User Guide
Find detailed guidelines on how to enhance your workflow and learn more about the features of Capture One.
User Guides in PDF
- Capture One 21 User Guide
- Capture One 20 User Guide
- Capture One 12 User Guide
- Capture One 11 User Guide
- Capture One 10 User Guide
- Capture One 9 User Guide
Quick Start Guide
- Camera models and RAW files support in Capture One
- What is Capture One?
- Capture One product variants
- Minimum system requirements to run Capture One
- Lens profiles support in Capture One
- How to install Capture One
User Interface
- User interface overview
- The Viewer overview
- The Viewer modes
- The Browser overview
- The Browser modes
- Thumbnails
Workflow Basics
- The way Capture One works with RAW files
- JPEG and TIFF file formats
- HEIF/HEIC file format
- The concept of variants in Capture One
- Enhanced Image Package (EIP) overview
- Packing and unpacking EIPs in Sessions
Preferences
- Preferences overview
- Capture One Preferences: The General tab
- Capture One Preferences: The Appearance tab
- Capture One Preferences: The Image tab
- Capture One Preferences: The Capture tab
- Capture One Preferences: The Color tab
Customization
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcut sets
- Creating a custom shortcut set
- Editing keyboard shortcuts
- Assigning shortcuts to Cursor Tools
- Copying a shortcut set
- Deleting shortcut commands
Catalogs
- CATALOGS
- An overview of Catalogs
- Catalog organization
- Creating a new Catalog
- Opening a Catalog
- Importing images into a Catalog
Sessions
- SESSIONS
- An overview of Sessions
- Opening a Session
- Creating a Session
- Adopting a Session workflow
- Importing images into a Session
Library
- The Library tool
- Folders in Catalogs
- Folders in Sessions
- Album folders
- Selects Folder and Selects Collection
- Smart Albums
File Naming
- Adopting tokens in naming dialogs
- Naming folders and files dynamically
- Name files when capturing
- Name files when importing images
- Name output files when processing images
- Change naming settings
Creating Image Copies
Sequences
- An overview of sequences
- Tokens and dynamic locations
- Sequence ID and Sequence Info in Metadata
- Creating sequence sub-folders on import
- Naming a sequence on import
- Naming a sequence when tethered
Keywords and Metadata
- Keywords overview
- Creating and applying keywords to images
- Removing keywords from images
- Hierarchical keywords
- Rearranging keywords
- Keyword library
Deleting Images
- Deleting images and variants in general
- Deleting images and their variants from Collections
- Deleting images and variants from the Session Trash
- Deleting images and variants from the Catalog Trash
- Deleting images and variants immediately
- Deleting offline images and variants
Tethered Capture
Capture Naming and Counters
Capture Location
- Changing location for storing captured images
- Changing location for storing captured images (Catalogs)
- Capturing images to a network drive (Sessions)
- Creating multiple capture folders
- Selecting the capture folder from the Next Capture Location tool
- Creating folders from the System Folders browser (Sessions)
Capture Adjustments
- Adding adjustments automatically while capturing
- Selecting an ICC profile while capturing
- Setting the capture orientation
- Adding metadata to captured images
- Adding adjustments to captured images
- Applying Styles and Presets to captured images
Camera Settings
- Connecting camera and adjusting camera settings
- Connecting a supported camera
- Attaching an unsupported camera (hot folder)
- Reconnecting a camera
- Taking test shots
- Taking test shots in the Live View mode
Working with an Overlay
Live View
- Live View workspace
- The Live View interface
- Toolbar in Live View mode
- Cursor tools in Live View mode
- Tool Tabs in Live View mode
- Live View Navigator
Exporting in Capture One 21 (14.3.0) and onward
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Capture Pilot
- Capture Pilot overview
- Connecting an iOS device to Capture One
- Alternative connection of an iOS device to Capture One
- Creating a computer-to-iOS wifi network on macOS/OSX
- Browsing images on iOS device
- Add Color tag and Star rating (iOS device)
Lens Correction
- The Lens Correction tool
- Applying a specific lens profile
- Applying a generic lens profile
- Chromatic aberration and purple fringing
- Removing chromatic aberration
- Removing purple fringing
Composition
- The Crop tool overview
- Cropping images
- Displaying Grid while cropping
- Adding a custom aspect ratio
- Copying and applying a crop to images
- Cropping outside the image area
Working with Colors
- The Base Characteristics panel overview
- Selecting an alternative ICC profile
- Selecting an alternative tone curve
- Fujifilm Film Simulations
- Nikon ICC profiles
- ProStandard camera profiles
Histograms
Exposure and Contrast
- Auto adjustments
- Exposure
- Adjusting exposure in the Exposure tool
- Adjusting brightness in the Exposure tool
- Adjusting contrast in the Exposure tool
- Adjusting saturation in the Exposure tool
Details
- Overview of sharpening workflow
- Checking focus and sharpness
- Adjusting sharpening in the Sharpening tool
- Saving settings as new defaults in the Sharpening tool
- Saving settings as user presets in the Sharpening tool
- Sharpening an image using predefined settings
Styles and Presets
- An overview of Styles
- Applying a Style
- Applying Styles and Presets to Layers
- Creating a User Style
- Stacking Styles and Presets
- Copying Styles between images
Layer Adjustments
- Overview of Layers and Masks
- Selecting Layer types
- Creating a new filled Layer
- Deleting a Layer
- Working with multiple Layers
- Creating a mask
Annotating Images
- Annotating images
- Sketching on images
- Adjusting the cursor size when annotating images
- Copying annotations between images
- Displaying and hiding annotations
- Searching for annotated images
External Editing
Exporting Images in Capture One up to version (14.2.0)
- Overview of exporting images
- File formats for processing and export
- Exporting originals
- Exporting DNG files
- Exporting RAW files, settings, and metadata in self-contained EIP files
- Exporting variants
Processing Variants
- Proofing profiles
- Benefits of using process recipes
- Processing image variants using recipes
- Processing multiple file formats simultaneously
- Verifying recipe settings
- Proofing recipes
Plugins
Web Gallery
Printing Images
- Printing images
- Templates for printing images
- Managing custom print templates
- Units and Guides in the Print dialog box
- Adjusting the layout in the Print dialog box
- Adjusting image settings in the Print dialog box
LAB Readouts
- The capture process overview
- Lab and CIE XYZ color spaces
- Standard observer
- Light source
- Metamerism
- Lab coordinates in a processed image
Capture One Cultural Heritage (CH)
- About Capture One Cultural Heritage
- Cultural Heritage workspaces
- Auto Crop tool in Capture One CH
- Applying Auto Crop to a single image
- Applying Auto Crop to multiple images
- Auto Crop confidence feedback for Roll Film
Capture One Enterprise
- Capture One Enterprise overview
- The Barcode scanner tool
- Configuring the Barcode scanner
- Using the Barcode scanner tool
- The Guides tool in Capture One Enterprise
- Creating Guides in the Capture One Enterprise