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Can I use several Capture One product variants on the same computer?

Lily
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If you have several licenses of different product types, for instance:

  • Capture One Pro (perpetual license or subscription)
  • All in One bundle subscription
  • Capture One Studio

and let's say you would like to switch from one of them to another on the same computer (eg. from Pro to Studio), you have to deactivate one instance – follow this guide for the instructions – and then activate another product variant using the corresponding license key:

How to activate Capture One

How do I find my Capture One license key?

NOTE: We advise keeping only one Capture One version on your system, as multiple copies may interfere with each other and cause issues.

NOTE: Switching between Capture One variants does not affect your workflow, meaning you will be able to pick-up where you left off.

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5 comments

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  • Filipe Lopes

    Hello,

     

    And what about Capture One Catalog? Since the Express version does not support multiple catalogs, is there a way I can have my Sony photos separated from my old Nikon photos?

    Regards,

    Filipe

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  • Lily
    • Edited

    Hi Filipe,

    Thank you for the comment.

    As Express allows using a single Catalog only, you can keep your existing Catalog.

    To separate Sony photos, just create a Smart Album by pressing "+" in the User Collection part of the Library with the criterion "Camera Make" "contains" SONY.

    That way, the images from your Sony camera(s) will be gathered in this Smart Album.

    Read more about Smart Albums.

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  • J Edwards

    It is shame that one cannot have two Express versions for different cameras without all that fooling around to switch licenses.

    Please make it easier to use both versions on the same computer by providing advice/supplying directions for two separate installations--like into different named directories or some other method.

    Thanks

     

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  • John Keiffer

    I totally agree with @J Edwards.

    The website should allow multiple licenses keys to be entered. When the app launches (since it already contains all product variants), it should provide popup that asks user which license to use. This shouldn't be hard to do. Actually I just looked online and there are now to license keys.

    If you have to deactivate, then activate again later, why do the number of activations now say 0 for both my "free" licenses?

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  • FirstName LastName

    Oh boy, that's poor... Please fix it! - see @ J Edwards

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