Capture One is made in collaboration with the world’s leading professional photographers.
Capture One is a powerful RAW converter offering you ultimate image quality with beautiful colors and incredible detail. It offers state-of-the-art tethered capture, powerful digital asset management, extensive adjustment tools, and a flexible workflow through customizable workspaces.
All run modes are included in the one installer and the run mode is determined by the license key used. The trial is also included in the installer and is registered as the full product upon activation. Capture One is available in these variants:
- Capture One Pro
- Capture One for Phase One (Phase One/Mamiya Leaf Digital Back support only)
- Capture One Fujifilm (Fujifilm camera support only)
- Capture One (for Sony) (Sony camera support only)
- Capture One for Nikon (Nikon camera support only)
- Capture One Express Fujifilm (Fujifilm camera support only)
- Capture One Express (for Sony) (Sony camera support only)
- Capture One Express for Nikon (Nikon camera support only)
- Capture One Enterprise
- Capture One Cultural Heritage
Previous release notes can be found at support.captureone.com.
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Team Capture One
Contents
20 (13.1.0) Release highlights
20 (13.1.0) Feature walkthrough
20 (13.1.0) New Camera Support
Recommendations and limitations
File support: Notes and limitations
20 (13.1.0) Release highlights
Capture One 20 (13.1.0) is a release of Capture One containing new functionality, new camera and lens support, important bug fixes, support for macOS 10.15.4 and Windows 10 (1909), and a new Capture One product.
Capture One for Nikon camera users
Capture One is now available in additional run modes for Nikon camera users.
Capture One for Nikon
- Full feature set similar to Capture One Pro
- RAW file support for supported Nikon cameras only
- Tethered support for supported Nikon cameras only
Capture One Express for Nikon
- Introductory feature set
- RAW file support for supported Nikon cameras only
- Complimentary with supported Nikon cameras
New features
- Heal and Clone
- Before/After feature
- New activation and onboarding flow
- Nikon profiles
Improvements
- Improved Lightroom importer
- Re-designed brush cursors
- Improved default workspace
Other
Capture One 20 (13.1.0) also contains user experience changes, general bug fixes, and under-the-hood tweaks.
20 (13.1.0) Feature walkthrough
Heal and Clone
Two new dedicated brushes have been introduced; ‘Heal Brush’ [Q] and ‘Clone Brush’ [S]. They are available in the Layers tool and among the Cursor Tools. Using these brushes will automatically trigger the creation, or selection, of a Layer of the correct type.
Healing
The first stroke you make with the Healing brush will automatically create a new Heal Layer. Capture One will also find the best suitable source point to cover up the area you have masked. An arrow is created to visualize the connection between the source and your mask. The source point can be moved around freely if the automated guess is not what you desire.
The following strokes will be made on the same heal Layer. There is no limitation on a number of heals per layer. In the case that Capture One identifies an existing source as the best source for a new stroke, a new arrow will not be created. To force a new source point, or to manually select the source point before masking the area you want to heal, simply hold down [Option / Alt] and click on your preferred source point. Then proceed to brush your area.
Extending an existing mask that already has a source point with an arrow can be done by selecting the arrow by clicking its source point. It will become orange to indicate that it’s selected. Masking while a source point is selected will use that source point, making it possible to extend areas as you wish. Remember to click the source point again to deselect it.
Deleting a healed area can be done in two ways. Select the source point and hit [Backspace] (Mac) or [Delete] (Windows). This will remove the source point and the attached masked area. The other way is to simply erase the masked area completely with the Eraser. This will also remove the source point.
Cloning
Similar to Healing, using the Clone brush will automatically create a Clone Layer when used. You need to set the source point yourself before you can start cloning. This is done, just as when healing, by holding down [Option / Alt] and clicking on your source.
There is no limitation to how many cloned areas you can make on the same Clone Layer.
Deleting a clone area can be done by selecting its source point and hitting [Backspace].
Common functionality
If multiple Heal or Clone Layers are created, and none of them are selected when using one of the two brushes, the top-most corresponding Layer will be selected and used for the action.
Layer opacity can be used on both Heal and Clone Layers if you want to tone down the result. If different opacity values are needed, you can separate your heal and clone areas on multiple Layers.
When the mask is displayed, the Heal or Clone area will show the content of the original photo and not the final result.
Brush settings like Flow and Opacity can be used when Healing and Cloning. This will allow you to do skin retouch where you select a source point first, then gradually brush in the effect.
You can hide the arrows from the Mask Visibility menu or from the contextual menu when right-clicking the viewer using either of the two brushes.
Healing and Cloning will not work on offline files.
Before/After feature
The new dedicated Before/After feature introduces an easy way to compare your original photo with your adjusted photo. Available from the Toolbar or by using the shortcut [Y] you can turn this feature on and off.
Two modes are available for this feature; Full View and Split View Slider. While active, ‘Full View’ will show the full photo in the viewer in its ‘before’ state. The ‘before’ state is the original photo without editing adjustments applied, but with composition changes that might have been applied, such as crop, rotation, keystone, and lens corrections. ‘Split View Slider’ will split the viewer in two with a draggable slider in the middle. The ‘before’ state is shown to the left, and the ‘after’ state is shown to the right. Only Full View is available in Capture One Express variants.
Switching between these two modes can be done in two ways. Either by long-pressing the icon in the toolbar and selecting the mode from the drop-down menu, or by using the shortcut [Shift + Y] to toggle between them.
Editing while the Before/After feature is turned on behaves in two different ways: When in ‘Full View’, any movement of a slider or any other adjustment tool will automatically turn the feature off. When in ‘Split View Slider’, most adjustments can be performed and will be updated in real-time in the ‘after’ state of the photo. Compositional changes like crop, rotate, and distortion cannot be done while in this mode and will turn the feature off.
The method of using [Alt + Reset] to temporarily see the ‘before’ state has been removed.
Activation and onboarding flow
First-time users will get a new dialog to help them get on board with Capture One.
The onboarding adds the option to use sample images in your very first run, providing the option to start experimenting with Capture One’s tools and features without having to locate some raw files first.
Additionally, you get the option to lightly customize the interface of Capture One by deciding the location of your tools and your thumbnails in two easy steps.
Nikon profiles
The profiles available in Nikon Picture Controls are now replicated within Capture One for selected camera models. These profiles are available from the ICC Profile menu within Base Characteristics. They provide the same tone curve and color corrections known from the built-in Nikon JPG files as a starting point for your raw file.
When using these profiles, they will be applied instead of the custom-tailored camera profile made by Capture One. Further editing can be performed as usual.
The camera models that currently support Nikon profiles are the following:
D6, D5, D850, D810/D810A, D800, D780, D750, D610, Z7, Z6, D500, D7500, D5600, D5500, D3500, D3400, D3300, Z50.
Improved Lightroom importer
New functionality in the Lightroom importer opens up for a better transition experience. It is now clearer what will happen and what you can expect when importing your Lightroom catalog into Capture One.
It is now possible to import offline images (Smart Previews in Lightroom) and have them automatically sync up once the original files become online again, for example when an external drive containing these images is reconnected. Files that failed to import will be compiled in a list to handle after the import is complete. This list will include files from unsupported cameras or file formats that are not supported in Capture One.
Re-designed brushes
To provide a cleaner and more modern look, the brushes have been re-designed. Each brush now has its own design to clearly identify Adjustment, Healing, Cloning, and Eraser brushes from each other.
Additionally, small brush sizes will remain a circle and not turn into a crosshair.
Improved workspaces
The default workspace now has more tools collapsed to begin with to give a better overview. The Batch Tool has been moved to the bottom of the Output Tab, and the Batch Tab has been removed.
The three ‘Simplified’ workspaces have been merged into one, and the Black & White editing workspace has been removed. If users are interested in these legacy workspaces in the future, they can be obtained by contacting our support department.
20 (13.1.0) New Camera Support
- Canon 250D
- Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
- Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
- Nikon P950
- Leica M10 Monochrom
- Olympus E-M1 Mark III
- Phase One iXH-150
- Zeiss ZX1
To find the full list of all supported cameras, click here.
20 (13.1.0) New Lens Support
- Sony FE 20mm F1.8 G (SEL20F18G)
- Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD (Sony FE)
- Fujifilm FUJINON XF16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR
- Phase One XT – Rodenstock HR Digaron-W 50mm f/4
- Ricoh GR III fixed lens
- Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II fixed lens
To find the full list of all supported lenses, click here.
20 (13.1.0) Bug Fixes Mac
- Fixed an issue where masks failed to load and were replaced with empty masks
- Fixed an issue where the filter 'No Keywords' would have no effect
- Fixed an issue where accessing images on a NAS could crash Capture One
- Fixed an issue where the crop would move for each capture when shooting tethered
- Fixed an issue where the 'Open With' plugin settings could not be retrieved
- Fixed an issue where the state of 'Edit All Selected Variants' would not be remembered on restart
- Fixed an issue with incorrect White Balance when applying a Style to a Layer
- Fixed various issues with applying LCC profiles
- Fixed an issue where copying Metadata would also copy/overwrite Keywords
- Fixed an issue where using some Tokens in other languages than English could crash
- Fixed an issue where saving a Style from the Adjustment Clipboard would cause an error
- Fixed an issue where duplicating a Process Recipe would enable 'Show Enabled Only'
- Fixed an issue where Next Capture Keywords would not work with AppleScript
- Fixed a visual alignment issue in the Basic Color Editor and Grid Tool
- Fixed an issue where the Styles menu could have missing elements
- Fixed an issue where capturing rapidly with a Sony A9 would cause incorrect numbering of file names
- Fixed an issue where Batch Renaming could incorrectly append '1' to the image name
- Fixed an issue where the Filters Tool would have no counts for Color Tags
- Fixed an issue where the watermark would be resized and relocated when printing
- Fixed an issue where live view could hang when using a Sony a9 II
- Fixed an issue where files from a Leica Monochrom 246 could crash Capture One
- Fixed an issue where uncompressed 14-bit files from a Nikon D6 were unsupported
- Fixed an issue where the Highlight slider could not be moved using Tangent
- Fixed various crashes and hangs
- Fixed various Capture Pilot issues
- Fixed various AppleScript issues
- Fixed various minor issues
20 (13.1.0) Bug fixes Windows
- Fixed an issue where merging images to other folders could result in deletion of the images
- Fixed an issue where adding images to an Album would incorrectly show a 'Restoring Images from Trash' activity
- Fixed an issue where a valid license could sometimes fail to activate Capture One
- Fixed an issue where Locating an external drive from a different machine in a Catalog would sometimes not work
- Fixed various issues with applying LCC profiles
- Fixed an issue where resetting Annotations would sometimes not work correctly
- Fixed an issue where emptying the Session Trash could result in a database error
- Fixed an issue where the crop would not follow orientation correctly
- Fixed an issue where renaming a folder would incorrectly hide its subfolders after restarting Capture One
- Fixed an issue where duplicate Styles import error dialog could not be closed easily
- Fixed an issue where moving an Album in/out of a Project would revert after restart
- Fixed an issue where Smart Albums inside Projects would not update correctly
- Fixed an issue where Session Albums would not update correctly when deleting or moving images using Explorer
- Fixed an issue where undoing Lens Corrections were sometimes not possible
- Fixed an issue where the browser counter would be wrong when filters were applied
- Fixed an issue where changing brush size would lag for very large brushes
- Fixed an issue where 'Show in Library' would sometimes point to an incorrect folder
- Fixed an issue where live view could hang when using a Sony a9 II
- Fixed an issue where files from a Leica Monochrom 246 could crash Capture One
- Fixed an issue where uncompressed 14-bit files from a Nikon D6 were unsupported
- Fixed an issue where the Highlight slider could not be moved using Tangent
- Fixed various crashes and hangs
- Fixed various Capture Pilot issues
- Fixed various minor issues
System requirements
We recommend that your computer has at least the minimum specifications outlined below to run Capture One.
Microsoft® Windows® minimum requirements
- Intel or AMD CPU with 2 cores
- 8 GB of RAM
- 10 GB of free hard disk space
- Calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi
- Windows 7® SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1® 64-bit, Windows 10® 64-bit*
- Microsoft® .NET Framework version 4.7 (will be installed if not present)
*Support for Capture One 20 on Windows 10 is supported for builds supporting .NET 4.7 - This is currently from build 1607 through to build 1909.
Apple® Macintosh® minimum requirements
- Intel® Core™ i3 (1st generation)
- 8 GB of RAM
- 10 GB of free hard disk space
- Calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi
- macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15*
*MacOS 10.15 is supported for builds up to 10.15.4
Recommended system requirements
If working with high-resolution images and doing calculation-heavy adjustments we recommend the following:
- Intel CPU with 4+ cores
- 16+ GB of RAM
- Solid State Disk (SSD)
- Dual (matching) Graphics card from NVIDIA or AMD with 4GB+ RAM per card
- Calibrated monitor with at least 1920x1200, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi
NOTE: Due to the significant additional calculation overhead, systems using 4k/5k monitors will require additional resources in addition to the above-recommended spec (both in GPU and CPU power). For professional experience, we recommend at least doubling the specification above for these configurations.
Installation
Capture One 20 is compatible with the earlier 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x versions. It is recommended to migrate images from 4.x, 5.x., and 6.x to version 8.x before opening them in 20. It is generally recommended that you only install one version of Capture One on any single computer. A single-user license allows up to 3 activations on computers that you own or of which you are the principal user. The license can be used with both Windows and Mac platforms. Multi-user licenses are also available from the Capture One web shop or from your retailer. Please read the release notes carefully before you install Capture One.
Install on Windows
To install the software please follow the procedure below.
- Download the application from the Capture One website.
- Run the executable software install file (.exe).
- Carefully read and accept the license agreement presented.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Capture One will initiate the installation of Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.7 if you do not already have it.
Install on macOS
To install the software please follow the procedure below.
- Download the application from the Capture One website.
- Open the Capture One disk icon (.dmg).
- Carefully read and accept the license agreement presented.
- Drag the Capture One icon to the Applications folder.
- Open Capture One from your Applications folder.
Manual update to the latest version
It is important to keep Capture One software updated. After the activation and registration, you will usually receive a newsletter reminder that an update is ready for download, although it can be more convenient to choose Capture One -> Check for Updates (Help -> Check for Updates on Windows). If your Capture One application is downloaded from www.captureone.com, it will always be the latest version. You can also schedule an automated update if needed by navigating to Capture One -> Preferences (Edit -> Preferences on Windows).
Recommendations and Limitations
For all users
- When you have disconnected a camera, do not reconnect a camera until the Camera tool status changes to "No Camera Attached".
- DNG support not optimized for some cameras.
For other camera users
- The following functionality is not supported for Fujifilm X-trans RAW files: processing/exporting to DNG.
- Some cameras provide multishot functionality by way of (e.g.) multiple exposure or pixel shifting. In most cases, the functionality will not be available in Capture One, however, a single RAW file from the “stack” may be viewable and editable in Capture One (as if it was a shot in single Capture mode).
For digital back users
- Battery charging on IQ systems can cause issues with stability over Thunderbolt adapters or in low power devices such as laptops. Switch charging off in the digital back menu if you suffer repeated disconnections.
- For tethered shooting with Phase One or Credo digital backs make sure that your system can either supply at least 10W power via FireWire (more than most laptops can supply) or make sure to activate the “Force Battery” setting on the back. Use the 4.5m Phase One FireWire cable.
- For tethered shooting with Leaf Aptus and Mamiya DM digital backs make sure that your system can supply at least 12W of power via FireWire (more than most laptops can supply). Use a Leaf or Mamiya FireWire cable and repeater.
- Unless otherwise specified for your Phase One camera system, do not open the shutter on the camera prior to opening the Live View window. Doing so will generate errors on the digital back after closing the Live View window. The recommended procedure for using Live View is to first open the Live View window, then open the shutter on the camera, use Live View as desired, when done, close the shutter on the camera, and close the Live View window.
- For Leaf Backs and Mamiya DM systems, the camera body must be selected in the application preferences before connecting the back.
- For Leaf Backs and Mamiya DM systems, in the case of a communication error during firmware upload, please wait 10 minutes before disconnecting the FireWire cable.
- Leaf Aptus II 8 only works with black and white Live View.
- Focus controls for iXR and iXA cameras are only supported by IQ and Credo backs.
- Orientation override does not work in live view for Leaf Aptus/AFi backs. Users wishing to lock orientation during live view should use the camera orientation setting.
Known issues
Find a list of known issues for Capture One at the time of shipping.
All users
- Browsing folders containing unsupported image files may affect application performance.
- Previews from earlier versions of Capture One may be updated. In some cases, this can affect the application performance the first time images are viewed in this version of Capture One.
- Using a non-US laptop keyboard might be preferable to change some of the standard keyboard shortcuts.
- Editing images in external applications other than Adobe Photoshop might result in unexpected behavior.
- Operation under virtualization software (e.g. Parallels, Hackintosh, etc) may cause instability. We do not recommend you use these OS configurations.
Mac users
- Live View over USB can stall without the use of a repeater.
Windows users
- Windows drivers are required for some older models of Canon DSLR cameras to be able to shoot tethered. These drivers are available from Canon’s web site.
- Importing a catalog can result in the last picture not getting imported.
- Operation under RAMDisk by Dataram is known to cause issues with disk labeling. Capture One is not supported with this configuration.
- If you have Bonjour 2.0.3 installed, you may experience problems with Capture Pilot. Bonjour 2.0.2 (shipping with Capture One 9) and 2.0.4 (shipped with iTunes) have been tested to work with Capture Pilot. To check the version number of Bonjour, go to 'Control
Panel' and select ‘Programs and Features’. - TV/Raptr/RivaTuner installed along with some AMD devices can cause instability.
- FireWire tethering is not supported for Windows 10 build 1903 and newer.
File support: Notes and limitations
The information here is subject to change. Some errors may be omitted. For issues and clarifications, contact Capture One Support via captureone.com/support
Capture One DNG colors
DNG files from camera models with native support in Capture One will per default have their native Capture One colors applied. DNG files from camera models that are not natively supported in Capture One will have generic DNG Standard colors applied.
We do not support adjustments and settings from other applications embedded in DNG files.
Other file support
TIF/JPG/PSD/PNG files that are not in RGB color space cannot be adjusted within Capture One and will be read-only.
Layered Tiff: Capture One 9.1 onward can support Tiff files with alpha channel or layers saved in the file (from other apps like Adobe Photoshop) but for viewing purposes only. Reprocessing the image will result in a new flattened image.
PSD: Capture 10.1 onward can support PSD files in the viewer. The PSD can contain any adjustments, layers, text or smart objects but must be saved in Photoshop with “maximize compatibility” enabled. Reprocessing the image from Capture One will result in a new flattened image.
File size limitations
- Smallest supported file for viewing: minimum side of 16px.
- Smallest supported file for editing: minimum side of 512px.
- Largest supported file: Width x Height must be smaller than 40000 x 20000 pixels or sum thereof.
Camera support
RAW files support with known limitations listed in the notes section is available here. Special or auxiliary modes (like pixel shift) are only supported if noted. If the information provided is incomplete or you need specific information pertaining to support in Capture One, please create a support case - captureone.com/support