IMPORTANT: From January 18th, we are no longer offering versions of Capture One that are limited to supporting only one camera brand. Instead, we simply offer Capture One Pro, which includes support for all camera brands.
All existing versions of Capture One will continue to work as it is. We will also continue to provide feature updates during the life of Capture One 22. For more details, please visit this page.
Performance and workspace
Capture and import
Organize and select
Enhance and adjust
Export and print
Please note that the list of features is for the latest Capture One version.
Performance and workspace
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Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm /(for Sony) / for Nikon (All Cameras/Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
Capture One Express (Sony/Fujifilm) |
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Accelerated Workflow Fast processing with OpenCL, multi-threaded GPU, and cross-platform 64-bit support |
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Customizable Interface Customize your workspaces, tools and tool tabs |
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Full Screen Get a large, unobstructed full-screen view of your work |
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Multi Monitor Support for multiple monitors |
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Optimized for Hi-DPI Displays Capture One supports retina type displays |
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Save ICC Profile as Default Create custom ICC settings to be used as default ones for specific cameras |
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Scripting (Mac Only) Perform automated tasks in Capture One |
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Templates Reuse session and catalog structures for improved efficiency |
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Before/After Compare original and adjusted images |
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✓(only the Full View mode) |
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Learn |
✓ |
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Enhanced tooltips |
✓ |
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Capture and import
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Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm /(for Sony) / for Nikon (All Cameras/Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
Capture One Express (Sony/Fujifilm) |
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Capture Pilot Wirelessly view, zoom and pan images, using mobile devices or a web browser |
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Import from other applications Import an existing Media Pro, Adobe Lightroom or Apple Aperture catalog |
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Importer Import your image or video files and apply multiple styles to the images |
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Instant Tethered Capture Instantly import and view images as you shoot |
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Camera Control Capture, focus, adjust values and configure camera from the computer |
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Integrated Movie Import Import, browse and play video, including HD video, from supported DSLR cameras |
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Live View Compose shots using video Live View for supported digital backs and DSLRs |
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Tailor-Made Profiles Tailor-made profiles for each supported camera ensures maximum image quality |
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Duplicate Checker Check the import source against the Document for already-imported images |
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Organize and select
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Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm /(for Sony) / for Nikon (All Cameras/Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
Capture One Express (Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
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Variants Create virtual copies of your original image to experiment with different settings |
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Synchronize Folders Ensure that your catalogs are always up-to-date with the files on disk |
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Smart Previews Leave the RAW files at home: browse and edit (Pro only) using the preview files |
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Smart Albums Organize images from different folders without moving the actual files |
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Sessions Store RAW files, settings files, library files and output files as complete projects |
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Search and Filtering Use the advanced search and filtering options to find your images quickly and easily |
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Rating and Color Tagging Rate and color tag images to assist your selection and editing process |
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Select Next When It takes you automatically to the next images when rating/tagging |
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Metadata Editing Powerful support for metadata to streamline workflow and post-production |
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Manual Sorting Drag and drop images into just the order you want |
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Loupe Tool A powerful magnifier that lets you zoom into an image from 25% to 200% |
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Hierarchical Keywords Hierarchical keywords make it even easier to find or apply collections of keywords |
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Focus Tool Get an instant view of image sharpness with the Focus Tool |
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Focus Mask Use Focus Mask for fast verification of sharpness and focus |
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Catalogs Organize your images easily; browse and search at unprecedented speed |
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Single (only default location, can't be moved/renamed) |
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Advanced File Naming Create your own customized, token-based naming systems |
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Show image in Library Show image in Finder |
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Enhance and adjust
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Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm /(for Sony) / for Nikon (All Cameras/Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
Capture One Express (Sony/Fujifilm) |
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Annotations Mark up and annotate retouchers notes on images |
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Auto Adjustments Automatically correct a number of parameters |
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Batch Apply Adjustments Copy and apply individual image adjustments to a group of images |
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Black and White Conversion Adjust color channels and create beautiful black and white images |
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Clarity Improve hazy images and create natural-looking images with clarity |
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Color Balance Tool Unique color grading tool for easy creative looks |
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Base characteristics tool Fujifilm Film Simulations |
Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm |
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Color Editor Basic Achieve perfect colors through selective color corrections |
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Direct Color Editor Rapidly edit colors with the Direct Color Editor |
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Color Editor Advanced Advanced "pick to mask" options and refined color selection and correction |
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Color Editor Skin Tone Fix skin tones with the special uniformity corrections |
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Composition Tools Control the layout of a photo and crop, rotate or flip an image |
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Dehaze Control the amount of haze on the images |
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Film Grain Add grain to your images to mimic film stock, hide noise or for creative effect |
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High Dynamic Range Recover shadow or highlight details and perfect your high-contrast captures |
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Keystone Correction Reduce or eliminate perspective distortion in your captures |
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Lens Cast Correction Create LCC profiles to correct for color cast and light falloff caused by shift and tilt |
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Lens Correction Automatically adjust for lens aberrations, distortion, purple fringing, and light falloff |
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Layers Edit selective parts of an image for unlimited creative control |
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Levels and Curves Channels Adjustments can be made to individual color channels and luminance curve |
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Linear Gradient Mask Adjust the size, shape, and symmetry of the masks with simple mouse clicks and key presses |
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Luminosity masking By selecting a range from luminosity (lightness), it's possible to add an adjustment to only that range |
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Noise Reduction Remove luminance and color noise from images with easy-to-use sliders |
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Normalize One-click baseline corrections to images |
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Output Sharpening Set sharpening based on the final output size in the Process Recipe |
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Overlay Composition assistance for shooting images to match a specific layout |
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Panel Support Use Tangent hardware controllers for the ultimate adjustment experience |
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Purple Fringing Suppress purple fringing in your images for better image quality |
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Radial Gradient Mask Adjust, rotate and move Radial Masks after creation for extreme control over desired effects |
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Repair Layers Control the content of your images and remove unwanted objects or blemishes |
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Sharpening Use default sharpening settings or make your own sharpening adjustments |
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Speed Edit Use shortcuts to make adjustments without accessing the tool in the interface |
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Spot Removal Erase unwanted dust, spots and marks with a single click |
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Styles and Presets Apply pre-designed or customized styles and presets to your images |
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Style Brushes Apply local adjustments directly on the image without having to create a Layer and specify the adjustments manually |
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Vignetting Lighten or darken the edges of an image to achieve creative effects |
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White Balance Use the auto white balance feature or the white balance picker |
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HDR merging Increasing the dynamic range of your images by merging your bracketed RAW files directly within Capture One |
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Panorama Stitching Stitching RAW files into Panorama DNG files |
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Export and print
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Capture One Pro / for Fujifilm /(for Sony) / for Nikon (All Cameras/Sony/Fujifilm/Nikon) |
Capture One Express (Sony/Fujifilm) |
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CMYK Space Support Output to any CMYK profile |
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EIP Support Pack your master file together with adjustments for trouble-free sharing |
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Exporter Export images to your choice of image formats |
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Export Recipes Output multiple file formats at the same time to multiple destinations |
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Adjustments Crop and sharpening options for print or screen |
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Watermark Add a name or image overlay to the processed file |
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Print Options Customize print layouts and add metadata for contact sheets or prints |
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Slideshow Create your own slideshows and showcase your image and video files |
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Soft Proofing Ensure the preview matches the output file for scale, color, compression and sharpness |
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Support for plugins |
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Web Contact Sheet Create an instant web gallery from a number of templates |
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PSD Export With Assets Include overlay, crop, and watermark in the output image, each as a layer in the PSD file |
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LAB Readouts A professional calibration tool for checking image data in the LAB color space |
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Add Export tab to main UI |
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Export Summary Include Recipe, Filename, Size, Scale, ICC Profile, Format, Estimated export file size. |
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Comments
36 comments
I want to try out the Nikon version, when I download Capture One Express Nikon and install, it says Express Fujifilm when opening the program. Appears some form of error in the 13.1.1 DMG file. Thanks
Hi Shane,
Thank you for the comment.
Please, let me know which Capture One version are you currently using (13.1.0 or 13.1.1)?
Thanks,
Lily
can i change license (for fujifilm) to license (for nikon) , because I switched to a nikon camera ,thx a lot
Hi,
Thank you for the comment.
I have forwarded your request to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon,
Hi, I am new to Capture One. I've downloaded the Capture One Express Sony version. I am not able to find the healing / clone tool. Can you please elaborate as to why not.
Thank you
Hi Alicia,
Thank you for the comment.
Please note that Capture One Express has a limited number of features compared to the full version.
Thus, the Heal and Clone tools are not available in Capture One Express.
Bonjour,
Je viens d'acheter CAPTURE ONE 20 PRO version 13.1.3.13 (Licence perpétuelle).
Je n'ai pas l'option "ProPhoto" dans "Affichage", "Profil d'Epreuve". Pourquoi?
Merci.
Hello, I just purchased CAPTURE ONE 20 PRO version 13.1.3.13 (Perpetual license). I don't have the "ProPhoto" option in "View", "Proof Profile". Why? Thank you.Hi Philippe,
If the profile is not on the list, you can always add it manually.
Here are the articles with the instructions on how you can add ICC profiles to be displayed in Capture One.
How to install ICC profiles?
Pity healing/clone isn't included in Express for Sony, that makes it pretty much useless, I still have to go to Photoshop or Lightroom to do something that's central to any workflow these days!
Hello,
I'm an old and loyal user of CO (since CO8) and at that time CO for Nikon didn't exist. But now it does, and my question is : What kind of upgrade should I do ? I have CO 20 and work only with Nikon.
Thank you and best regards.
AV
Hi André,
Thank you for the comment.
There are several available options for upgrade:
- upgrading to Capture One Pro 21;
- getting a monthly subscription for Capture One for Nikon.
It is not possible to downgrade the perpetual license and switch to Nikon from Pro, so a monthly subscription could be an option in case you would like to use the latest version of the software.
I have deliberately downloaded capture fuji, can I also install it on my macbook
Hi Henk,
Which Capture One license key do you have?
You can install Capture One on another computer but its activation will depend on the number of available activations per your license key.
I just downloaded CO Express for my Fuji X-S10. Why can't I import photos directly from my camera via USB-C cable? When I plug the camera in nothing happens and I can't find the camera in the "import" locations. I find this strange since I can find my camera in Lightroom and also in the Photos App on my Macbook Pro. So is something wrong? Is there a setting in Capture One that I need to change? Thank you for your help.
I just downloaded Express for Fuji so I can look at my GFX 100s RAW files. All I saw was the B&W preset I had used in camera rather than a colour image. How do I remove that preset look?
Hi Harvey,
Thank you for the comment.
I have forwarded your request to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon.
I just noticed that there are specific versions of Capture One depending on the camera used. I am a subscriber. May I switch to the Nikon version? Is it just a plug in?
Hi Michael,
Thank you for the comment.
I have forwarded your question to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon.
Hi,
I'm using Capture One Express since version 3 I think, now I'm still using version 7, because only Pro version is supported from that time.
I see thare are free versions Capture One Express for Sony, Fuji, Nikon.
I would like to ask, when can we receive version for PENTAX cameras?
I bought upgrades from 3 to 4 5 and 7 version, but I cannot buy upgrade to newer versions, so maybe I can receive free version of Capture One Express for Pentax cameras?
PRO version is too expensive to me, because I don't earn through photography.
Hi Aleksander,
Thank you for the comment.
I have forwarded your question to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon.
Hello.
My session consists of Phase One, DJI, Sony A7RIII + Sony A7SIII raw files.
The Sony A7SIII files are not showing up in my session, but everything else is.
How do I show the A7SIII file formats in my session?
I am running Capture One 20.
RW
Hello.
I bought a license for the Capture One Pro 20, Nikon, from a Swedish trusted company called Cyberphoto.se, in December 2020. I have not installed it until now, but when I punch in the license-key it will not get valid. Can you help me with this, or do I need to contact the store for it?
Hi Terje,
Thank you for sharing the issue.
Please try to download the previous version of Capture One using this link
https://www.captureone.com/en/account/download/previous
If this doesn't help, we suggest contacting Cyberphoto.se.
My Capture One 21 Nikon, went on to cancel the import operation, claiming the lack of space on the drive for what is intended. My Hs 2TB HAS today free space of almost 700 MB, AND WHEN I TRIED TO IMPORT 8 gigas canceled under the same claim. What should I do?
Hi Pedro,
Thank you for sharing the issue you faced.
I have forwarded your request to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon.
Hello Lily,
I'm using CaptureOne Express for Fuji and I Like it, but for unknown reason, when I launch the soft, it crashed often now. My version is 13.01.19 (5f83bad). I'm working on Mac OS MOjave 10.14.6 and don't want to upgrade to new OS..
Do you know why?
In advance thank you.
Stéphane
Hi Stéphane,
Thank you for the comment.
I have forwarded your request to the Support Team. They will get back to you soon.
Hello
I have lost my Capture one 20 Sony (pc crash) but where can I get my program again have the key.
finnsverdrup@gmail.com
Hi Finn,
Thanks for sharing with us the issue you have faced.
I have converted your request to a support request. The Support Team will get back to you via the ticket soon.
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