Capture One Pro
For professional photographers, Capture One Pro is a powerful converter package that can turn RAW files into TIFF-RGB, TIFF-CMYK or JPEG images on-the-fly, with excellent image quality and minimal noise. In also comes in a "lite" version, Capture One, for low-volume users.
Among the many features in Capture One Pro are instant high-res preview, multiple side-by-side preview, white and color balance adjustment, exposure/contrast correction, level/curves adjustment, histograms, cropping, IPTC templates, and acceptance of third-party ICC color profiles. It lets you correct unwanted color casts, has an overlay feature for easy alignment, a banding tool to suppress digital banding, Moiré suppression, and various sharpening and noise reduction tools.
Comment
For high volume processing of RAW files in a professional setting, Capture One Pro is hard to beat. It is not inexpensive but it comes with two free major updates. Output quality is excellent, with fine details clearly rendered, and it generates large thumbnails and working images very quickly.
However, it requires time to learn how to use Capture One Pro. The cheaper version is much more suitable for beginners.
Tech info
- OS: Windows XP onwards, Mac OS X
- Price level: Capture One Pro, approx. $400; Capture One $130
Phase One
Phase One is an employee-owned company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Cologne and Shanghai. It is the world leader in open-platform based, medium format camera systems and solutions.
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