Sell Capture One to me

JohnN

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I've been a lightroom user for a long time and my workflow is pretty simple, open lightroom, import to a folder structure like Camera>D750>2015>07>24>Images (which is done automatically), I don't so sets or shoots, everything is date based and doesn't leave folders all over the place.

I then perform a couple of simple overall adjustments, sharpening, exposure etc then switch to local brush adjustments, brush set to mask (or not as needed) and do several of those until happy.
Then I tag them, sometimes using the facial recognition but generally just using tag - from there its an export to flickr using jFlickr.

I've had a quick go using the trial but it seems cumbersome compared and the found the hard way that catching delete sends the image instantly to the trash can.

So are there any converts out there and is it truly as good as they claim - I even saw on a blog somewhere it was as good as upgrading your lens!

O don't mind a learning curve but this is seeming very disjointed to me at the moment.

Or is there better out there?

Cheers
 
I tried it and found nothing better than Lightroom. Initially the images appear top pop a bit more by default, but was nothing I couldn't achieve in Lightroom by tweaking a couple of sliders.

Happy to hear what others say, but I've stuck with Lightroom and purchased onOne suite which was on offer this week.
 
I have Lightroom, Capture One, DX Optics Pro 8 and On-One PPS.

Lightroom is my image organising core, the place I catalogue and do all my basic processing, partly because I'm familiar, and partly because I feel that it's the best at that. DXO is better at subtle tones and sharpening, and tends to produce images that are richer and more detailed than Lightroom (which can be a bit gaudy and have halo effects). Capture One seems to sit between them in terms of output, but does tonal compensation better than either, and seems to produce more natural results, that are less obviously 'HDR from a single photo'. The structure sharpening tool is also good, though different again from either LR or DXO.

In terms of use, there's a lot to be said for familiarity. LR is the most logical to provide an ordered workflow, DXO less so, but is quite automated and can process fairly quickly too. Capture One again sits somewhere between, and familiarity will certainly speed things up.

The On-One suite Elliot mentioned is very useful, but not a RAW editor. Its a great tool for giving final polish & punch to an image that has been processed in one of the others.
 
lol, sounds complex - doesn't it all get a bit destructive though - obviously not to the original raw, but if you edit it in something and port it back as a tiff, jpg or whatever then you can't go back in a tweak something if you need to, plus you then get another large file - for me I think a single solution would be the way, which looks like it might still be lightroom.

I did watch something earlier on DXO though and some of that stuff looks like bottle magic.
 
If you're editing in bulk then lr all the way imho, portraits and lower volume I'd go capture one, it renders raws way better than lr

I hate the Lr raw engine
 
alexkidd said:
If you're editing in bulk then lr all the way imho, portraits and lower volume I'd go capture one, it renders raws way better than lr
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Why? Not disputing, just interested as to why you say that? Capture One has great bulk edit options. What does LR have that Capture One doesn't? I'm not defending either, totally impartial.
 
If you shoot tethered, then Capture One Pro rocks!!

If not... just stick to LR.
 
Pookeyhead said:
If you shoot tethered, then Capture One Pro rocks!!

If not... just stick to LR.
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I must be missing something then, as I can't get it to autofocus in live view, using the software interface. There are just manual focus buttons.
 
Can't help, I don't use it tethered. Sorry.
 
Capture one gives a much better look, don't know how or why, but files seem smoother in graduations and tones.

Lightroom is also great but I have always felt it is better for canon shooters.

Tethered on C1 is amazing.

If I wanted best quality I could I would process with DxO. This would be for a huge landscape print.

Next in quality would be C1

Then for everything else Lightroom.

In short they all will do the job, it's just down to preference. I use all 3
 
A lot of people find C1 produces a better rendering from raw, theres also been some "issues" with LR and edge artifacts which C1 doesn't have, I'm told C1 is much faster too, but I haven't used it in years. For bulk I use LR, for pretty much everything else it's PS.
 
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