ps or the old Lr, but maybe I add Affinity by time? For storing I store all my images by date folders both in camera, in catalog and for export. Probably I keep both, because I want to follow the new Lr CC and see how it develops. And for interiors especially I really recommend Lr CC, because automatic leveling is like magic to me:-)

A recent convert to C1 and still learning it after for ever in LR since its inception but the difference is not just small it's pretty huge, as can be seen at 10.14 where you compare the highlights, it's not just the highlights, look at the detail difference in the same file in the rocks and treetops, for someone ultra-critical like I am its a massive difference.

I really love Capture One skin tones. C1 does a fantastic job on portraits.

Capture One sure treats my Fujifilm RAF files better than Lightroom.

Thank you, very informative.

Great review..been using c1 since 11 till now C1 20. Never use Lr since using c1 but still using Lr on my iPhone for casual editing and photoshop for a heavier edit or retouching. But now trying the affinity photo for Ps alternative

Such a useful video!!

Great video Todd. Thank you. Can anyone comment on C1s ability to work with large image libraries and is there any integration with third party services like social media and e-commerce hosting sights?

OMG!!! I have always used Lrc , but this is a huge game changer! I can see benefits so much in these various features, such as the preset features to their own assigned panels and the highlights ...what a difference! So many features!! I have downloaded the free trial but actually now determined to purchase next month!

@fionad9895

2 жыл бұрын

Also annotations - fantastic addition as a student!

Focus mask :) ... ah wait I just saw you covered it in the next vid. Great run through. I know Capture One really well and still discovered something new in the sequel.

The green tones from reflected light from foliage can sometimes be very difficult to take out. The skin tone adjustments should work well. I have several images to try it out on.

Thanks a heap, I never knew the Normalise tool existed - brilliant! :)

@SwanSycorax

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise. It is great to see a well thought out and presented video like this one.

You may already be informed by other users, but my one of favorite feature over lightroom is refine function after masking. Just creat a empty layer and try to mask roughly on an object, and right click on masked layer and select refine mask and then play with it. I think this kind of precise (sort of saying) draw of masking is not available in lightroom. (similar feature like mask range by color or luma available but not simply/easy enough over capture on pro)

Ohhh, thank you. I'm just starting and I'm so confused (old hand at LR and PS).

Styles in C1 is what presets is in Lightroom. Since last year they even improved masks. The Luna curve is basically the exposure setting just with more options

Great video!

You were like an equally informed, but more palatable Tony Northrup. First time viewer and a new subscriber

Great video. Have been using Capture One for a number of years and there were a number of useful tips I didn't;t know. Particularly, guides. Thank you.

The ability to work in sessions, rather than with a catalog is a huge benefit for me. I much prefer managing my photography files via Mac OS than via an application catalog. C1 cleverly sorts the raw capture files from export files, and trashed files. Easy to manage or share between computers.

Thanks so much for this - been wanting to make the switch, and this is great! Do you know why Capture One offers different versions for different cameras?

@dominey

3 жыл бұрын

I've never downloaded the camera-specific versions, so I'm not 100% sure. I'd recommend reaching out to Capture One support to inquire. Glad you liked it!

There's no maybe about it, Capture One is a far superior tool in my opinion. I get a much better result than I ever did when editing in Lightroom. The way that C1 renders colour is pretty amazing. I would also say that the sliders are a little more subtle in C1 leading to a more measured approach to editing reducing the tendency to over edit pictures. As you said in your video, C1 has the ability to use all controls within the mask, this makes C1 so much more powerful. This together with the layers means that I very rarely need to go into more complex editors. I can have Things to check out that you did not mention in your video are Luma Range Masks, the completely configurable workspaces, focus masks and process recipes. I could not go back to Lightroom now, I would miss the layers, luma range masking and the colour tools too much.

while editing my beach photos, found out the highlight tool in Capture One is much better than LRC then I saw your clip here. So I switch now lol

Just found you and SUBSCRIBED. Will Capture One PRO do the tweaks for Real Estate INTERIORs photos that PhotoShop can do ... like layers and layer masks? I dread the thought of having to get and learn PhotoShop just for that. Thanks, Chuck (NE Florida) : +)

the image comparison at 10:21 why is the LRC less sharper than the CO image if all you're adjusting in highlights? is it because CO is also targeting the highlights reflected in the atmosphere which is allowing the snow peaks and tree tops to become more sharp? that's pretty remarkable if it is.

I already made the move, what I can get with C1 compared to Lightroom can't go back, I am using Fuji cameras and there's a dedicated version

Love Capture One and shoot with a Nikon Z7. I find that clearing up noise in High ISO photos leaves artifacts through. My only issue.

@Biswash

3 жыл бұрын

I have noticed that as well...wish there was a better algorithm like lightroom for denoise....but the new update for nikon is awesome tho

Great video. please publish step by step tutorial for Capture One pro. Thank you

Hi Todd. Nice videos. Would you know which features are missing (if any) from CaptureOne 20 Express verison verses the full version? Thank you.

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't looked into it. I would recommend contacting Capture One. I'm sure they'd be happy to share that info.

@bklynhubby

4 жыл бұрын

Todd Dominey Thanks will do.

I looooove Capture One!

New subscriber here great video and I use capture one pro 20 !

Yup highlights are crazy good in Capture One. It’s like a difference of 3-4 stops on a camera... reaaallyyy gooodd

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

I know right? It's crazy after years of using LR.

Then there's the catalog! I believe C 1 is bringing out a mobile version. Thanks

Hola. C an Capture One Sync photos like LightRoom ?

I'm new to Capture One (3 month user) . But try also to compare the tethered function. I guess Phase One optimized the software due to the big files they have to handle with their cameras (150Mb files). I was blown away when I noticed how fast my 40-50 Mb Mb files came up on the screen. :-) Side note. Now I finally have Lightroom and Photoshop in one single app. And the functions still missing I can do it in Affinity for a very low cost compared to Adobe. :-)

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

I've yet to test out C1's tethering capabilities, but I've heard its fantastic from other people as well.

Hi you have not touch on the import of photos in c1 .That is using session or catague,as I find very diffcut Pls touch on it.

I keep going back and fourth trying to switch from LR to C1 I’ve even done some pro DIT jobs with C1 i really really like it. BUT the one thing keeping me on Lightroom ...Lightroom on my 2018 iPad Pro! I don’t do all my editing on my iPad but i do edit from time to time and it’s such a fun change for editing photos on the iPad with the Apple Pencil from time to time. If C1 came out with a similar mobile app I’ll switch completely. Also C1 needs to give the ability to be able to export your your smart previews like Lightroom.

@spikephotography

2 жыл бұрын

They now have a version for iPad!

P.s. LR has a function which looks a lot like Normalize in C1. Settings/Match Total Exposure (hmmm - might be it only impacts exposure?)

oh, I have switched to C1 1 week, great Raw tool, wish I could bring all the Lr presets

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it would be nice if someone whipped up a script to convert them.

Obviously, this video was a while ago, but I would like to know what is available in Lightroom that is not in Capture One. I downloaded C1 trial, but it seems to be missing a lot of features (watermark, for instance, which I can only assume is in the full paid version).

Thanks I'm moving to Capture One because of the D6 no longer supported by Aperture I was using since 2012... I'll be watching your videos closer

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

Aperture was awesome! Such a beautiful piece of software.

Is there a fast hdr Tool like lightroom? I bought It but I did not find this yet. I shoot architecture

This is a great video. Thank you. I want to ask what you would do about Photoshop because you're leaving LR

@dominey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy. I'll always use Photoshop! So much you can do there which isn't possible in LR or C1.

@AndysCuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@dominey You know how in LR you can "edit in PS with Layers"? Can you do the same in C1? Also, would you recommend getting the 1 time payment or the montly payment?

Been using it for 9 nomths - I'm never going back to Lightroom. I would add: 1. Total customizability. You can anything anywhere you like. 2. Assymetrical linear gradient (you can move the upper and lower bounds of the gradient independently of each other). 3. Luminance masks (much more control than in LR and much easier to eliminate artifacts). 4. The ability to make adjustment masks from colour selections in the colour editor and then add a luminance mask to further refine it (combines luminance with colour masking). 5. Colour balancing of midtones, not just highlights and shadows. 6. The in-software help (tips tool, plus links for every tool to the Capture One website explaining what everything does and how it works).

There should have been a 13th. feature, PERFORMANCE, C1 isn't a resource hungry as LR. I do miss the LR dust removal tool though. I has LR "institutionalised", I could not change on my first attempt however I persevered and I am almost on the point of cancelling my Adobe subscription, (Affinity Photo instead of PS.)

Nice video...very informative. I'm an Adobe user but will try CP1 out. Two questions... I shoot a lot of macro. Can I focus stack with CP1? Also, do you think it is worth getting the styles collection? Thanks in advance!

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

Focus stacking isn't something you can currently do with Capture One. Nor can you do HDR or Panorama blending, which is another type of image composite. For all those things you still need Photoshop.

@JACKnJESUS

4 жыл бұрын

@@dominey Thanks for the timely reply. Good to know. Love your style...

Hey Toddy Dominey. Great video! Curious, if you were to recommend a photo editing software today, for a beginning photographer, what would you say? Lightroom or Capture One

whats that music in the background?

Yes, i am very curious about C1, but it was such a slog to learn LR...i hate the thought of having to repeat that with a new program. How does it handle all the edits one worked up to photos that one transfers from LR?

@dominey

4 жыл бұрын

When importing LR images, C1 translates Develop settings into their C1 equivalents. It's not a 100% match, AND the C1 RAW processor is different (but arguably better), so the image may look a little different. Here's a good video from C1 on importing: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHdl0dujicvdmpc.html

@craigcarlson4022

4 жыл бұрын

Todd Dominey, super, thanks for sending that link. I’ll check it out. Craig

Прекрасный урок!! Спасибо!!

So you have you completely or mostly switched to capture 1??

Check the luma range it's awsome

No doubt, capture one is way superior, I admit the learning curve is steeper, and one needs to take time to watch the online tutorials to discover all the wonders it provides. I had a hard time to switch, but I don't regret it one second.

@janric06

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, I think that indeed you are missing out on some features. -One fantastic one : when you create a layer and put a mask onto it (any kind, like brush, Linear Gradient, Radial, any combination of those), you can then restrict this mask via a Luma Range (the button for that is right above mask list). Just try it out on your photo with the mountain, create for instance a Gradient Mask, then press Luma Range, you now have the possibility select only a particular luminosity range. Again this does not modify the original mask, just adds a restriction on it that can be modified later on. -Actually the orange bar over the histogram is there for any tool. -The possibility to use either catalogs ( a bit like in LR ), but also sessions. A session is self contained, meaning it contains the database file with the photos inside a folder. You can move this folder around, put it onto an external drive, whatever, you always have everything. Well you need to watch some tutorials, it is really powerful and well done. Later if you like, you can import the session into a master catalog (if that is your strategy). Also you can import one catalog into another. - In fact there is so much to it, and I only use it for a couple of months, so I keep on watching tutorials or webinars, and everytime I learn something new. So I believe that the UI does not really show what C1 really has under its hood. That's why learning to use it is more difficult that LR.

Hi Todd, thanks' for a nice comparison btw. LR and C1. But as they say - a pictures says more than 1K of words ;-) Meaning that a lot of the features you mention as being superior to C1, you should give some examples instead of just a lot of words. It's not as convincing as actually showing some examples ... But nice review and nice presentation and you definitely made me curios on more time to have a second look into C1 ...

Well... I switched to Capture One because it can process better details in RAW files than Lightroom for Fujifilm. I'm gong to test the software in the hard conditions tomorrow where I'll be capturing concerts (day/night shows) and the Ice Hockey match. Let's see!

why should i sheeft to capture one?

Switched to Capture One a year ago or more... I have lost like 3 new versions of Lightroom and I don't care (I used it since it was just Camera Raw plugin).

The colors in Capture One Pro 21 are richer than in Lightroom. That's not the same as more saturated, it's just better color.

Yessssss

Turn the highlight warning on when you are trying to reduce the highlights. I suspect (know) that it will indicate that your highlights are blown out. I use C1 and love it, but the indicated highlight recovery isn't as good as Lightroom's. Now this might be how the C1 highlight warning is set. In earlier Lightroom's I'd have shots where the highlights were blown, and had to be. For example a bride standing with the groomsmen and her dress is blown out. Had I exposed for her dress the faces would have been underexposed (never mind the black tuxes), and I'm going to choose the facial exposure every time. I would just drag the highlight recovery slider in LR and it would go away. The same type shot in later versions of LR's would present with the bride's dress not being blown out. Now I don't think that my exposure got magically better, nor do I think that my old Canon 5D somehow picked up more dynamic range. What I think happened was that LR fixed this blown out highlight problem, right out of the box. It, metaphorically, pulled the highlight recovery slider before I could. Capture One has not gotten there yet.

@freetibet1000

4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t Todd just proved the opposite in this video? I admit, his example was a mountain top instead of a brides dress. Go figure? When it comes to highlight warnings in Capture One you’re able to set the warning to start at any value you want, both for the blacks and the whites.

which version works with canon?

@dominey

3 жыл бұрын

You'd get the regular version. The ones for Sony, Nikon and Fuji work only work with RAW files from those cameras. Not sure why they split things up this way. Just makes it more confusing (shrug).

I have used C1 and LR for as long as they exist really. They both came a long way. They both have things that the other doesn’t do. All depends on your needs really.

Does Capture One migrate my Lightroom catalogues?

@dominey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and I know they’ve been improving it to try and migrate Develop settings as well (or at least as much as they can because it’s not quite 1-1). Haven’t used it personally.

I'm a young photographer that just start taking pictures but I don't know how to edit pictures I need some help

Biggies: Color is better in C1than Lightroom. And, tethered shooting is better in C1. Also, Capture One (C1) can be purchased with no monthly rental while Lr, is rental only. So, C1 is less expensive. Personally I like C1 a lot better. I still need Photoshop because C1 doesn't do HDR or panoramas yet. Nor does it do composites. Hopefully those three are coming. l C1 has a 30-day free trial. C1 is expensive, but worth it.

Really like Capture One as an ex Adobe user.