Capture One 22 HDR Tool .
I am using C1 since version 9. Mostly for portrait editing. Since version 11 also for Land
and Cityscape. I am now with V15, C1 2022 . Upgraded because of the old, here new HDR tool.
Since I earn part of my living with Industrial - Project and Real Estate Photography , was keen to have all out of one toolbox. But wat a disapointment. The HDR feature presented right now with v. 2022 is a sheere NIGHTMARE !
I will not believe that I spent money for this tool !
I was participating in the Beta testing and serveral times made my reports on the shortcomings and flaws .. As possibly a lot of other tester too . C1 did not bother.
Seems like this SW factory does not have its own test teams.
Since Version 10 Capture One added ot lot of gimmick tools, e.g speed editing, magic brush, luma range etc. None of them beacame flawless. This said, since Version 14 this C1 SW was developt in to a Perma-Beta Status and became unstable. After all this trying and hoping and issuing reports, I am back using DxO and another SW for my professional Photography works.
I am under the impression that also at the C1 Company the financel and marketing Manager are giving the directions. Has been always the Beginning of the End of any software company.
It is a real pity.
For me C1 remains at the status of Verion 13. After that it became useless.
I do admire the lot of C1 Intsructors and socalled Ambassadors, wich with every tutorial a/o presentation have to cirumnavigate the bugs and try camuflate the flaws.
But Hope is the last thing to die. For this reason I do not claim my money back.
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I totally agree with you that C1 got a tool for hobby Photographers and doesnt focus on professionals anymore.
There are still totally basic bugs and performance issues you do not recognice with 5 or 50 pictures but you do with 500 or 5000 pictures.
When this is your daily business its so annoying to see they dont care about the professionells and come up with one gimmick after the next instead of doing their homework and fix the basics.
It seems like there is not a single person responsible for "basic bug tracing"1 -
Ideally, Capture One would satisfy both pros and hobbyists. Perhaps that is the ultimate goal, as selling to both groups makes financial sense. Of course, it will have to be done properly, which is not an easy task.
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I'm curious to know what you see as shortcomings. I've struggled to find good HDR software and I have to say my first impression of the HDR in v22 was very good.
I shoot interiors, most HDR turns white walls to putty-ish tones. C1 looked very clean and preserved the feel of brighter interiors on the first few images I trialled.0 -
I am struggling to decide where to go from Capture One, what is the next best tool?
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