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Capture One 16.5 – Match Look: A Remarkable New Feature

Capture One 16.5 – Match Look: A Remarkable New Feature

Thomas Fitzgerald
Software

Long-time readers of the blog will know that I have long been a proponent of Capture One, but lately, I haven’t talked about it much. That’s because, to be honest, I haven’t been using it that much lately. This is due to numerous reasons, which I’ll get into in a later post, but it’s mainly due to the performance issues on 4k displays, and the crazy licence changes from a while ago. That said, I still keep an eye on development and try any new versions when they come out. Recently, Capture One released version 16.5, and it has a few new features, one of which stands out above all others. That feature is the new “Match Look” tool.

Capture One’s Unacceptable Performance on 4k and 5k Displays

Capture One’s Unacceptable Performance on 4k and 5k Displays

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

For the last few years, whenever I wrote about Capture One, I would invariably get a comment from someone about how poor the performance was in the software. Try as I might, I could not replicate the results, so the reason behind this perplexed me. To be honest, I had assumed it was some external factor causing the issue. Well, I owe my readers an apology on this because, after recently upgrading to a new computer, I too now have this problem, and it seems to be due to running the software on a 4k display.

New Video: Editing Cityscape Photos in Capture One

New Video: Editing Cityscape Photos in Capture One

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Travel

Earlier in the summer I spent some time in New York City and I took various photos while there, although I’ve been a little behind in editing them. As part of the trip, we spent some time in Brooklyn and I got some good shots, but I am only getting around to properly editing them now. I thought this might make a good video, so I recorded a session of editing 4 of these using Capture One.

Capture One vs Lightroom from someone who uses both – Update for 2023

Capture One vs Lightroom from someone who uses both – Update for 2023

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Editorial

A while ago, I wrote an article on this blog my perspective on Capture One vs Lightroom, as I regularly use both applications. I tried to present a balanced opinion on the advantages and disadvantages of both. I’ve updated that article since the first version of it came out, and since I last updated it, there have been some significant changes in both Capture One and Lightroom. I feel that these changes require a whole new discussion, and therefore a whole new blog post.

Thoughts on Capture One’s Licensing Plans

Thoughts on Capture One’s Licensing Plans

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Editorial, Software

In this post, I express my frustration with Capture One (the company, not the software), regarding recently announced changes to their licensing model for perpetual licences that will take effect in 2023. I express disappointment with this change, as I feel that it makes perpetual licences unattractive and forces customers to switch to a subscription, which I previously criticised for being overpriced. I also feel that the company's timing of the announcement, after the upgrade cycle for Capture One 23 had ended, left some customers feeling duped.

Capture One 23 Released

Capture One 23 Released

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

Capture One has today announced the release of Capture One 23. The new release features improvements to importing, a new smart adjustments feature, the ability to save layers in styles, and fixes a long-standing limitation of variants. Capture One 23 also makes a limited version of Capture One live available for everyone.

Capture One Quick Tip - Don’t forget about Presets

Capture One Quick Tip - Don’t forget about Presets

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

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.

Capture One Wish List – 5 Things I wish Capture One would do to improve the Software

Capture One Wish List – 5 Things I wish Capture One would do to improve the Software

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

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

Video: Capture One Beginners - The Many Ways to Rotate an Image in Capture One

Video: Capture One Beginners - The Many Ways to Rotate an Image in Capture One

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Software

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)

Capture One outlines its future vision

Capture One outlines its future vision

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

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.

Capture One 22 Quick Tip - Change the Notification Settings

Capture One 22 Quick Tip - Change the Notification Settings

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One

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.

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