All posts filed under: Migrating to Capture One

Fast-track Guide from Lightroom to Capture One Pro

NOTE: This article discusses an outdated version of Capture One. To learn more about our latest version, click here. In this Part Two of the Fast-track Guide from Lightroom to Capture One Pro, we will look at the key differences between image editing features in the two programs. You will also get to know about some of the most powerful adjustment tools that Capture One Pro offers over Lightroom. Just like in Lightroom, all adjustments are done non-destructively on the image files, so there is no harm in experimenting with the many editing tools in Capture One Pro. You can always reset everything by selecting Adjustments > Reset, and if you need to reset just one Tool, click on the little icon with the arrow pointing to the left. With that out of the way, let us first look at the image adjustment tools that are familiar to those from the Basic panel in Lightroom. The Brightness slider works great when you want to brighten mostly the midtones. The sliders in Exposure Tool works like …

Switching to Capture One Pro

NOTE: This article discusses an outdated version of Capture One. To learn more about our latest version, click here. For the past 6 months, I’ve been using Capture One Pro by Phase One as my RAW converter and image editing software. In this article, I am going to share How I switch from Lightroom to Capture One Pro. I won’t cover Why as many others have already covered this topic (see resource links at end). With a long career in IT as my background, I put together a transition plan to assist me in moving to Capture One Pro. I’ve simplified the transition plan down to 4 Transition Stages and 2 Post-Transition Activities to help others interested in switching to Capture One Pro. Disclosure: Since I am a Windows PC user (Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Studio computers), all my workspaces, keyboards shortcuts, etc. reference the Windows version of Capture One Pro. Stage 1 – Mapping Out Workflow My process began by reviewing my existing workflow (Figure 1) with the workflow pipeline Sascha Erni covers …