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 Express
- Capture One Enterprise
- Capture One Cultural Heritage
Previous release notes can be found at support.captureone.com.
Download Capture One 22 (15.2.0) here
Best regards,
Team Capture One
Contents
1. Release highlights
2. Feature walkthrough
3. New Camera Support
4. New Lens Support
5. Bug Fixes Mac
6. Big Fixes Windows
7. System requirements
8. Installation
9. Recommendations and limitations
10. Known issues
11. File support: Notes and limitations
Release highlights
Capture One 22 (15.2.0) is a feature release containing new functionality, quality-of-life improvements, performance improvements, new camera and lens support, and important bug fixes.
Major Changes
- Keystone Tool redesign (including Auto Keystone)
General User Experience Improvements and tweaks
- Apple Silicon (M1) performance improvements
- Improved Auto Rotate
- Crop Aspect Ratio behavior
- Easier access to drop-down menus
- New default collection sorting option
- Configurable Capture One Live session duration
Other
- Support for macOS 12.2
- Capture One Fujifilm/Sony/Nikon subscribers converted to Pro
Feature walkthrough
Keystone Tool redesign
The Keystone Tool has been redesigned with a new user interface. Additionally, Auto Keystone has been added for all camera models, allowing a swift and precise perspective correction of most images.
Tool design
The Keystone Guides have been redesigned to easily place them with greater precision. Additionally, the precision of the guides can be fine-tuned using the keyboard arrows when a guide is selected.
The content of the Keystone Tool has been split into two tabs, ‘Guides’ and ‘Sliders’. Guides offer fully automatic and guided keystone options, while Sliders offer manual adjustments.
The new adjustment ‘Skew’ has been introduced to accommodate a wider range of perspective corrections.
Auto Keystone
Let Capture One detect and correct the perspective automatically. By pressing the ‘Auto’ button in the Keystone Tool, lines in the image(s) are automatically detected, evaluated, and used for the correction. The result is a swift automatic correction with high precision.
By default, Auto Keystone will correct Vertical Keystone. This can be changed by simply selecting one of the other two guide modes to activate the cursor tool. The icon within the ‘Auto’ button will change accordingly and pressing it will instantly apply the desired correction. Auto Keystone works on batches of images.
Auto Keystone can also be triggered from the regular Auto Adjust functionality in the main toolbar. To do this, tick Keystone in the drop-down menu of Auto Adjust. Note that only Vertical Keystone is available from Auto Adjust.
If Capture One is unable to detect suitable lines in the image, pressing ‘Auto’ will have no effect.
Read more here.
General user experience improvements and tweaks
Apple Silicon (M1) performance improvements
The following areas have been improved:
- Preview generation is up to 100% faster.
- Luma Mask rendering is up to 300% faster. This makes it faster to render the initial Luma Mask and significantly faster to tweak the luminosity range afterward.
- Feather and Refine Mask are up to 1.000% faster.
- Fujifilm X-Trans raw loading is up to 100% faster, making the preview generation and rendering when zooming feels significantly faster on images from Fujifilm APS-C cameras.
Improved Auto Rotate
The algorithm behind Auto Rotate has been improved, providing more accurate results on images where clear lines are visible. This makes it more valuable with, for example, landscape images with clear horizons.
Crop Aspect Ratio behavior
Changing the Aspect Ratio from the Crop Tool will now immediately apply this ratio to the selected image. This makes it easier and more intuitive to work with different aspect ratios, as you don’t have to make a change to the crop for the new ratio to apply.
Easier access to drop-down menus
Drop-down menus that were previously only accessible by long-pressing their icons are now easier to open. Most icons have gotten a downwards arrow that will open the menu, and all menus can be opened by right-clicking their icons.
New default sorting option
Collections will now sort by Date instead of Name by default. This default can be changed in General Preferences, where both the sorting criteria and direction can be customized. This only affects new collections.
Capture One Live add-on
Live Sessions can be now configured to last for 1, 3, 5, 7, or 14 days. You can choose between the different options upon starting a new Live Session that suits both your and your collaborator’s needs.
License changes
Capture One Fujifilm/Sony/Nikon converted to Pro
Subscription users of Capture One Fujifilm/Sony/Nikon will automatically have their license upgraded to Capture One Pro at no additional cost. Perpetual owners will need to upgrade via the upgrade store.
Read more here.
New Camera Support
- Phase One iXM-GS120
New Lens Support
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 20mm F1.4 PRO
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 1.4X Teleconverter
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
- Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM
- Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | C
- Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C
Bug fixes Mac
- Fixed an issue where DNGs from HDR and Panorama could not be read by the Phase One version
- Fixed an issue where DNGs from HDR and Panorama would have a heavy green tint when using Sony A7 IV
- Fixed an issue where exported DNGs from Fuji RAF files were too dark
- Fixed an issue where Plugins would fail initialization on an M1 without Rosetta installed
- Fixed an issue where the blue readout values were missing in the Advanced Color Editor
- Fixed an issue where Style Brushes would revert to the standard brush when moving to a different image using the arrow keys
- Fixed an issue where '&' is shown as 'amp;' in Export Naming
- Fixed an issue where the GPS Altitude metadata would be read incorrectly
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to stitch with Photoshop 2022
- Fixed an issue where Overlay in Live View would change scale when zooming
Bug fixes Windows
- Fixed an issue where DNGs from HDR and Panorama could not be read by the Phase One version
- Fixed an issue where DNGs from HDR and Panorama would have a heavy green tint when using Sony A7 IV
- Fixed an issue where exported DNGs from Fuji RAF files were too dark
- Fixed a rare issue where the Learn section would be empty on some computers
- Fixed an issue where zooming via spacebar would not work if Luma Mask was applied
- Fixed a rare issue where when selecting multiple images, the viewer would continuously rearrange the images
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 8.1® 64-bit, Windows 10® 64-bit*, or Windows 11®
*Windows 10 is supported for builds from 1607 through to build 21H2.
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 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12*
*MacOS 12 is supported for builds up to 12.2
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 (or equivalent)
- 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 22 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 22. 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 webshop 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 exposures 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 16 pixels.
Smallest supported file for editing: minimum side of 512 pixels.
Largest supported file: 715 megapixels or 65,000 pixels on the longest edge.
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
Comments
6 comments
Still no speed improvements for Intel Macs? Metall support?
Hello!
I search a way to update to macOS 12.2. Only macOS 12.3.1 is available now....
Thank you!
I am surprised (and disappointed) that support has not yet been added for the High Efficiency and High Efficiency* raw formats of the Nikon Z 9. Lightroom has had it for several months. Any hints as to when we may expect it?
Will this update Reset the custom tool bar and Tool Sets like the other updates?
I've been waiting to update Mac OS for over 2 months because Capture One didn't support Mac OS 12.2. Now you do, but 12.2 is outdated and not even available anymore. We're at 12.3.1.
You must be joking!
Very very disappointed as I upgraded as instructed now it reports the error that my license key has been deactivated on both my Mac and MacBook Pro so I am unable to use the software.
Either sort it or give me a refund and I will find an alternative!!!
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