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Capture One Pro 21is an advanced and comprehensive photo workflow tool suiting a variety of applications from photo editing to tethering to asset management and organization needs. Version 21 of this esteemed software sees updates to core editing tools, including a Basic Color Editor, for a more streamlined and faster editing workflow.

With the Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21 eBook, you will become an expert of Capture One, speeding up your workflow and getting the very best out of your raw images.

New users can always purchase Capture One perpetual license or start a subscription plan in our online web shop. NOTE: For new users who made a purchase after November 17, 2020, the upgrade to Capture One 21 should be included in your order when getting a perpetual license via our web-shop.

This eBook will guide you through the whole process of getting images into Capture One, organizing them, making image adjustments and finally exporting the shots. All topics are divided into logical chapters, making it easy to go from zero to hero.

Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21 is meant for anybody that is new to Capture One Pro as well as intermediate users that want to expand their knowledge of certain tools or features. Some basic knowledge of image editing from other programs is highly recommended, making this the perfect book if you are coming from Adobe Lightroom or other raw converters.

Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21 caters to both professional photographers as well as advanced enthusiasts. There has been a strong emphasis on providing a large number of screenshots to turbo-charge the learning process, and a great deal of effort has been put into explaining features and terminology specific to Capture One Pro, so that all new users will feel right at home. As an example, a whole chapter is devoted to explaining the concept of Tokens and giving you tips on how to take advantage of specific Tokens based on your workflow.

You are encouraged to check out the full Table of Contents of this eBook here to better understand what is covered and how this eBook is structured.

Image editing is highly dependent on your visual preferences and the image at hand, so Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21 is not a series of constrained step-by-step guides based on questions like “How do I saturate a blue sky?”. The eBook will, however, teach you how to select any color – including a blue sky – in Capture One, and enhance both colors and light balance of the selected blue color range.

The goal is to teach you the vast possibilities of the tools in Capture One, so you will be able to pick the right tool for the job. There are for example several ways to adjust contrast and light balance in Capture One Pro, and each tool has its place in the photographer’s toolbox.

Before you buy the eBook, it is highly recommended that you check out a free sample chapter on the Normalize tool. It will get you a good impression of the content level and the writing style. The sample chapter is available in the epub and pdf and mobi file formats.

Quick facts about Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21:

Covers the Capture One 21 – version 14.1
550+ pages
60 Chapters
More than 750 screenshots
Covers Capture One Pro 21, Capture One Fujifilm 21, Capture One (for Sony) 21, Capture One (for Nikon) 21 and Capture One for Phase One 21.
Language: English only
The eBook is published in both the ePub and Pdf file format. An Amazon-based Mobi version is also available.
Optimized for viewing on a standard-sized iPad (or another high-resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels screen)

Buying the eBook

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Support notes

When you have clicked View product in your email to get access to the eBook, please make sure that you click on Download (instead of Read) to save the eBook on your iOS device/computer. The Gumroad e-reader doesn’t work that well with such a huge book.

The eBook is published in a so-called fixed layout format which means that you can’t change the size of the font to let the text reflow in the ePub version. This is by design because it was important for me to make sure that the text and illustrations are kept together. The pdf version will, however, let you resize the book to fit your screen.

Please check the sample chapter (see above) to see whether the eBook is easy to read on your device or computer before purchase, especially if you need to read it on an Android device. If you have trouble reading the ePub file on an Android device, try using the Publiwide Reader EPUB3 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.publiwide.reader

Otherwise, use the all-purpose pdf version.

Entitlement

Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21 will be updated if any features are added or changed to Capture One 21. Any updates to this guide for Capture One 21 will be free.

If a new eBook in this series is published to cover a new major release of Capture One in the future, it will be regarded as a separate product. As an owner of Photographer’s Guide to Capture One 21, you will be entitled to buy the new version at a discounted price.

If you have ever been enthralled by the quality of pictures on glossy magazines, you might be wondering about the skills of the photographer as well as his camera. However, you might not be aware of what is happening behind the scenes.

Even the leading photographers make exposure or aperture setting mistakes and depend on imaging software to fix the problem. You too can enhance the quality of your photographs with these programs.

Although there are several such programs available online, we shall be discussing Capture One vs Lightroom 2021 to find out which one of them is the leader.

Remember, we shall touch the price factor in this Capture One vs Lightroom review, but shall concentrate more on the capabilities of the programs and use that parameter to give them weight.

We shall break up this comparison into different components so that you can compare the difference between the two.

Capture One Pro vs Lightroom CC Classic

The contents in this section will help you determine whether you should opt for the pro version of Capture One or Lightroom CC or Classic.

Phase One has pulled out all the stops to ensure that it retains the top of the market position. Their specialization is in manufacturing hi-end digital software and equipment.

The most significant advantage of their program is that the user can customize the workspace.

Non-destructive Editing

Like Lightroom, Capture One is non-destructive when making adjustments.

Vibrance and Saturation

In Capture One, the Saturation in ‘Exposure Tool' is similar to ‘Vibrance' in Lightroom. So, you'll not miss the ‘Saturation' and ‘Vibrance' sliders found in Lightroom because C1 does a very good job at combining both with its ‘Saturation'.

Black and White Sliders

In Capture One, the ‘Levels Tools' is a good replacement for Lightroom's ‘Black and White sliders'.

Curve Tool

In Capture One, the ‘Curve Tool' is similar to the ‘Tone Curve' found in Lightroom.

New Capture One Lightroom Presets

This permits you to use Lightroom presets in Capture One. This, particular, comes in handy when migrating or switching to Capture One from Lightroom.

You can import presets into Capture One or create your own presets and styles and all presets and styles can be saved and previewed (before applying them).

They can be applied to layers for opacity control.

These styles and presets can also be exported to other computers running Capture One.

Styles and Presets in Capture One can also be applied during capture or the importing of images.

However, always remember that any preset or style applied during import or capture can always be removed by you if you do not need them or if you need to change the style and preset.

Capture One Lightroom Workspace and Workflow

My vote goes to Capture One when considering the workspace and workflow.

With only one window, the tools are organized to the left while the browser will be to your right.

There is a striking resemblance between the workspace of Capture One and Lightroom. From the window, then workspace, just select ‘Migration' and you'll see the similarity between Lightroom and Capture One.

All the tools in Capture One can easily be moved around, re-organized or hidden if you need to.

Capture One Pro Fujifilm vs Lightroom

I took the same photograph and tried to convert its RAW images through both Lightroom and Capture One. Although Lightroom has improved recently, its competitor produced better pictures in my Capture One 21 vs Lightroom Fuji 2021 evaluation.

Capture one is better, as imaging software, for Fuji GFX and provides better results after editing for the Fuji XT2.

Capture one pro efficiently processes RAW images captured through Fuji XT3 digital camera and cameras that use the Fujifilm x-trans sensor, than Adobe Lightroom does.

Some Fuji cameras supported by Capture One include:

Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm X-T3
Fujifilm X-H1
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm GFX 50S
Fujifilm GFX 50R
Fujifilm GFX 100
and more

The Capture One Pro Fujifilm 21 has been designed especially for a seamless and smooth operation for Fuji users.

Avoid the ‘Adobe Fuji Worms'

Do you want to avoid the ‘Adobe Fuji Worms'? Capture One does a better job when rendering files from Fuji. In fact, Capture One now has a Fuji version for this purpose.

Fujifilm Simulations Retained and Better Looking

All images become print-ready in no time with the use of Capture One as it makes the colors sharp with great depth. Added to this, all Fujifilm simulations can be found in Capture One.

Capture One Image Quality vs Lightroom

When it boils down to image quality, I'll say that Capture One is slightly better than Lightroom.

The Capture tool tab is the gateway to tethered shooting with a supported digital single-lens reflex camera.

When connected to the computer, you can import photos directly into a catalog or session and save them on the hard disk drive or even an external drive. This helps you avoid the headaches associated with importing from a memory card.

This earns brownie points for the Capture One. It also handles images from the Fuji X series cameras much better than Lightroom.

Capture One Pro Speed vs Lightroom

When browsing photographs, while using Capture One and Lightroom together, I found that the former was much faster. This is particularly clear if you magnify individual images or when you are applying a large number of local adjustments.

It took Lightroom 218 seconds to generate 45 previews whereas Capture One did it in 74 seconds flat.

Next, I tried to export 52 jpeg images. Capture one did it in 217 seconds whereas Lightroom froze down.

One other area in which the Capture One outperforms Lightroom is in tethering speed tests. It is, usually, pretty instantaneous.

Lightroom vs Capture One Tethering Speed Test

Therefore, when we compare Capture One Pro vs Adobe Lightroom in terms of speed, we find C1 to be faster and more instantaneous.

Capture One Pro for Sony vs Lightroom

Lightroom does not support RAW images from all cameras. However, they are adding more of them with each update.

Capture One has addressed this problem for RAW files, especially those shot on Sony cameras, by offering a separate version for only editing Sony images.

I tested this with different versions of Sony cameras such as Sony a7iii and Sony a7rii and did not face any problems processing the RAW images.

There is no need to emphasize which of the two software I'll opt for when it comes to selecting Capture One or Lightroom for Sony.

Some Sony cameras, fully, supported by Capture One include:

Sony RX100M4
Sony RX100M5
Sony RX10M2
Sony RX10M3
Sony RX10M4
Sony RX1RM2
Sony a68
Sony a77 II
Sony a99 II
Sony a6300
Sony a6500
Sony a7 II
Sony a7 III
Sony a7S
Sony a7S II
Sony a7R II
Sony a7R III
Sony a9
and more

Capture One Pro 21 (for Sony) has been specially designed for Sony users.

Capture One for Canon vs Lightroom

Those who are wondering if Capture One is better than Lightroom should click photographs with different models of Canon cameras and try to process the RAW image with both Capture One and Lightroom.

While Lightroom has limited support for Canon cameras, Capture One can easily handle pictures taken from a wide variety of Canon cameras and macro lenses.

For the uninitiated, the Capture One can process RAW images from more than 500 cameras, which is something that Adobe Lightroom cannot boast of.

Capture One, fully, supports the following Canon cameras:

Canon 100D/Rebel SL1
Canon 1000D/Rebel XS
Canon 1100D/Rebel T3
Canon 1200D/Rebel T5
Canon 1300D
Canon 2000D
Canon 4000D
Canon 450D/Rebel XSi
Canon 500D/Rebel T1i
Canon 550D/Rebel T2i
Canon 600D/Rebel T3i
Canon 650D/Rebel T4i
Canon 700D/Rebel T5i
Canon 750D/Rebel T6i
Canon 760D/T6s
Canon 800D/Rebel T7i
Canon 40D
Canon 50D
Canon 60D
Canon 70D
Canon 77D
Canon 7D
Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 6D
Canon 6D Mark II
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 5DS R
Canon 5DS
Canon 1D Mark III
Canon 1Ds Mark III
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 1D X
Canon 1D C
Canon EOS R
Canon EOS RP

Capture One Catalog vs Lightroom

Individuals using Photoshop get Lightroom for free as it is a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud family.

However, when it comes to opening multiple catalogs, Capture one takes the prize as Lightroom can open only one catalog at a time, and that catalog is divided into multiple collection and collection sets.

On the other hand, Capture One Pro organizes photos in sessions, ideal for separating single client sessions as well as collection sets, which is far better for more massive sets of images.

Apart from this, the keyword tool of Capture One makes it simpler to add keywords to the metadata of an image. This is yet another reason why I prefer Capture One compared to Lightroom.

Every professional photographer knows that Capture One delivers an extensive suite of powerful tools to edit, manage, and export images.

Some people may consider using Capture One with Lightroom for special reasons. However, this may not be necessary as Capture 1 makes for a good replacement for Lightroom. It is simply an embodiment of all the necessary editing tools that you will ever need.

Capture One Lightroom Integration and Import

Importing your lightroom catalog into Capture One is a, fairly, straightforward process.

In Capture One, create a catalog where you plan to import the files from Lightroom into. Then select ‘Lightroom Catalog' under ‘Import Catalog' in the ‘file menu.

Even Photoshop PSD files are now supported by Capture One. So, you no longer have to do any conversion to different formats. Just put your files in the library as they are.

Thus, you should not face any difficulty with Capture One Lightroom migration.

Available Plugins

Now, the new Capture One plugin permits you to publish images with greater flexibility for adjustments. You can always download more plugins at the ‘preferences' section.

Capture One Color vs Lightroom

Capture One Pro users are delighted with its color management capabilities.

On the one hand, Lightroom has the hue saturation luminance (HSL) panel with sliders and red, green, blue (RGB) curves adjustments while Capture One has several other options for manipulating that color.

These options include shadow, highlight and mid-tone adjustments for color balance as well as a dedicated channel only to adjust skin tones. This makes removing skin redness a piece of cake.

Also, Capture One has luminance curves adjustment option as well. In this Lightroom versus Capture One review, the latter is the winner.

Capture One DAM vs Lightroom

Many photographers plan to move away from Lightroom soon as their strategy will require them to use cloud storage for their originals. Version 21 of Capture One will feature a good DAM or catalog. Goodbye to storing my images on the cloud.

This phase one Capture One Pro 21 vs Lightroom 8 accolade goes to C1 because of the DAM feature.

Given all these advantages there is no doubt as to which of the two programs offers better facilities when comparing Capture One 21 vs Lightroom 2021.

If you ask me whether to purchase Capture One or Lightroom 8, I would say, go for the latest version of the former.

Capture One Features vs Lightroom

Capture One permits you to add handwritten notes on an image. You can follow the same when you have time.

This is beneficial as well, in case you are not editing the photos. It gives your colleagues working on the same project an opportunity to follow your thought process easily.

Capture One follows a session-based workflow, allowing you to make use of tokens to set where you want your images to be saved.

The photos, apart from adding themselves when exported, will also generate the path for you. The icing on the cake is that it will store the smaller web images in the same project, albeit in different folders. This is amongst the numerous reasons why you may consider a switch to Capture One today.

Capture One for Landscape vs Lightroom

Landscape photographers do not manage collections of tens of thousands of images, with corrections on half of them, which they leave waiting to be exported based on their requirements.

Most of them select one photograph from a shooting session, and when they start to develop it, they get ahead with it till the end.

Can Capture One Replace Lightroom?

In short, Capture One can run 10 years' worth of landscape photography in less than ten minutes. Try the same in Lightroom, and you will get the answer to the above question.

Capture One for Tethering vs Lightroom

The Live view option in Capture One allows users to send their camera's Live view to their computer.

Connections for Tethered Shooting

Capture One also provides better grids, focus controls and a few other useful features that allow you to make adjustments during tethered shooting when compared to Lightroom.

Tethered Shooting Speed Test

Capture One is also faster for tethered shooting as you can see from the speed test conducted above. While Lightroom got the job done in 4.25 seconds, C1 finished in 3.28 seconds.

Having, originally, been designed as a tethering software many years ago, Capture One is, indeed, powerful when it comes to tethered shooting. It is, simply, the most advanced in this regard.

The process for tethered shooting with Capture One is as simple as creating a new session (or use catalogs), connecting your camera and start to shoot.

With your camera connected, you can automatically preview, adjust and control your camera from your computer.

Adjust Different Settings on Your Camera from Inside of Capture One

Capture One for Leica vs Lightroom

Unlike Lightroom, Capture One boasts of highly precise color profiles for most Leica cameras. There is no room for comparison.

Capture One one, fully, supports Leica cameras and lenses.

For cameras, these include the:

Leica TL2
Leica X-U
Leica CL
Leica M262
Leica V-Lux Typ 114
and more

While for Lenses, these include:

Leica Summicron M 2/90
Leica Elmarit M 2.8/90
and more

Capture One for Nikon vs Lightroom

Capture One Pro 21 Tutorials

Although Lightroom was the first to offer support for Nikon cameras, version 21 of Capture One has tilted the scales in its favor. It is time for you to be moving from Lightroom to Capture One.

Some, fully, supported cameras for Nikon include:

Nikon D3
Nikon D3X
Nikon D3s
Nikon DF
Nikon Z6
Nikon Z7
Nikon D5000
Nikon D5100
Nikon D5200
Nikon D5300
Nikon D5500
Nikon D5600
Nikon D7000
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7200
Nikon D7500
Nikon D90
Nikon D300
Nikon D300s
Nikon D600
Nikon D610
Nikon D700
Nikon D750
and more

Capture One Noise Reduction vs Lightroom

As Capture One applies a more aggressive sharpening, the LNR (Luminance Noise Reduction) is most likely required to prevent noise objects from being sharpened. Compared to Lightroom, the Capture One LNR produces smoother results. This again proves which is better.

With Capture One, you can retain the details while reducing the noise.

Capture One for Olympus vs Lightroom

The native RAW conversion for Olympus images in Lightroom is not quite what it could be. My photographer friend feels that the quality of the import in Capture One is the one that suits him the best.

This was, of course, after testing the quality of the imports of different images coming from various camera lenses with different RAW conversion and photo editing programs. Capture One emerged to be the best of them.

Not satisfied as yet? Let us compare Capture One and Lightroom a bit more.

Capture One Performance vs Lightroom

I tried to export 52 jpeg images. Capture one completed it, effortlessly, in 217 seconds while Lightroom froze down.

Capture 1 can be up to 10 times faster than Lightroom, especially when it comes to the importing and editing of photos.

Do you still have doubts as to whether to go for Capture One Pro or Lightroom?

Capture One Price vs Lightroom

Unlike the subscriptions that you have to pay when using Lightroom, you do not have to pay subscriptions with Capture 1. You can buy Capture One Pro by paying a one-time fee for any of the ‘Perpetual license' plans for the Pro, Fujifilm or Sony editions of the program.

With the Pro edition of Capture One, you get everything (including support for Sony and Fujifilm).

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Capture One RAW Conversion vs Lightroom

While both of them have the capability to handle RAW images, I would opt for Capture One, as it accepts RAW files from more than 500 cameras, something that Lightroom cannot boast of.

Lightroom Sharpening vs Capture One

Lightroom updates their program regularly and has various tools to adjust sharpness. However, the moment you try Capture One you will notice that it is in a different league. It has roughly the same set of tools, so you will not face any orientation problems.

The main advantage is that the algorithms that do the actual work are really more sophisticated and permit users to get results that could only be obtained through Photoshop. This is why professional photographers choose Capture 1 pro vs Lightroom.

One other good thing about Capture One is that you can first preview the output. For instance, if you want to export a RAW image to a JPG for web or screen, you can preview the image with its real resolution and adjust the sharpening for output on the go.

Lightroom vs Capture One for Beginners

Thanks to its ease of use as well as its friendly interface, Capture One has a user-friendly interface that is similar to that of Lightroom.

Just like the offering from Adobe, those who have never used a photo editing program before can master Capture One in a couple of days. The workflow of Capture One is a delight to use and easy to understand. It also has a ‘learning hub' to help in making the workflow seamless.

It is, therefore, not a surprise why it is the preferred choice amongst professional and amateur photographers worldwide.

Conclusion

Now that we have covered Capture One vs Lightroom 8, you should be in a better position to decide between the two programs.

Should you go for Capture One 21 vs Lightroom Classic CC, or should you make a switch if you have been using Lightroom before?

Well, the choice is up to you to decide.

For those contemplating making a switch from Lightroom to Capture One, there is no doubt that this is a good replacement for Lightroom.