Thanks to my “Grasshopper” Ronald N. Tan for the tip… And I quote. “My little birdy source was correct about the release of CaptureOne PRO 5.1. I bought into CaptureOne because of how “right off the bat” my RAWs looked w/o doing additional edits since their PRO 3.7.8.”
Download link here.
Release Notes: What’s New in 5.1
User Guide: Download PDF here.
I plan to write my own review on 5.1 later this week. For now, I *am* really satisfied with speed improvements and overall fixes and new features added to 5.1. If I have to rate 4/5 on this new update, I’ll revoke a point for:
Not fixing the sharpening on the Web Contact Sheets. Web sized images when applied with the sharpening settings I use for my full resolution RAWS look dreadful! I’d like to make final RAW edits (including capture sharpening) and create web contact sheets for client review. For now, I’ll make my final edits, web contact sheet, and then apply my capture sharpening settings prior to export into Photoshop CS4.
I’d like to have keyboard control to increase/decrease the dust and spot tool. In ACR/LR, pressing the “[" and "]” decrease/increase accordingly. The ability for the newly added Dust Spot to change the sampled source. The spot tool can be used to fix blemishes, pimples, and other minor skin problems. LR/ACR folks can do this well with their “Heal” and “Clone” function.
Happy shooting!
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Thanks for the heads-up – I’ll download tomorrow to use with the new P25+ backs that just arrived. Currently I give it a 3.8 to 4 out of 5, so I am interested to see what it does regarding things like inheriting crops, file names, and white balance from the previous shot – it is not 100% consistent. For all post work, it currently leaves the studio to go to the retouchers but it would be nice to have a fast way with the new spot removal to knock down some of the time they spend on retouching. Adobe Bridge has many delicious RAW tools including spot removal and local exposure & saturation adjustments that sit on top of the raw data and can easily be copied across multiple images. For my personal work I prefer the speed and flexibility of Bridge. 5.1 may convert me – I’ll find out tomorrow.
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Love that software!
Regards
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hello there.. love your blog!
im searching for a styles pack (presets) or some nice plugins for the capture one…
any suggestions!?..
thank you.
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