– Free photo editing software for Fujifilm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To ensure neither Adobe nor Fujifilm had any advantage out of the gate, I’ve aimed to reproduce, as closely as possible, the look of already-processed images from our gallery , without any prior knowledge as to the recipes behind them.

Sharpness and noise reduction were left at their default settings to avoid overcomplicating things, while lens corrections were enabled for both applications. For Capture One, I used quality level 96 which yielded approximately the same file sizes. The most significant difference between Capture One and Adobe’s offerings are in their pricing and camera support.

Capture One Express Fujifilm is completely free of charge, but it only supports Fuji-branded cameras. Although it can import photos from other cameras, it won’t let you edit or export them. While it’s offered free, you do need to supply an email address and can only get a single-install license for each email address you give. So if, say, you want to edit both on a desktop and laptop, you’ll need to supply multiple email addresses.

It also has a pared-down feature set , lacking many more pro-oriented editing, capture, organization and export tools that are available in the full version of Capture One. But it still includes the basic tools most photographers are likely to need. But Adobe’s apps will support Raw files from close to different cameras, smartphones, drones and more, and you’ll also get the combined feature-set of Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, which together can do far more than even the full version of Capture One.

Another advantage typical of manufacturer software is quicker and more in-depth support for new camera models, as well as a closer match for the look of images processed in-camera. But with Capture One actually being developed by a third party, that’s not necessarily as true as it is for most manufacturer software.

It’s worth noting, for example, that Fujifilm has a long relationship with the developer of Silkypix. Support for those cameras in Capture One arrived on the same day both models shipped, however. So perhaps the link with Capture One is closer, or the Capture One team is just quicker bearing in mind that neither the X-E4 nor GFX S uses a new sensor, which theoretically makes adding support a relatively trivial matter.

As for the look of images, Fujifilm promises it will deliver ” unmatched straight-from-camera color accuracy “.

But as we’ll see in a bit, that doesn’t tell the whole story. Capture One Express Fujifilm has a clean, modern-looking non-modal interface with a fixed toolbar at the top of the screen, as well as panels for both thumbnail browsing and all other tools.

The tool panel can be place on the left or the right, and the thumbnail panel either at the bottom of the screen or on whichever side remains unoccupied by the tool panel. Atop the tool panel are buttons to access tabs grouping controls related to library control, filtering, metadata and keywording, and various groups of editing controls.

There’s also a “Q” button that groups together duplicates of the controls you’re likely to need most often. While you can’t add or remove tabs or individual controls in the Express version, you can still pin your favorites to the top of their particular tab for quicker access. You can also add more tools to the topmost toolbar, or rearrange its order.

I found the various controls on offer to be quite logically grouped and named, and easy to use. Windows UI paradigms are followed well, and you can either adjust sliders or type in values directly.

One very slight bug, though, is that the sliders seem to be stored internally with a higher level of precision than numeric entry, with the result that two images with the same numeric value can nevertheless show slightly different positions for the same slider.

Your editing data is stored in an overall catalog file encompassing all of your imported images, and can also be written to XMP sidecar files in the same directories as the images themselves. This lets you choose which approach you prefer, while avoiding the riskier method of writing edits into the metadata of your original Raw files.

One slight oddity if you also use Photoshop in your workflow is that Capture One also embeds editing metadata into its exported JPEG files, with the result that by default Photoshop opens them in Camera Raw, not directly into the main Photoshop workspace. Multiple monitors aren’t supported in the Express version of Capture One, but high DPI screens are supported, as are both pen and touch-screen inputs.

Setups with mixed-resolution displays can cause scaling issues, however. Compared to most free, bundled software, Capture One Express turns in a very creditable result when it comes to performance.

It still doesn’t manage to match Adobe Camera Raw in this respect — and Adobe has made another step forward in the time I’ve been writing this review — but it comes closer than has any other app I’ve yet tested. In terms of its user interface, I found Capture One to be faster at browsing full images, while Adobe Camera Raw is a bit quicker when it came to viewing and previewing of edits.

But the advantage for Adobe was only very slight here, and Capture One’s edit previews remain very close to real-time. The first time it’s started — and again when updated — it pops up a dialog stating that it’s “setting up hardware acceleration”. Your computer remains responsive during this process, but until completed, it more than doubles rendering times.

And even leaving the computer entirely idle doesn’t persuade Capture One to speed up. It’s a minor issue, and one you thankfully don’t see too often, but it’s nevertheless a bit annoying if you’re in a rush when you do. I suggest disallowing upgrades if you’re on a deadline, for that reason. When it comes to final processing, Adobe has a bit more of an edge. On my machine, Capture One Express Fujifilm requires roughly 20 seconds to process the six images used in this review, as compared to around 15 seconds to process the same images in Adobe Camera Raw.

That doesn’t quite tell the whole story, though, as Adobe’s performance improved noticeably between version By way of contrast, most manufacturer software I’ve tested takes at least twice as long as Adobe, and sometimes much longer.

In terms of their color rendering, both Capture One Express Fujifilm and Adobe Camera Raw are basically indistinguishable from each other or out-of-camera JPEGs, prior to making any adjustments to your image. At least, for the Astia, Provia and Velvia film simulations.

With that said, results differ quite a bit if you let either application automatically adjust your images. Adobe gives you a single-button auto control, and tends to make bigger adjustments to exposure. It holds onto shadows and highlights significantly better, but also tends to oversaturate for a more consumer-friendly look.

Its auto white balance tends to do a better job, and its other auto algorithms also tended to yield more realistic colors in general than did Adobe. I found that last point especially true for skin tones, foliage and blue skies. As you can see in my examples, Adobe’s skin tones has tended to make subjects look just slightly sickly, whereas Capture One’s skin tones are more lifelike. And there was a similar advantage in foliage and skies, which also look more natural with Capture One.

Adobe’s algorithms also apply more sharpening by default, but can introduce slight but noticeable haloing. Capture One doesn’t halo by default, but its results appear less crisp. Capture One’s default noise reduction levels are also a good bit higher than those of Adobe Camera Raw, particularly as ISO levels increase. The good news, though, is that I couldn’t see any noticeable loss of detail as a result. With absolutely no fuss beyond letting the automatic algorithms do their thing, Capture One consistently gave me significantly cleaner images.

Given the smaller APS-C sensors still used by Fuji’s X-mount cameras in an increasingly full-frame world, that’s definitely great news! Of course, both applications also allow noise reduction to be dialed back significantly from their defaults. As for lens corrections, neither application’s results was quite identical to those of in-camera JPEGs, but Adobe seems significantly closer than Capture One.

Results from the latter were mostly still fairly close, but occasionally differed quite noticeably. That was also true of vignetting correction, where Capture One sometimes made rather larger exposure corrections near the corners than did either Adobe or in-camera JPEGs. Capture One also has an occasional tendency to crop images if distortion correction was enabled, even when its “hide distorted areas” setting was unchecked.

With all of that said, both Adobe Camera Raw and Capture One offer a lot of scope for correction, and provide a good set of controls. I’ve found Capture One to be a pretty good match for its Adobe rival, and it’s far more pleasing to use than any other free, manufacturer-provided software to date, making it quite easy to get the look I wanted with relatively little work. I have to admit, the results of my testing were a bit of a surprise. Given the relationship between Capture One and Fujifilm, and the fact that the latter actually offers the software for its own users, I expected its results to more closely mirror those of in-camera processing.

But in truth, it was generally Adobe that got closer to the in-camera results. Capture One suppresses noise much more so than Adobe does by default, but without losing any apparent detail. Colors from Adobe were generally good and matched the out-of-camera JPEGs better, but occasionally inn my testing I found that skin tones could make people look a bit ill. When it comes to the selection of controls on offer and their ease of use, both ACR and Capture One are pretty close.

Some other differences are in their distortion correction and auto adjustments. For distortion I think Adobe has a slight edge, but for auto adjustments I definitely ended up preferring Capture One over ACR’s more punchy, consumer-friendly look. I was also impressed with Capture One’s performance. Sure, Adobe still rules the roost in this respect — and its most recent update looks to have taken another step forward — but it’s also payware software being pitted against a completely free alternative.

And Capture One gets far, far closer in terms of raw speed than any other bundled software I’ve yet tried. If cost is a primary concern for you and you don’t need to work with multiple camera brands, then I think it’s a no-brainer. Using Capture One Express Fujifilm could save you enough over the lifetime of your camera to buy a lens or accessory while still providing good speed, good image quality and a healthy selection of controls. If you want the maximum possible performance, support for multiple camera brands or the extended features offered by Lightroom or Photoshop, though, then I think an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription remains your best bet.

Images for this article were originally posted in this gallery. Please do not reproduce any of these images without prior permission see our copyright page. C1 had excellent customer survive in my experience, I think that is worth talking about in a review like this. C1 seems to make lighter images which should not matter as it will be adjusted manually anyway , but geometric lens correction seem bad in C1 – images BULGE compared to LR.

Maybe lens profiles function was not set correctly? Performance comparison was not very clearly presented; which one was more responsive? Final render speed does not matter much compared to UI performance. I’m fed up with Adobe’s bloated offering and hogging of my PC’s resources. It took close to an hour to uninstall the Adobe crap on my pc and to be sure I was rid of it I used a registry cleaner to take care of the rest. I mostly agree with the reviewer. But before that the only let down from C1 is mostly related to lens corrections.

Only missing local corrections from C1 express, but it is free and way better than Fujifilm X Raw Studio. BTW, comparing default settings in test does not make sens – it says nothing what each program can do.

Please enlighten us about the original colors you saw when the photos were taken. How do you know it isn’t the Adobe product that shifts colors?

It would be nice to see Darktable covered. It is not a manufacturer-provided software but neither is Capture One Express. I liked the attention to detail in your article, but was surprised to see no mentioning of local adjustments.

I understand Capture One Express, unlike the full “Pro” version, does not support local adjustment, which is a major downside in my view. I’m also wondering whether LR managed to provide good X-trans support. It had issues at finest detail level in the past whereas C1 was praised in that regard.

There could also be a mention of all the extra features LR offers even beyond what the full Capture One “Pro” version offers. Having said that, I find a choice between either the free “Express” version and the paid LR a bit artificial. Before choosing LR, I’d advice anyone to have a good look at the C1 “Pro” version which offers comprehensive UI configurability and some very nice features like the “Skin Tone” tool.

Elsewhere I also find Adobe rendition more natural with the exception of the giant teapot example where Capture One is more natural. My preference is not to emulate in camera jpgs but to have a more natural starting point for edits so on that score Adobe comes out top most of the time. DNG converter is free It’s the same download for the free express or pro version for Fuji, Nikon and Sony.

You just have to choose during installation what you want. You can always check the correct upgrade price from your express to the unlimited fuji, Sony or Nikon version from your capture one account.

The pro version for all camera makes is the most expensive. The cheaper unlimited function versions for Nikon, fuji and Sony are the same, but just limited to this specific camera manufacturer. Note that the installer file contains all Capture One product variants. However, you will need a license key to activate any of those starting from Capture One To get the license key for activating days fully-featured Capture One trial or Capture One Express, proceed with the links below.

I prefer the C1E default look and the appearance of the highlights which as you note have more contrast. Excepting the excessive default noise reduction C1E applies. This was all screen output?

Although I appreciate these are Raw conversions, I would be curious as to how the printed output would appear. I just organize in Bridge and work in sessions. I don’t keep images that aren’t print worthy. I don’t see the problem. It is best to import and move folders using LR because the catalogue needs to know where the files are. Outside of that you can use any other developer you like and it won’t effect LR edits. If you are going to move folders around what is the difference between using the OS or LR.

Same amount of steps. I wish Capture 1’s catalog system was better. Wish dxo photolab, and all the manufacturers software had good catalogs. Could just be habit. I’ve been using LR from the beginning. It’s fast and easy for me. As is working on images.

I’ve tried several different software solutions, capture one, DXO, aperture, and all the software that comes with my cameras. I’ve tried to stick with one that was easiest for me and learn it best as I could.

I still use the others sometimes to take a look at results. I almost always come back to what I know best. For basic edits, The free C1 option is worth looking into. Of course if you’re an Adobe user looking to dump your subscription, the learning curve is a bit higher, but easier than starting from scratch.

It can be limited though, but maybe pairing it with something like Affinity might be a good combo. I often saw the “free” or Express versions as very basic, for basic adjustments — exposure, highlights, shadows, etc, and sharpening and cropping but lacking some of the more advanced options like some local adjustments. So there’s a trade-off. Darktable is completely free, has no feature limitations, a plethora of tutorials on YouTube, works with downloadable LUTs for example Fuji film simulations, but also a huge number of others, as it supports multiple common file types , styles, and plugins for example for blending , and supports both advanced and beginner-friendly workflows.

You just have to set it up. You can apply customised settings at importing in C1, please note I have the paid version, not sure if this apply to the free version. This is the reason for the decreased detail Mike notices in the higher ISO comparisons. I use Passport profiles for all my lenses and bodies If there is please let me know how. I know C1 has pre figured profiles, but they are not my camera and lens combos.

I recently got the datacolor eqivalent, but do not understand how they are supposed to work yet. It creates XMP files which would seem to me to not be the same. There does appear to be some trade-offs in doing so, but not always in Adobe’s favor.

On the whole, manufacturer’s software is pretty darned good, especially for free. This isn’t “mfr” software though. It’s just an alternative to the other paid options. However, if you work with other people collaborate Adobe might be a better choice as it’s more widely used.

It’s “manufacturer offered software” and it’s free for use with specific cameras. It, along the others software tested so far, is a viable option for many people. It won’t be viable for ALL however. Here, we have worms capturing the buildings and almost every flat surface on them I feel like in my tests worms went away awith simple adjustment to sharpening. I use Phocus for conversion for prints C1 Express is free basic RAW editor.

And also has some features better than paid LR. For example you have Levels and much more usable curves! HSL is also much better, you can edit color range. Histogram is more usable also. WB is usual better as noted in the review more natural and selectable auto adjustments. Sharpening is good and you have few algorithms for clarity. And basically you get much better starting point for Sony or Fuji! And this is almost for free. This is much better solution for hobby or low budged PRO usage.

Compared to any kind of subscription products even own C1 PRO. You can chain C1 Express to some free pixel editors like gimp also.

I really love Capture One the Pro version for editing my Fuji files. But I don’t understand why they don’t give us a panorama feature like lightroom does. That’s so important! The Nikon RAW files look so oversaturated and colors are just completely off.

That means I have to either try a new editing software or switch back to Lightroom. Or did they improve that in version 21? Even after it was requested by many people since around 9 years. And last year like real joke they dropped some kind of advanced color replacement as revolutionary local HSL tool Also Adobe AI adjustments and selection tools are poorest in the industry.

And this is after many topics in the news for their big advancements and achievements in the filed of image editing and AI. Also could not understand praise about LR Classic interface. This is the most obsolete and not ergonomic interface for work with mouse in any image editing product. If you want to make precise adjustments with mouse you can go crazy chasing after this small tinny sliders. Not to mention PS interface and all over the place effects, filters and adjustments Only really good thing with Adobe is documentation to say something good Also no focus stacking.

So they have just panorama and HDR stacking which is far away from ultimate stacking features. For all else you will need PS. Video-vs-photo which software do you use for stacking or panorama? I agree with you when it comes to LR interface. The sliders are just too small, it’s so much more comfortable in Capture One Layers are also great there. Still evaluating, do not have favorite for now. There might still be the spot removal, but local tonal corrections and local sharpening are very important too.

If you need all features you can get PRO which has muuuuch better local adjustments compared to the very basic one in LR! Or you can just chain it with other pixel editor for local adjustments.

Video-vs-Photo Agreed! This software allows for good raw development and OK basic photo-management. It is not designed to stop you from buying CaptureOne, proper. It works fine as a raw developer with output exported to a bit mapped editor of your choice! Capture One Express Fujifilm”. All of them add and remove some features. And there is no free version either. Are you afraid to say Lightroom is not quite there when it comes to professional editing?

I use the full Capture One. The huge advantage for Fuji is the presence of the camera profiles. All the film simulations etc seem to be copied to Capture One.

If the free version has these profiles that may be beneficial. New versions of Capture One added Pro profiles for cameras. Those seem to render skies much better. Timely article, thank you.

I’m about to get a X-E4 and have LR6. I’ve tried the demo of Iridient, seems ok not great. My question is, on Capture One express, can you save yr edits a Tiff files so I can edit in other software without losing data? Cheers if u can help.

Now it is a little bit of an over exaggeration, but Capture One Express is like a demo of what you can do with Capture One. It definitely does not give you a full experience of what you can do with it and most of the useful functions have been taken out of this basic ‘free’ version. Capture One Expres is a good way to see if it fits your way of working and to see if you like its color rendering, but don’t expect too much of it. It definitely is not a replacement for your Lightroom, nor is it actually a reference to what you can truly achieve with Capture One.

I would say both apps have their own pros and cons and don’t forget you get Photoshop for free with you Adobe subscription. That said I do like Capture One Pro better. I use the pro version and suppose the free one is similar in this regard.

You can select to edit in external program and it exports the file with all edits to TIFF that is then opened by Photoshop. You can select 16 bit color, AdobeRGB color space etc.

You can export in whatever format you like. And yes this is free basic RAW editor. Thanks guys. Think i was hoping for a tiny bit more. I am trying out Capture One Express Fujifilm again.

My last time was in , and I immediately deleted it because I am allergic to library and catalog stuff. Surprise, the new install opens up with OK, just found out how to get rid of it. And, by the way it is tuning hardware acceleration with an estimated time of 60 minutes Me too, I just hate this “library and catalog stuff”, I much prefer to arrange my files by myself.

The full version has session option that does not import photos into database and uses sidecar files instead. The article mentions that sidecars are available. So you should be able to work without Catalogue. Kiril – I have not found a Session option in Express so far. I only see “Import Session I just found this on CaptureOne site. You may give it a try. It uses XMP files. So may be quite useful. About Capture One’s con’s You’re kidding right? There’s good reason you won’t find any Digital Tech’s with any experience using Lightroom:.

You can move the browser to any side, top or bottom, re arrange the toolbar and even what’s in it, change every single keystroke, or have the entire interface in floating windows This is one of the main reasons to use C1! I run up to 5 monitors at a time on set. Again, I don’t know what this guy was doing wrong. CO Express versions are feature limited. However, the interesting thing is that all of the images in the gallery use ACR – not one of them show CO Express output. I can never export my files to any other format none in Capture One.

It’s useless. I have a Fujifilm express license and subscription. Any help would be appreciated. Have you looked at process recipes? You sound as if you are in “Adobe mode” – you need to break out from expecting everything to operate like Adobe.

Thank heavens. Can’t imagine how you would navigate different video editing programs if simple photo editing ones give you trouble. This is well documented, but it’s evidently not even on the radar for rectification at C1.

It’s amazingly easy to corrupt a catalog, and then you better hope you have a recent backup that didn’t have issues. The plus of the full version is you can work in Sessions, which is better behaved. When doing so, the sidecar text files are automatically created and can be archived.

C1 does not write development settings to xmp files. C1 writes nothing to xmp files. It will read ratings and colors from them but not write them. Nor will it write anything directly to jpg files. You can export jpg files with metadata, but not save metadata to the original jpg’s. Saying all that, C1 Express is an excellent tool for raw development particularly of Fuji raw files. So much so, that I bought the full blown version. Development settings can be exported as text sidecar files for arrival purposes.

This is not the same as a direct save. Love the imagery, catalogs, not so much. On a Windows box, keep your image count in your catalogs below 30k. If not, things get really weird and slow. CO explicitly states that all adjustments are held in the catalogue or session folders. I have had a catalogue get corrupted a few times, but then I have backups written to off device storage media.

At least I can get back to where I was before the system ate it self. Not all that difficult to recover from if you practice safe computing processes.

In the unthinkable event one would want to move from C1 to another app, how does one migrate metadata? In the open source software options I found RawTherapee easier to use than Darktable. Though I am sure Darktable works well if you can fathom the workflows available, but I spent equal time with each. With Capture One Express existing for Nikon and Sony as well its a pretty good program to standardize on without having a constant tax on your hobby, you don’t really have to relearn anything.

Though of course express versions could go away at some point. Forgot to mention that Capture One has adjustment layers and Quick Edit keys. The objective here isn’t to run down every feature available in both programs, which would lead to an extremely long article for a program as in-depth as Capture One.

It’s to show the basics and give a sense of which program makes it easier to get the results you’re after from those basics. Adjustment layers aren’t available in the version he is describing, it is available in the paid version.

Isn’t that’s a Photoshop bug? They could easily parse the XMP and open into ACR only those that have Adobe’s namespace edits included, with the rest going into main PS interface – controllable in preferences I presume C1 writes its edits under its own namespace. You should really brush up on XMP :. Though the bug can be useful at times, as I could easily soft-crop hundreds of photos in Photomechanic before opening them in ACR with the crop preserved in the same amount of time I might crop ten at most in ACR itself.

Cropping in ACR is the last step in the rendering pipeline, so it was extremely slow if you had vignetting and distortion and local corrections on another long known bug or “feature” , since it was rendering all of these as you were adjusting the crop. If the raw images are accessible I can display incomparably better results out of C1.

It is all about experience and habit. As a long-term C1 user is see lots of space for improvement in the versions posted in this article. As noted early on, the goal for the samples isn’t to get the best-processed image, per se, as that’s more subjective and doesn’t tell me as much comparitively. The objective was to get as close as I could to the same finishing point with both applications, with that finishing point being an already-extant processed image from our galleries, and without any prior knowledge as to the recipe used to create that image.

Here we go with the “incomparable, Earth shattering, mind blowing epoch making superiority” of Capture One. Mike that objective is quite unclear and far from a good starting point.

You should compare the best that the two products offer, rarely one tries to get something else but the best out of his images. Fuji is my primary camera system, and I must admit I went looking for a different processor than ACR at first Iridient did a better job, after playing with the adjustments. However, one can’t send the processed image as anything other than a jpg, and I’ve heard that the catalog isn’t good enough to be a DAM, especially when compared to LR Classic.

With the resent changes in ACR, I now use that program almost exclusively. I should add that Mike Tompkins got it right when he stated that Cap One for Fuji could be all a Fuji user needs, even with it’s downsides.

How can this be a proper test if you don’t explore what the software can do for you? Massive timesaver. As alluded to, highlights are the slight time waster though.

The software tends to throw away highlight detail but, annoyingly, by a different amount for every image, which means I have become very familiar with the highlight slider!

Colour reproduction is fabulous. That comment is referring to the samples in the piece. I tested them, just didn’t use them for the comparisons. I also discussed how much better Capture One was for noise reduction in the first place:. Yes, I read that but it’s still dealing with default settings.

Also, it’s always up to date! I also noted that Capture One only gives you one license per email address for free. Although it’s easy to get more simply by creating throwaway email addresses. Now CO has a subscription for CO Pro, but I am do not know if any functionality is removed if you stop the subscription. AND the ability to upload photos on the cloud syncing across all your devices.

I have more than synced fotos, all available to play with anywhere I go. So that matters. Hardware is necessary! When option available and compelling i will choose the free one. All the best for your photography in Sri Lanka! I’m happy with it and will get a perpetual Pro license at some point. Adobe lost my business after you know what, I don’t really care what they offer :. Pretty much why i didn’t see a need to upgrade to the C1 v21 when it offers nothing much but ask for more money.

What about a focus stacking in LR? Or maybe high res stacks or stacks for better NR, or stars? Learn more about 3 simple and safe ways of using Capture One free, its alternatives and drawbacks of using a pirated software or torrent.

You can download it for free and try out all the functions during 30 days. A trial version offers a full functionality without restrictions. The main advantage of using Capture One Free Trial is, certainly, getting a full version of a program, with all its functions and capabilities for a day period absolutely free.

Besides, this is the best way to understand, should you download the latest version of the program or not. Below I have picked the most frequently asked questions about Capture One trial version to know everything before installing this photo editing software.

You can pay one-time thereby buying the program permanently or you can take a monthly subscription. Everything is the same as in a license full version.

After the Danish company Phase One has announced the new Phase One XF IQ4system, based on the expandable platform called Infinity Platform, photographers got a new opportunity to edit photos right in the camera. With the new platform, Phase One transfers image editing into IQ4. Capture One Inside system provides you with an improved quality of editing JPEG images, a better live view mode, higher frame rate and new tools.

If you have a Sony camera, you have a unique opportunity to download Capture One Express for Sony totally free. Pro version is a paid program, which is every bit as good as the standard Capture One Pro. Cracked programs, unlike the license version, often contain viruses or various spyware programs that can not only slow down your computer performance or disable the system, but also delete your personal data or send it somewhere.

Downloading a pirate software is punishable by law. At first, you will receive warning letters of impleading. In order to crack a license program, hackers change its code in different ways that can lead to incorrect operation of some tools, various glitches, and program crash. Capture One just like any other demanded programs gets updates from time to time, where different bugs are fixed, the tools are improved and new ones are added.

After downloading a pirate version of the program, the following updates will not be available for you. You can contact it for one reason or another. There, in the user support, they will explain you the cause of a crash and tell how to work with any tools properly.

Check out these 3 free Capture One alternatives that are similar to this program in some functions. Pixlr is a free photo editor. It has a modern interface and a large choice of tools for professional and amateur image editing. The photo editor can boast of a number of effects and filters combinations, main options and shortcuts configuration.

Quick color change, focus point identification, improvement of picture quality, aligning or cropping of photo parts, and adding effects. RawTherapee is the software for a basic photo editing. A file manager is built into the program.

With its help, you will be able to view, sort, filter or mark images. The program also offers functionality for batch photo editing.

Darktable is a raster photo editor, which is primarily oriented on image color correction.

 
 

– Discover Capture One for Fujifilm

 

Instead, we will simply offer Capture One Pro, which includes support for all camera brands. All existing versions of Capture One will continue to work as it is. We will also continue to provide feature updates during the life of Capture One One of the things is making sure that you can work on as many types of RAW images as possible, regardless of whether they come from. We continue to strengthen our very close collaboration with hardware manufacturers and we will continue to add specific profiles for cameras and lenses to Capture One software.

Will my software continue to work? The new Luma Range selection masks open up an incredible range of editing possibilities, from selective noise reduction to precise color grading. Linear Gradient Mask Capture One 12 takes gradient masks to the next level, allowing for editable, moveable, rotatable—and best of all—asymmetric gradient masks. Using a brand-new Parametric Masking Engine, Capture One allows for adjustments in the size, shape, and symmetry of the masks with simple mouse clicks and key presses, truly redefining the possibilities of linear gradients in Capture One.

Rotate, feather and adjust a mask with a precision never before possible. Radial Gradient Mask The new Radial Gradient mask tool enables quick, flexible radial masks, useful for vignette and other adjustments with a desired falloff effect.

Using the same Parametric Masking Engine as the Linear Gradient mask tool, radial masks can be adjusted, rotated and moved after creation for extreme control over desired effects.

Redesigned Keyboard Shortcut manager Capture One is known for its ability to custom-assign and custom-configure virtually every task to a keyboard shortcut. Users can now search by the specific menu command, or by the assigned keyboard shortcut, making it easy to find and manage shortcuts. To unify the interface between the Mac and Windows versions the new menu system has been moved to the same location on both platforms, making it easier for workgroups to stay in sync.

New plug-in ecosystem To address the needs of photographers and creatives looking to share, edit and collaborate on their images, the new Capture One plug-in ecosystem will allow for powerful third-party extensions. Users of Capture One will be able to extend the platform with the upcoming addition of plug-ins that allow for sharing, editing, and that can connect Capture One to a variety of specialized editing tools. For developers, the Capture One Plugin SDK—available as a free download—will provide access to the broad base of passionate professional and enthusiast photographers that use Capture One.

Developers are now able to create solutions that leverage the image-editing and organizational prowess of Capture One, and the added capabilities of third-party resources. That was also true of vignetting correction, where Capture One sometimes made rather larger exposure corrections near the corners than did either Adobe or in-camera JPEGs.

Capture One also has an occasional tendency to crop images if distortion correction was enabled, even when its “hide distorted areas” setting was unchecked. With all of that said, both Adobe Camera Raw and Capture One offer a lot of scope for correction, and provide a good set of controls.

I’ve found Capture One to be a pretty good match for its Adobe rival, and it’s far more pleasing to use than any other free, manufacturer-provided software to date, making it quite easy to get the look I wanted with relatively little work. I have to admit, the results of my testing were a bit of a surprise.

Given the relationship between Capture One and Fujifilm, and the fact that the latter actually offers the software for its own users, I expected its results to more closely mirror those of in-camera processing. But in truth, it was generally Adobe that got closer to the in-camera results.

Capture One suppresses noise much more so than Adobe does by default, but without losing any apparent detail. Colors from Adobe were generally good and matched the out-of-camera JPEGs better, but occasionally inn my testing I found that skin tones could make people look a bit ill. When it comes to the selection of controls on offer and their ease of use, both ACR and Capture One are pretty close. Some other differences are in their distortion correction and auto adjustments.

For distortion I think Adobe has a slight edge, but for auto adjustments I definitely ended up preferring Capture One over ACR’s more punchy, consumer-friendly look. I was also impressed with Capture One’s performance. Sure, Adobe still rules the roost in this respect — and its most recent update looks to have taken another step forward — but it’s also payware software being pitted against a completely free alternative.

And Capture One gets far, far closer in terms of raw speed than any other bundled software I’ve yet tried. If cost is a primary concern for you and you don’t need to work with multiple camera brands, then I think it’s a no-brainer.

Using Capture One Express Fujifilm could save you enough over the lifetime of your camera to buy a lens or accessory while still providing good speed, good image quality and a healthy selection of controls.

If you want the maximum possible performance, support for multiple camera brands or the extended features offered by Lightroom or Photoshop, though, then I think an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription remains your best bet.

Images for this article were originally posted in this gallery. Please do not reproduce any of these images without prior permission see our copyright page. C1 had excellent customer survive in my experience, I think that is worth talking about in a review like this. C1 seems to make lighter images which should not matter as it will be adjusted manually anyway , but geometric lens correction seem bad in C1 – images BULGE compared to LR.

Maybe lens profiles function was not set correctly? Performance comparison was not very clearly presented; which one was more responsive? Final render speed does not matter much compared to UI performance. I’m fed up with Adobe’s bloated offering and hogging of my PC’s resources. It took close to an hour to uninstall the Adobe crap on my pc and to be sure I was rid of it I used a registry cleaner to take care of the rest.

I mostly agree with the reviewer. But before that the only let down from C1 is mostly related to lens corrections. Only missing local corrections from C1 express, but it is free and way better than Fujifilm X Raw Studio.

BTW, comparing default settings in test does not make sens – it says nothing what each program can do. Please enlighten us about the original colors you saw when the photos were taken.

How do you know it isn’t the Adobe product that shifts colors? It would be nice to see Darktable covered. It is not a manufacturer-provided software but neither is Capture One Express. I liked the attention to detail in your article, but was surprised to see no mentioning of local adjustments. I understand Capture One Express, unlike the full “Pro” version, does not support local adjustment, which is a major downside in my view.

I’m also wondering whether LR managed to provide good X-trans support. It had issues at finest detail level in the past whereas C1 was praised in that regard. There could also be a mention of all the extra features LR offers even beyond what the full Capture One “Pro” version offers. Having said that, I find a choice between either the free “Express” version and the paid LR a bit artificial. Before choosing LR, I’d advice anyone to have a good look at the C1 “Pro” version which offers comprehensive UI configurability and some very nice features like the “Skin Tone” tool.

Elsewhere I also find Adobe rendition more natural with the exception of the giant teapot example where Capture One is more natural. My preference is not to emulate in camera jpgs but to have a more natural starting point for edits so on that score Adobe comes out top most of the time.

DNG converter is free It’s the same download for the free express or pro version for Fuji, Nikon and Sony. You just have to choose during installation what you want. You can always check the correct upgrade price from your express to the unlimited fuji, Sony or Nikon version from your capture one account. The pro version for all camera makes is the most expensive. The cheaper unlimited function versions for Nikon, fuji and Sony are the same, but just limited to this specific camera manufacturer.

Note that the installer file contains all Capture One product variants. However, you will need a license key to activate any of those starting from Capture One To get the license key for activating days fully-featured Capture One trial or Capture One Express, proceed with the links below. I prefer the C1E default look and the appearance of the highlights which as you note have more contrast. Excepting the excessive default noise reduction C1E applies.

This was all screen output? Although I appreciate these are Raw conversions, I would be curious as to how the printed output would appear.

I just organize in Bridge and work in sessions. I don’t keep images that aren’t print worthy. I don’t see the problem. It is best to import and move folders using LR because the catalogue needs to know where the files are.

Outside of that you can use any other developer you like and it won’t effect LR edits. If you are going to move folders around what is the difference between using the OS or LR. Same amount of steps.

I wish Capture 1’s catalog system was better. Wish dxo photolab, and all the manufacturers software had good catalogs. Could just be habit. I’ve been using LR from the beginning. It’s fast and easy for me. As is working on images. I’ve tried several different software solutions, capture one, DXO, aperture, and all the software that comes with my cameras. I’ve tried to stick with one that was easiest for me and learn it best as I could.

I still use the others sometimes to take a look at results. I almost always come back to what I know best. For basic edits, The free C1 option is worth looking into. Of course if you’re an Adobe user looking to dump your subscription, the learning curve is a bit higher, but easier than starting from scratch. It can be limited though, but maybe pairing it with something like Affinity might be a good combo.

I often saw the “free” or Express versions as very basic, for basic adjustments — exposure, highlights, shadows, etc, and sharpening and cropping but lacking some of the more advanced options like some local adjustments. So there’s a trade-off. Darktable is completely free, has no feature limitations, a plethora of tutorials on YouTube, works with downloadable LUTs for example Fuji film simulations, but also a huge number of others, as it supports multiple common file types , styles, and plugins for example for blending , and supports both advanced and beginner-friendly workflows.

You just have to set it up. You can apply customised settings at importing in C1, please note I have the paid version, not sure if this apply to the free version. This is the reason for the decreased detail Mike notices in the higher ISO comparisons. I use Passport profiles for all my lenses and bodies If there is please let me know how. I know C1 has pre figured profiles, but they are not my camera and lens combos. I recently got the datacolor eqivalent, but do not understand how they are supposed to work yet.

It creates XMP files which would seem to me to not be the same. There does appear to be some trade-offs in doing so, but not always in Adobe’s favor. On the whole, manufacturer’s software is pretty darned good, especially for free. This isn’t “mfr” software though. It’s just an alternative to the other paid options. However, if you work with other people collaborate Adobe might be a better choice as it’s more widely used. It’s “manufacturer offered software” and it’s free for use with specific cameras.

It, along the others software tested so far, is a viable option for many people. It won’t be viable for ALL however. Here, we have worms capturing the buildings and almost every flat surface on them I feel like in my tests worms went away awith simple adjustment to sharpening. I use Phocus for conversion for prints C1 Express is free basic RAW editor. And also has some features better than paid LR.

For example you have Levels and much more usable curves! HSL is also much better, you can edit color range. Histogram is more usable also. WB is usual better as noted in the review more natural and selectable auto adjustments. Sharpening is good and you have few algorithms for clarity. And basically you get much better starting point for Sony or Fuji!

And this is almost for free. This is much better solution for hobby or low budged PRO usage. Compared to any kind of subscription products even own C1 PRO.

You can chain C1 Express to some free pixel editors like gimp also. I really love Capture One the Pro version for editing my Fuji files. But I don’t understand why they don’t give us a panorama feature like lightroom does.

That’s so important! The Nikon RAW files look so oversaturated and colors are just completely off. That means I have to either try a new editing software or switch back to Lightroom. Or did they improve that in version 21? Even after it was requested by many people since around 9 years. And last year like real joke they dropped some kind of advanced color replacement as revolutionary local HSL tool Also Adobe AI adjustments and selection tools are poorest in the industry.

And this is after many topics in the news for their big advancements and achievements in the filed of image editing and AI. Also could not understand praise about LR Classic interface.

This is the most obsolete and not ergonomic interface for work with mouse in any image editing product. If you want to make precise adjustments with mouse you can go crazy chasing after this small tinny sliders. Not to mention PS interface and all over the place effects, filters and adjustments Only really good thing with Adobe is documentation to say something good Also no focus stacking.

So they have just panorama and HDR stacking which is far away from ultimate stacking features. For all else you will need PS.

Video-vs-photo which software do you use for stacking or panorama? I agree with you when it comes to LR interface.

The sliders are just too small, it’s so much more comfortable in Capture One Layers are also great there. Still evaluating, do not have favorite for now. There might still be the spot removal, but local tonal corrections and local sharpening are very important too.

If you need all features you can get PRO which has muuuuch better local adjustments compared to the very basic one in LR! Or you can just chain it with other pixel editor for local adjustments. Video-vs-Photo Agreed! This software allows for good raw development and OK basic photo-management.

It is not designed to stop you from buying CaptureOne, proper. It works fine as a raw developer with output exported to a bit mapped editor of your choice! Capture One Express Fujifilm”. All of them add and remove some features. And there is no free version either. Are you afraid to say Lightroom is not quite there when it comes to professional editing? I use the full Capture One. The huge advantage for Fuji is the presence of the camera profiles. All the film simulations etc seem to be copied to Capture One.

If the free version has these profiles that may be beneficial. New versions of Capture One added Pro profiles for cameras. Those seem to render skies much better. Timely article, thank you. I’m about to get a X-E4 and have LR6. I’ve tried the demo of Iridient, seems ok not great. My question is, on Capture One express, can you save yr edits a Tiff files so I can edit in other software without losing data?

Cheers if u can help. Now it is a little bit of an over exaggeration, but Capture One Express is like a demo of what you can do with Capture One. It definitely does not give you a full experience of what you can do with it and most of the useful functions have been taken out of this basic ‘free’ version. Capture One Expres is a good way to see if it fits your way of working and to see if you like its color rendering, but don’t expect too much of it.

It definitely is not a replacement for your Lightroom, nor is it actually a reference to what you can truly achieve with Capture One. I would say both apps have their own pros and cons and don’t forget you get Photoshop for free with you Adobe subscription. That said I do like Capture One Pro better. I use the pro version and suppose the free one is similar in this regard. You can select to edit in external program and it exports the file with all edits to TIFF that is then opened by Photoshop.

You can select 16 bit color, AdobeRGB color space etc. You can export in whatever format you like. And yes this is free basic RAW editor. You can apply Styles to enhance curves, saturation and tonal adjustments in your images — all without changing key capture parameters like exposure and white balance.

There are several Styles available by famous photographers, helping you emulate their color grading. One of the huge benefits of using Fujifilm X-series camera are the built-in film simulations like Acros, Classic Chrome, Velvia etc. Capture One 12 now adds the ability to change the starting point of your editing to one of the film simulations, as Curves within the Base Characteristics Tool.

There are a few places where Capture One falls short. For those of us who use them regularly, this could be an issue. Into Nik or Topaz filters? No go. Use any of the fantastic portrait packages out there? Too bad. Capture One only has a few third-party plugins and no ability to do HDR or panoramas. No fun. One thing new in version 12, though, though, is export plug-in support. The history panel is a tool I use often. While Capture One lets you undo edits and easily reset adjustments more easily than Lightroom, actually , not having a history panel really cramps my style.

There are workarounds, like creating a number of clone variants, etc. One of these is that when I rename a file, it moves to somewhere else in the catalog, which can get annoying when trying to compare a series of photos. This bothers me, as it forces me to go to another program if I need one. There are also no online sharing options, which will definitely affect some folks.

The bottom line? Studio photographers might also choose to organize by sessions rather than the catalog. Also, if you need precise and powerful keywording options, Lightroom has this part nailed. However, you are able to buy Capture One Pro 12 outright, which is more than we can say for Lightroom….

Usnea Lebendig is a travel and landscape photographer who loves trekking in the wilderness, exploring other cultures, and using photography for social activism. I have been using Capture One 22 for about a month now and I still cannot grasp many of its important features, especially cataloging, exporting, root folders, etc..

It is way too complex, the interface looks friendly but is in fact not intuitive. I have used many software including Darktable 3. Here is a very simple example, when importing a file I need to go through three different steps, and the final Import button is located at the lower part of the screen while the image is way at the top.

Did someone forget that photo editor use large screens? I find myself moving the mouse across a large screen in many situations. Another frustrating issue is the cataloging, holy molly!!

I need to change the root folder. This makes no sense whatsoever. It may be a good photography editor, OK. But overpriced. And the problem is that they are constantly trying to force you to upgrade to the new version. And when you try to reinstall in a new computer the version 20 for example and you cannot find it for download in their website and contact them to complain they send you a link but you only can download not the pro version that you purchased but a version express forSony whose link they sent you… Not recommended, they are not trustable.

Fed up! Since Lightroom 6 is a 32 bit application it will not run on current Mac OS so C1 looks like a very enticing option. I tried Luminar and that was a waste of money since they could not provide basic functions that they promised a few years ago.

I am going to go the C1 trial route. Thank you for this review, it was very helpful. Great review. Thank you! I use a XP-Pen Deco Pro drawing tablet almost exclusively when processing images and it works well with capture one.

Thanks for the helpful review. Capture One 20 is now out, which tilts the comparison even more heavily away from Lightroom and towards Capture One, afaict.

You are right, that Capture One is more complex to learn. However, the possibilities and control you have of the photo editing process once you get a grip of how it works is really priceless. I feel that with programs like LR or DXO Photolab, that are very easy to learn, there is also not much possibility to enhance both you editing process or workflow from there, after you learned the app in 30 minutes time.

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