Capture One Pro 7 - WOW!

So I go over to the GetDPI forums, which I regularly visit, to see this:
http://forum.getdpi.co​m …things-you-need-know.html

Scroll down and hold on to your jaw; I already thought that C1 was one of the top RAW converters around in terms of detail and color rendition, but this is on a whole other level... Pixel-level detail even at ISO3200/6400 is just crazy.

Day one upgrade for me, because I needed this yesterday.

Here's the site: http://www.phaseone.co​m …ftware/Capture-One-7.aspx

Looks like they incorporated bits of Expression Media Pro in it as well.
So it's a bit more catalog based, like LR.

IQ looks good. Curious what it will do with CR2 files.

Cool, I have downloaded a previous version Capture One, but never gotten around to learning the software before the trial expired.

I may have to make time to learn V7.

What is the learning curve for using the software like for someone who is very familiar w/ LR and PS?

doidinho wrote in post #15168679
What is the learning curve for using the software like for someone who is very familiar w/ LR and PS?

You should be able to use it right away.
To get good at it might take a bit longer

Personally, I really love the tab/tool based layout, you can literally rearrange everything or strip the UI down to just the controls you need. It can seriously be just a WB/exposure slider and export button and that's it.

The ISO6400 sample is from a 5D2, so I quite certain that the improvements aren't just limited to Phase cameras.

Here is the list of supported Canon cameras:

http://www.phaseone.co​m …47328038ADDD192​19C08&_z=z

I've considered it the best RAW converter for a few years. The v7 upgrade incorporates good technology.

Supports tethering my 1DX, supports layers, has a splendid highlight recovery algorithm.

+1

chmod

Well, I'm downloading it now and will have tonight and tomorrow to play around with it before my next shoot on Saturday. Hope I can get comfortable enough w/ the software to use this to convert the photos from the my next shoot.

C1 Pro has long been my converter of choice. They have the best skin tones out of any converter that I have tried. The only thing that bugs me about them is they are slow to respond with changes. This is one company that I had always thought that Adobe would take a run at buying. Maybe its their camera group that is keeping Adobe at bay as they don't seem to want to be in the hardware business. Thankfully I am glad that they have never sold to anyone. Only time will tell if V7 is what they are saying it is. If you go to their site they already have some decent tutorial videos that explains it quite well.

doidinho wrote in post #15170339
Well, I'm downloading it now and will have tonight and tomorrow to play around with it before my next shoot on Saturday. Hope I can get comfortable enough w/ the software to use this to convert the photos from the my next shoot.

In practice it's really easy, you just open up a folder/session/whateve​r, go through the tabs on the left-side toolbar left-to-right, making adjustments as you go for each photo.
You start with basic things like setting up the WB, exposure and tone, before getting to stuff like lens corrections, details and layer adjustments.
Finally, you can copy any combination of settings from one photo to another using the adjustments clipboard; note that cropping and rotating is considered an adjustment, so make sure to un-check the box for all cropping options before copying your style.

When exporting, you go to "process recipes" (the gear icon) which is basically where you set up how, and which types of files you convert to on export. You can set any combination of file types, color spaces, and locations you want; once you have that set up, all you need to do is just hit cmd/ctrl+D at any time and any photo(s) you currently have selected go to the process queue and are exported as .tiff or whatever.

For advanced features, you have things like LCC correction, which is kind of like fall-off correction, but for irregular fall-off patterns or even color casts, which is very useful when using lenses like the TS-E 17/24mm at extreme shift angles. To use it you need to shoot a white frame with a certain amount of shift (say, +8mm shift) and then you make an LCC profile from that, from then on you can just recall that profile whenever you shoot with the lens at +8mm shift.

Also, you can adjust WB based on skin tone, under the White Balance box you select the "Skin Tone" adjustment and select a pre-made or custom skin tone, then you just click on a specific patch pf skin of your subject in any number of photos and it will ensure the color is exactly the same.

ssim wrote in post #15170666
C1 Pro has long been my converter of choice. They have the best skin tones out of any converter that I have tried. The only thing that bugs me about them is they are slow to respond with changes. This is one company that I had always thought that Adobe would take a run at buying. Maybe its their camera group that is keeping Adobe at bay as they don't seem to want to be in the hardware business. Thankfully I am glad that they have never sold to anyone. Only time will tell if V7 is what they are saying it is. If you go to their site they already have some decent tutorial videos that explains it quite well.

The way it's going, C1 is looking to be an Adobe competitor, especially since it's now getting cataloging functionality (which, btw, Phase One bought from Microsoft)

doidinho wrote in post #15170339
Well, I'm downloading it now and will have tonight and tomorrow to play around with it before my next shoot on Saturday. Hope I can get comfortable enough w/ the software to use this to convert the photos from the my next shoot.

Does anyone else have problems downloading? I'm getting lousy transfer rates and the download eventually times out.

joeblack2022 wrote in post #15171717
Does anyone else have problems downloading? I'm getting lousy transfer rates and the download eventually times out.

It just came out, so I imagine there's a lot of people downloading it, although my download finished rather quickly.

Kolor-Pikker wrote in post #15171836
It just came out, so I imagine there's a lot of people downloading it, although my download finished rather quickly.

It's crawling right now averaging about 20KB/sec.

joeblack2022 wrote in post #15171881
It's crawling right now averaging about 20KB/sec.

Hey, with my first home computer, 16 years ago, working through a dial-up modem, 3-4 KB/sec was usual. If I could nurse it up to 6 that was flying.

tzalman wrote in post #15171945
Hey, with my first home computer, 16 years ago, working through a dial-up modem, 3-4 KB/sec was usual. If I could nurse it up to 6 that was flying.

My first computer didn't have internet access - and it wouldn't even boot up unless you put in some black floppy thingie.