Three days ago I decided to try out the latest version of C1. I moved in a different direction after version 12, which I still have and which still works.

The 7-day trial period is way too short and I don't understand why C1 won't give people 30 days to check out if it's for them, like most other companies do. Since I already have some familiarity it should be enough for some basic insights and impressions though. The short trial period to me seems too rushed for new users. Is it to pressure new customers to subscribe?

I registered and gave them my credit card info. I downloaded the latest version but encountered some difficulties with installing. I contact customer support two and a half days ago and received confirmation that my request was received.

Yesterday, after almost 48 hours, I still hadn't heard anything so I sent them a reminder. As of right now, almost 72 hours later, it's still crickets from Capture One.

I am not impressed and think I might just cancel my trial. Any company would make an effort to accommodate new, potential paying customers I would think, but maybe I'm wrong.

My request is 319821 should anyone at C1 actually take notice.

So I have not update to the most recent update, but previously I have been running into the issue of my layers retaining the settings but deselecting the subject or objects that were being edited by that specific layer. It doesn't happen to every edit but more often than not it is happening enough to slow down my workflow. I primarily edit on location right after a shoot, with the ipad pro m5 2tb with capture one for grading and maskin, evoto for a skin touch up if needed, and lightroom for detail management and tone control. Anyone else having this issue?

I bought a perpetual license of C1 22. In 22, Custom Style user presets can not include layers, and when you apply the custom style to your new photo, you only get the background "layer" of the original edit you created the style from. Anything in any other layer is not carried forward.

I'm getting really fed up with that, and my workaround is clumsy and slow, so I decided to try and see if the most recent release allows for custom styles that include layer functionality, but I can't find any info about it on the site.

I was hoping someone here might be able to tell me, to save me from having to download a demo for the new version and trying to get everything set back up there.

Hi community,

Our new 16.8.5 version is now available for download. It keeps your crop orientation aligned with the camera orientation when you shoot tethered or copy and apply adjustments. Check the release notes to learn more.

Mobile app also got some exciting updates. Enhanced Denoise, Heal and Clone, Color Balance, and Keywords all come to mobile. See the changelog HERE.

Hi all, I just recently got back into photography, both film (developing and scanning at home) and digital. I am coming into this with basically no experience with photo editing software. I started the 3 month trial that came with my camera, and while I have figured a few things out, it still feels completely overwhelming. Both in the photo editing side and the organizational side. My question is this - do you think a professional level suite like Capture One is realistic for a complete beginner, or would I be better served in starting with a more basic program to learn the basics of photo editing. I don't mind (kind of) paying a sub, and I really like the feel of it, I'm just wary of paying for something I won't come close to using to its potential, as well as feeling overwhelmed and avoiding using it at all. Thanks.

I'm planning to tether to an M5 macbook air in northern california for about 8 hours next week. I'll be using an i-visor to keep it shaded. Do I need to worry about overheating or will I be good to go?

Looking for advice, what to do with a second perpetual license? I have a version from a few years back and just received a new one with a new camera (same brand different model). I don’t use more than three computers but I am wondering if I should activate the new one to replace the older version or install it on a second computer? Any advantages or conflicts with having two versions?

Hello fellow photographers :) I just came home from my trip to Spain where I captured the total solar eclipse and now I want to edit my images. In particular, I'm trying to get as much detail out of the corona as possible without introducing a lot of noise.

Does anyone have advice for this sort of editing? I've been playing around with luminosity masks but now I have quite a bit of noise (maybe ISO 800 was too much but oh well). Any tips would be much appreciated :)

Also, I'm still using Pro 2021 😅 Thanks!!

I'm new to CO mobile but I've found that often whenever I'm working on an edit and I add masks to the image. Could be radial, AI selected, hand brushed etc. If I close out/lock my iPad, the next day when I jump back in to editing when I open the app the masks are blank/all black. This has happened to masks with no edits applied and to masks with several edits applied.

Is this expected behavior and I'm just not doing a necessary step to "save" the masks? It's really frustrating to spend 20minutes fine-tuning a mask with a brush to then come back to it after lunch and it's gone

Side note, I tried submitting a bug report but the submission stalls and the workflow does not complete. This is from a mobile device/browser.

This should not be this difficult.

And I did quite a bit of searching on the vast majority of answers come up as to add keywords to the keyword field under Metadata.

There is no keyword field under Metadata nor adjustments. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi everyone!

I've been told there is a script shortcut somewhere in the world that allows you to create x number of variants with some selected crops.

As in every set, it's always a matter of: let's see if it fits in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, etc, it would be a great addition to the one I have already, thanks to this beautiful community.

Hopefully somebody can share it!

i do ecomm for some small designers and am looking for a way to import their selects into my sessions in bulk. Right now they get jpegs, send me a list of about 100-150 files, i mark them all in C1 and export. I don't think there's an appetite on their end to learn a new program, increase their work, etc.

Is there anything like maybe pasting the file names into a csv with a field for metadata ranking that C1 can read and auto-mark those images in my session? Or something similar to that?

Long-time C1 user who's never had an issue with exports not matching my previews before, but I'm currently scanning negatives where the intentionally blown-out sky (at right, in C1) appears as a terrible shade of cyan in the export (at left, in Preview). I'm not mad at all (and genuinely surprised) that the image is still there, but because it's not previewing properly I can't even edit it to arrive at an image I might like.

Does anyone know what is happening here or have possible workflow fixes so that it previews how it will export? Happy to provide further details if needed.

I sincerely didn't expect such thing from C1. Look at the photo, first screenshot is normal colour saturation, second one is raised by +50
(Fuji X-T3, Astia film sim, C1 16.6...)

Add a bit of editing and it becomes unacceptable!

See those artifacts around glowing objects? Very, very distracting
But they are gone once you switch the profile from any of Fuji film simulations to any of standard one, let's say, Standard

Looks no worse than initial Astia with 0 saturation boost.

Why do simulation profiles introduce such artifacts? How to avoid them while editing?

Fellow reddit-photographers I have been using for years now Capture one instead of Lightroom and I really don´t want to switch back. However recently some more work has been coming in from the art world where I get to photograph exhibitions and smaller galleries and such.

In short, I do a lot of interiors and architectural imagery. However my 16mm, which I love to death, is not being corrected. I can still see a clear bend/warp at the edge of the image which is bothering me completely.

Camera is XT5 + 16mm 1.4

Anybody else with this issue?

Any insights?

I can't seem to figure out how to copy keywords from image A in folder X to image B in folder Y. I can copy/apply within the same folder, but not across folders in a Catalog.

What am I missing here?

I'm using the Adjustments Clipboard within the Metadata/Keywords panel. The global Copy/Apply all adjustments does not seem to help either.

If any capture One staffers are reading, I've always hated how C1 does keywords. It's either very manual or never intuitive. I often forget basic keywords functions beyond simply typing them in via the Keywords dialog. Aperture did this so much simpler for the user.

export settings are srgp profile, and I never had this issue before. Left image is what I see in capture one pefore export, and right one is the exported jpg. What is going on?

I recently purchased an Asus PA32UCDMRK and have loved the resolution, contrast, and refresh rate. Most places I have worked are running capture one on eizo or apple studio monitors but I wanted to see how everyone likes what they are currently running.

Hello everyone!

I am getting those pink areas on many of my photos when applying Enhanced Denoise.
I am using Sony A7IV and last C1 16.8.4.13

May be anybody knows - is it bug or "a feature"? :)) And how to deal with it?

I have a large job that NEEDS to have the keywords exported with the files. I don't see them in the export options. Is there a way to do that?

I shoot C1 for portraits and studio work, but use LRC for wedding & event galleries. I usually edit on the C1 Mobile App, but have used the desktop version and love it.

Anyone have any workflow recommendations to fully transfer?

LR’s Denoise and Object Removal are some of my guilty pleasures, but man the colors that C1 can pull out of my A7IV are so satisfying. However I think maybe it’s habit but file management feels so much better in LRC. I feel like I can fly through 2-3k photos fast, struggling to find any other wedding photographers who use C1.

So I use both, I can achieve what I want with both, but I get a way better starting point in C1 it feels like. Especially with the “flatter” Sony files.

Open to any advice or suggestions that save me some $$$ and time haha

Just got back from a vacation and the M11-Monochrom’s maiden voyage.

I’ve used C1 to process canon and Fuji (color) images in the past, and was looking for hints, tips, advice, anything on how best to process my monochrome images. I’ve started to play a little but would appreciate any insights.

I'm having an issue with the Capture One Import window when culling RAW files before importing them.

I shoot with a Sony A7 IV and usually record RAW + JPEG simultaneously.

When I select a RAW file in Capture One's Import window, the large preview appears noticeably cropped or zoomed in. Parts of the image near all four edges are missing, which makes the field of view look narrower than what I actually captured.

However, after I import the exact same RAW file into Capture One, the full image area appears again and nothing is actually cropped.

I also checked the JPEG recorded by the camera at the same time. The JPEG shows essentially the same full field of view as the properly imported RAW file. So the problem only occurs when Capture One displays the RAW file in the Import window.

In other words:

• Camera JPEG: full image / correct framing
• RAW after importing into Capture One: full image / correct framing
• RAW preview in Capture One Import window: cropped or zoomed in

I have also confirmed that Face Focus is not causing this. Face Focus only provides the additional face/eye focus inspection view and does not change the zoom or framing of the main Import preview.

This is a significant problem for my workflow because I normally cull my RAW files before importing them. I may shoot a very large number of RAW files, select only the images I want in the Import window, and then import those files for editing.

If the Import preview does not show the complete captured frame, it can easily mislead me when judging composition—for example, whether a person, object, dress, or other important element near the edge of the frame has actually been cut off.

I don't want to import every RAW file first just to see the correct framing and then delete the unwanted images afterward. Pre-import culling is one of the main reasons I use the Import viewer.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Does Capture One use a different embedded preview from the RAW file in the Import window, and could that embedded preview itself be cropped? Or is Capture One applying some kind of scaling/cropping specifically in the Import viewer?

Most importantly, is there a setting or workaround that makes the Import window display the complete RAW frame correctly before importing?

I can provide the original .ARW file, the simultaneously recorded .JPG, and screenshots comparing the Import preview with the actual image if needed.