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Capture One 21 (14.4.0) release notes

Jack W
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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 Enterprise

  • Capture One Cultural Heritage

Previous release notes can be found at support.captureone.com. 

 

Best regards, 

Team Capture One 

 

 

Contents

  1. Release highlights
  2. Feature Walkthrough
  3. Improvements and Changes 
  4. New Camera Support
  5. Bug Fixes Mac
  6. Bug Fixes Windows
  7. System Requirements
  8. Installation
  9. Recommendations and Limitations
  10. Known Issues
  11. File Support: Notes and Limitations

 

Release highlights 

Capture One 21 (14.4.0) is a feature release containing new functionality and tools, new operating system support, new camera and lens support, and important bug fixes.

 

New features

  • Sigma tethering

  • Password protected sessions for Capture One Live

     

Improvements and changes

  • Additional Exporter options

  • Catalog performance improvements

  • Easy Magic Brush adjusting

  • Fujifilm tethering improvements

     

MacOS support

Capture One 21 (14.4.0) is supported on Big Sur 11.6

 

Other

Capture One 21 (14.4.0) also contains general bug fixes and under-the-hood tweaks.

 

 

Feature walk-through

Sigma tethering

Capture One can now tether the Sigma fp and Sigma fp L. Current supported functionality is file-transfer, exposure-trigger from Capture One, changing of camera-settings from the computer, basic live-view and autofocus.

Please note that cameras reset themselves when attached to the computer, which means that settings made from Capture One on the camera are not persisted when the camera is disconnected.

 

Known issues
In some conditions when shooting DNG on Sigma fp and fp L, image corruptions in the DNG-file can occur. An upcoming firmware update for the cameras will solve this.

 

Password protected sessions for Capture One Live

Sharing Sessions in Capture One Live BETA can now be protected with a password.

 

Improvements and changes

Additional Exporter Options

All tools from the Exporter are now available in the main window of Capture One. They can be added as a premade Export Tool Tab by right-clicking the Tool Tab bar and selecting Add Tool Tab > Export.

The Export Tool Tab is not defaulting and must be added manually.

All Export tools can also be individually added to any Tool Tab or dragged out as floating tools, allowing a fully flexible workspace. The available Export tools are the following:

  • Export Adjustments

  • Export Cross Recipe Tokens (new)

  • Export Format & Size

  • Export Location

  • Export Metadata

  • Export Naming

  • Export Queue (reintroduced)

  • Export Recipes

  • Export Summary

  • Export Watermark

     

Cross Recipe Tokens

Two Tokens have been added, allowing cross-recipe input. For either of the tokens to work, they need to be filled out in their individual sections in the panel of the Cross Recipe Tokens tool. When added here the tokens can be used in the relevant tool panels: 'Export Naming' or 'Export Location'.

  • Subfolder Token allows text or token input. This token can be used in Export Location and enables a shared subfolder between recipes.

  • Job Name Token allows text or token input. This token can be used in Export Naming and enables a shared naming section between recipes.

 

Catalog Performance Improvements

• Windows

Loading any collection in an already open Catalog is up to 600% faster.

• Mac

Loading any collection in an already open Catalog is up to 300% faster.

 

A collection is a folder, Album, or Smart Album, including ‘All Images’, ‘Recent Imports’ etc.

 

Easy Magic Brush Adjusting

Resizing and changing parameters of the Magic Brush can now be done using similar shortcut actions as the regular Adjustment Brush:

 

Mac


Size: Ctrl + Opt + left-click and horizontal drag (right/left)
Tolerance: Ctrl + Opt + left-click and vertical drag (up/down)
Opacity: Shift + Ctrl + Opt + left-click and horizontal drag (right/left)
Refine Edge: Shift + Ctrl + Opt + left-click and vertical drag (up/down)

 

Windows

Size: Alt + right-click and horizontal drag (right/left)
Tolerance: Alt + right-click and vertical drag (up/down)
Opacity: Shift + right-click and horizontal drag (right/left)
Refine Edge: Shift + right-click and vertical drag (up/down)

 

Fujifilm tethering improvements

Capture One now supports changing camera settings on a tethered Fujifilm camera during LiveView. You can also change properties that are on a physical dial. In that instance, the value will return to the dial-value when disconnected from Capture One.



New Camera Support

  • Fujifilm GFX 50S II

  • Nikon Z fc

  • Olympus Pen E-P7

  • Pentax 645Z

To find the full list of all supported cameras, click here.

 

 

New Lens Support

  • Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Sony E)
  • Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art (Sony E)
  • Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG DN MACRO Art (Sony E) • Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 DG DN (Sony E)
  • Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM + 1.4x III

To find the full list of all supported lenses, click here.

 

 

Bug fixes Mac

  • Fixed an issue where watermarks and annotations on 16-bit TIFF could result in a corrupted exported image.
  • Fixed an issue where thumbnails in the browser would be shown in low quality.
  • Fixed an issue where switching to Hand via space bar would play a system sound.
  • Fixed an issue where zooming using keyboard shortcuts would ignore a few steps.
  • Fixed an issue where lens profiles would not be set correctly for some lenses.
  • Fixed an issue where filtering on shutter speed would not filter correctly.

Bug fixes Windows

  • Fixed an issue where watermarks and annotations on 16-bit TIFF could result in a corrupted exported image.
  • Fixed an issue where lens profiles would not be set correctly for some lenses.
  • Fixed a rare issue where adjustments would fail to be saved to images.
  • Fixed an issue with bad UX in the filter tool for shutter speed.

 

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

  • 8GB of RAM

  • 10 GB of free hard disk space

  • Calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi

  • Windows 8.1® 64-bit or Windows 10® 64-bit*


*Windows 10 is supported for builds from 1607 through to build 21H1.

Apple® Macintosh® minimum requirements

  • Intel® CoreTM i3 (1st generation)

  • 8GB 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 11*

*MacOS 11 is supported for builds up to 11.6

 

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)

  • NVIDIA or AMD GPU with 8GB+ RAM

  • Calibrated monitor with at least 1920x1200, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi

 

4k / 5k monitors

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 21 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 21. It is generally recommended that you only install one version of Capture One on any single computer. A single-user license allows up to 2 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.

  1. Download the application from the Capture One website.
  2. Run the executable software install file (.exe).
  3. Carefully read and accept the license agreement presented.
  4. 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.

  1. Download the application from the Capture One website.
  2. Open the Capture One disk icon (.dmg)
  3. Carefully read and accept the license agreement presented.
  4. Drag the Capture One icon to the Applications folder.
  5. 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 is 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

 

  • 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.

  • Focus controls for iXR and iXA cameras are only supported by IQ and Credo backs.

 

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 website.

  • 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’.

  • Plays.TV/Raptr/RivaTuner installed along with some AMD devices can cause instability.

 

 

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

 

HEIC/HEIF support

Capture One supports HEIC/HEIF 8-bit files to the extent that the operating system supports the files. If you are on a Windows computer, you might need to download the two extensions “HEVC Video Extensions” and “HEIF Image Extensions” from Microsoft to enable support in Capture One.

 

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

 

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  • Jack Guckian

    I'm using an M1 iMac 24" model on Big Sur 11.6,upon updating to 14.4 I noticed that the " edit with " function was not transferring images to photoshop. Also researched others having a similar problem until a solution was found i.e. go to preferences>plugins>enable " open with " and click on it. That brought back the " edit with " functions and transfer to and fro with other editing apps. My question, this was not addressed in the release notes for 14.4, is it a bug within the update and is it common only to aforementioned type of computer.

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  • Maryna Sopilniak

    Hi Jack, 

    Thanks for your comment. 

    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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