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Next is the exported image out of ACR I went down to -3.00 e/v, and still I had some highlight warnings and the image really started to ‘muddy’ up somewhat. The 2 test images (‘Boats’ and ‘Lighthouse’) you will see here were really over-exposed by +3.0 e/v. When comparing images here, in ACR & Capture One, the White Balance was the same, any Shadows fill I applied I did the same, Sharpening was turned OFF on both, and any Contrast was ‘Default’ in the Tonal Curves. Testing was seeing how much I could recover highlights, general settings, etc.

Next, with NO sharpening applied in ACR or Capture One Pro, no contrast (apart from defaults) I found the file when viewing in Capture One was simply outstanding compared to ACR/LR. Not a great deal but in the actual color it shows how I perceived the image on the back of the LCD screen initially, but in ACR it’s not warm enough. I noticed it’s rendering the images a lot better in terms of showing almost the perfect WB settings I had set in Nikon D3s and my Canon 1D MkIII files.Įg: Nikon D3s I set manually 5560K, in Capture One it shows Kelvin 5570 & 0.8 Tint. First up, the clarity of the image was so clear and the WB was so different from ACR with both on ‘As Shot’.
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The very first thing I noticed was the rendering of an image I had worked on a lot of times from ACR or LR from Capture One Pro v7.Ĭhalk and cheese. With the ‘Express’ version each time you open it, it defaults back to original, and as I prefer my TABS on the right hand side and also with there being no option to save your Workspaces, it’s not ideal to my needs so I would not get that.Īlso in the Express version, you cannot move the Palettes around, no floating/docking/combining options. ‘Capture One Pro 7’ v’s ‘Express’ Version: Pro has saveable workspaces, floating window palettes (click to open image in new window) – which I was able to dock into one long Edit Tab with all the tabs I needed to finalise an image without have to click different main TABS like ACR or scroll/open tabs in LR.
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I realised very early, if I was going to get it, I needed to spring for the full Pro v7 version.
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When you start the trial there are 2 Versions of it, you have to choose between the full Pro 7 Version or an Express version. Even though I am very software orientated, it took me a couple of days to figure out stuff, and am still figuring it out.
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Upon installing the trial (you get 60 Free days) I opened it up and then had to figure out my Palettes, what was what etc. The samples shown here are 2 over-exposed images and 1 very difficult image with extremely bright Highlights and very dark Shadows, shooting against the sun, seascape type image.ĪBOVE: This is the image as edited after exporting from Capture One.īELOW: We initially started from this +3.0 e/v over-exposed RAW file: The reason I wanted to try was mainly to see what sort of highlights I could retain so I experimented on several images which were well over-exposed, up to 3 full stops. but basic edits like WB and Exposure, Shadows, then I export out to PSD files and tweak it in Photoshop. Now, to be clear, I am not doing full edits within it like a lot of people do in ACR/Lightroom, etc.

Short Verdict: Simply outstanding makes ACR and Lightroom look very mediocre compared to Capture One Pro v7 in initial rendering of images. Recently I have been trialling the Capture One Pro v7 Raw Converter to see if I could get my files better from the get-go before I started tweaking in Photoshop.


(Adrian is better known as Trev in the Tangents forum) Software review: Capture One Pro v7 RAW Converter Tests
