Capture One Express dead?
Hey there,
today I received the newsletter by Capture One and it says that they are closing down the Express version by the end of January 2024. That does also include the activation of Express. I find it sad because it was a great tool for beginners.
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I have also used capture one express to my Fujifilm X100F, and I have found it very useful when protographing raw even though I often photograph jpg. I will never pay for the pro version, I am an amateur and cannot pay that price. So, sorry Capture One, you will not get me as a customer and I think you will lose many other users too.
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very bad politics from this company!!! But this is usual these days!
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Offering a "light" version would also mean to put some or a lot of effort in this version. E.g. You would have to rewrite some parts of the source code of the Pro-Version, debug it, compile it, upload it, update the website and the server and the activation form... and probably many things more. It seems that Capture One is not willing to do this anymore. I assume it did not work out for them in the past. They gave away CO Express for free with Sony/Fuji and probably expected that this version would convince enough users to upgrade to pro within a certain time period. Obviously it did not.
Older versions, that do not need an activation, are still downloadable. Maybe this is an option for some hobby photographers. Otherwise: Get a perpetual licence.0 -
They did not have to proactively reach out and shut off all existing licenses 60 days from announcement.
I agree. This action is certainly against all loyal users of CO Express. And I can't remember that I have ever heard of such a mistreat of costumers by an enterprise before. But I tried my old Capture One Express 6 and it still works. Maybe it is due to the fact that my CO Ver6 runs under a perpetual license. Using such an older version could be a way for some users, but this outdated version (2013!) does not support the RAW of modern cameras and also not support Adobe DNG. So you would have to convert your RAWs into TIFF and import that file then. Don't think thats a useful way, but anyway.
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Agree, @...! That would have been the logical way. But for some reason, CO decided to slap loyal users in their face. Who knows what is going to happen next. But if they tried to do the same thing to the Users of the Pro perpetual license, they will pay a high price. Once a customer feels betrayed, he will certainly not (never) come back.
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Hi SFA, regarding Microsoft.
I still can run the free ICE (Image Composite Editor) on Windows 10, although it is no longer supported since almost a decade and latest supported OS is Windows 8.1.One needs to download it from other sites (Download is not offered by MS anymore) but it just runs. It was not deliberately shut down on my computer.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/image-composite-editor/overview/
Ok, granted, an apple to orange comparison, since it is a niche tool from Microsoft, but stil noteworthy imo.
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If you give a present to a girl you like and you have some expectations as to what you could potentially receive in return, but because the girl does not play into your expecations you then destroy what you gave to her, you probably could be named an .... (choose to your liking).
Apples to oranges? I don't think so, because it has something to do with how people treat people.
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