I thought it might be helpful to share a few tutorial videos, not only about Capture One 20, but also about Capture One Pro 12, as many have either not yet upgraded, and because tips for C12 are useful also for C20.
Also, we share some C1 styles created by Michael Damböck.
But before that, let’s also talk about Topaz, because today Topaz announced their new Video Enhance AI which scales up your videos up to 8K. It’s available for Windows and will come to Mac soon. And there is a $100 discount. Topaz writes:
Until now, there was no way to perfectly recreate a high-resolution video from low-resolution footage. From old home movies to low-quality SD to DVD quality and more, Video Enhance AI will transform your videos into clean upscaled footage up to 8K resolution.
My wife enjoys sunrise high up in the mountains.. and FujiRumors enjoys editing in Capture One Pro
Leaving Lightroom
It was inevitable, because:
I use Lightroom standalone
Adobe now offers only subscription model
Newer cameras are not supported on LR standalone
I don’t want to join a subscription model
So I had to look for alternatives, and although my lovely Fujifilm X-E3 is still supported in Lightroom standalone, I figured out that, since I am going to leave Lightroom anyway at some point, I better do it now.
Luckily we live in times, where there are a lot of valuable alternatives, such as:
And after a summer spent at home hiking my mountains (you can see my wife and me caching sunrise at 8,200 feet here) and editing pictures with a mix of different software, I decided to make Capture One Pro my main software of choice.
I will leave Lightroom, use Capture One Pro 12, but always keep an eye also on Luminar 4, Picktorial and ON1 Photo RAW…. but especially on Luminar 4.
And yes… X-Trans files and Capture One do get along very well :).
The learning curve?
Well, that actually went faster than I’d have expected, as Capture One is just a very good software overall, but there are also lots of quick tip C1 youtube videos you can check out for help.
Here is another major Fujifilm GFX100 roundup, focussed on Matt Granger’s GFX100 comparison with the Phase One and Jim Kasson’s excellent ongoing technical analysis of the Fujifilm GFX100 virtues and shortcomings.
Since so many fellow Fujifilm X shooters are switching to Capture One Pro 12 in the last few months, I think it’s a good idea to share a Capture One tips and tricks roundup that might help you to quickly establish a new and fast workflow for you.
However, if you are still on the fence, there is also the free Capture One Express version, and we will include a few tutorials in the roundup.
