Capture One 12.1.3 Released

 

12.1 New Cameras Support

• Panasonic LX100 Mark II
• Leica DLUX 7
• Leica CLUX
• Nikon COOLPIX P1000

12.1 New Lens Support

• FUJINON XF23mm F1.4 R
• Canon RF 28-70mm F2 L USM
• NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S*
• NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S*
• NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S*
• NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S*
• NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S*

12.1 Bug fixes: Mac

• Fixed a performance issue with metadata synchronization in Catalogs
• Fixed an issue where browser mode was not included in custom workspaces
• Fixed a color issue with CMYK profiles
• Fixed an issue where it would be impossible to drag guides out of the image in Live-View
• Fixed an issue where Capture One might hang when batch promoting variants
• Fixed an issue where images could be marked as ‘Adjusted’ even with no adjustments applied
• Fixed a performance issue when using Overlays in Live-View
• Fixed an issue where guides would disappear when changing keystone or rotation
• Fixed an issue where there could be a delay in showing the correct content of Session Folders
• Fixed an issue where the Live-View resolution would not follow the size of the window
• Fixed an issue where exported PNG files would always be assigned sRGB color space
• Fixed an issue where watermarks and overlays would be incorrectly placed when using ‘Ignore Crop’
• Fixed an issue where the selected thumbnails would not show correctly in the viewer
• Fixed an issue where online images would not update their thumbnails when adjusted
• Fixed an issue where AppleScript cropping could be o with one pixel
• Fixed a performance issue when auto-adjusting multiple images
• Fixed an issue where the Library would highlight a wrong collection after adding a Favorite
• Fixed an issue with Overlay scaling in Live-View
• Fixed an issue where previewing Styles would mark currently applied Style as ‘partly overridden’
• Fixed an issue where ‘Ignore Crop’ in ‘Edit With’ would include the crop anyway
• Fixed an issue that could cause Capture One to crash when connecting an IQ4 via WiFi
• Fixed an issue where the order of Process Recipes would sometimes not stick
• Fixed an issue where adding folder on network drives would freeze the Library Tool
• Fixed an issue where double clicking input fields would not highlight the content of the field
• Fixed an issue where connected cameras could not be detached from within Capture One
• Fixed an issue where ‘Scaling Unit’ property could not be set in a Process Recipe using AppleScript
• Fixed an issue where the scripts menu did not support Javascript
• Fixed an issue where locating a folder could result in a crash
• Fixed an issue where importing a Session could result in a crash
• Fixed an issue where the user had to select a token for its dropdown menu to work
• Fixed an issue where the Camera Tool would not work correctly with multiple Sessions
• Fixed an issue where the keyboard shortcut for switching between tool tabs would not work
• Fixed an issue where CAPS Lock and Mask shortcuts did not work correctly
• Fixed an issue where some keywords might not appear in the Keyword Library Tool
• Fixed an issue where auto-masking could result in masks going missing
• Fixed an issue where the sample name in Output Naming did not update correctly
• Fixed an issue where images with underscores included in the name would show inconsistently in searches
• Fixed an issue where the Process Recipe tool would look incorrect when dragged out as a floating tool

12.1 Bug fixes: Win

• Fixed an issue where lens names were sometimes not correctly displayed in the metadata tab
• Fixed an issue where the viewer could show more images than the user had selected
• Fixed an issue where changing the unit of output resolution could result in an incorrect scaling
• Fixed an issue where the Camera Settings window would sometimes be cropped
• Fixed an issue where the Focus Meter cursor tool would be too small
• Fixed an issue where Next Capture Metadata would work incorrectly with XMP set to Full Sync
• Fixed an issue where dragging a folder into a Catalog might cause Windows Explorer to freeze
• Fixed an issue where the selected variant would not be remembered after restarting Capture One
• Fixed an issue where time left in the progress bar of building OpenCL kernels was unrealistic
• Fixed an issue where the Loupe Tool would show the wrong image when used on the edge of an image
• Fixed an issue where moving Process Recipes to different computers could lose some of the information
• Fixed an issue where it would be impossible to delete empty keywords
• Fixed an issue where Export Originals and Export Variants would show the same dialog for collections
• Fixed an issue where GPS data would not be included in exported images in certain scenarios
• Fixed an issue where some adjustments from a Lightroom Catalog would not be imported correctly
• Fixed an issue where metadata fields would sometimes not expand correctly
• Fixed an issue where deleting a folder from Catalog Folders could cause a failed verification of the Catalog
• Fixed an issue where the token ‘Destination Folder Name’ would use an incorrect destination
• Fixed an issue where copying specific adjustments from primary or last image did not work correctly
• Fixed an issue where a slideshow would start on the wrong monitor when using two monitors
• Fixed an issue where keywords with many hierarchies might result in a crash
• Fixed an issue where resetting individual curve channels did not work
• Fixed an issue where filters would not update correctly when using XMP Full Sync
• Fixed an issue where changing the workspace would maximize the Capture One window
• Fixed an issue where star ratings would sometimes not be updated correctly
• Fixed an issue where selecting and deselecting a compare variant would not update the selection
• Fixed an issue where the highlight picker in Levels provided inconsistent results
• Fixed an issue where the arrow keys would not work in a slideshow
• Fixed an issue where the image counter would sometimes be incorrect
• Fixed an issue where files without a creation date would automatically get an incorrect date assigned
• Fixed a color issue with CMYK profiles

Capture One 12 Highlights

New interface

Capture One 12 introduces a new and decluttered “super flat” UI, designed primarily to make Capture One easier to use over long editing sessions. Revised iconography helps to explain basic functionality for new users. The Menu system and equivalent application functions are now also more closely aligned to help aid discovery. (meh.  I’ve always liked the way Capture One looked.  Maybe in version 12.2 we’ll get ‘classic’ mode)

New Menu system

As part of the new user interface, the application menu system is completely reorganized to allow for easier discovery of functionality as well as cleaner logic and function grouping. New menu items like Layer and Select allow for future expansion. Shortcutable menu commands to things that were previously inaccessible are now also available in the Shortcut Manager.(Agreed, this fixes some features that seemed arbitrarily placed previously)

New Keyboard Shortcut Manager

With over 500 individually shortcutable commands, finding or learning the shortcuts can be a daunting process. The Shortcut Manager is re-designed to make using shortcuts easier than ever. Now you can search (by assigned key or by menu command) and easily add shortcuts with a more intuitive interface. The Shortcut Manager is relocated as part of the Menu system reorganization and now resides in the Edit menu > Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. (I like this one a lot as I make heavy use of quick keys.  Previously, if you tried to assign a shortcut that had already been used for another function, you’d only get a warning that the conflict existed, not where the original one was so you could fix it.)

Luma Range Masking

The new Luma Range mask option allows the user to create masks derived from the brightness of pixels in an image. To use the feature, draw a mask (or create a new fill mask), then press the Luma Range button. Adjust the slider in and out points to “clamp” the values on the mask to limit the range required.

Linear Gradient Mask tool

Capture One’s gradient masking feature gets a serious upgrade! Gradient masks are now editable, movable, rotatable and can be made asymmetric – all using the powerful new Parametric masking engine. When adjusting the size (click+drag outer line to change size), use the Shift key to modify symmetrically or Alt key to modify asymmetrically.

Radial Gradient Mask tool

The new Radial Mask tool allows for quick drawing of vignette and fall objects. Using the same Parametric engine as Gradient Masks, Radial Masks can be adjusted, rotated and moved after drawing for maximum control. Use Shift (Mac) key to modify symmetrically.(All of these are very nice additions to masking, providing more ability to making the best use of the massive color/tone space of your RAW files)

Plug-ins – Export and Publish

Capture One 12 introduces a new Plug-in platform for developers wishing to build content and functionality for the Capture One community. For more information on developing Capture One plug-ins, see the developer portal on www.phaseone.com

As part of the new Plug-in platform, “Edit with…” and “Open with…” are re-factored as plug- ins. These can now be configured with your favorite applications from the Preferences menu, which will then only show those applications in the respective menus.

User experience changes and tweaks throughout the app

A number of small but important user experience changes round up the Capture One 12 release:

• Cleaned up browser list mode
• Ignore composition in copy/paste settings operations
• Almost all cursors have been made bigger
• All font sizes made bigger (big enough to be viewed by an old guy on a 27″ 5k monitor?  we’ll have to find out!)
• Frameless viewer labels
• Bigger thumbnails in the batch queue
• Various UI alignment and padding fixes

Other Goodies

Helicon Focus functionality has been ported to a Capture One plugin and will be available for download from www.phaseone.com (hmmmm, this sounds like a big tease right now, but I’m very interested to find out how Capture One 12 can help assemble my 47-image, 100 megapixel focus stacks from my IIQ 16-bit Raw files)

Extended AppleScript support

Capture One’s automation ability is extended again based on user feedback. The following areas/properties are now addressable through scripts:

• Normalize tool
• Locate
• Set/clear/get compare variant
• Overlay
• Workspaces
• Black and White
• Live View focus meters
• Styles on Layers
• Readouts
• Upgrade Engine
• Capture Pilot Server
• Process history
• Native activities
• Collection sort order
• UUID for all objects

Fujifilm Film Simulations

“Film Simulations” is supported in Capture One 12 for a number of Fujifilm Cameras*. These Film Simulations have been faithfully reproduced inside Capture One to give a digital experience equivalent to that of shooting with traditional Fujifilm negative and color reversal film. Fujifilm simulations can be found in the Base Characteristics tool -> Film Curve (if using a supported camera).

The supported models have a potential 16 modes available that suit various scenes and subjects. For example, “Provia””Velvia” and ”Astia” reproduce iconic Fujifilm color reversal films; “Classic Chrome” conveys the iconic look and feel of Photographic Magazines from the 1950’s; “PRO Neg.Std” and ”PRO Neg.Hi” reproduce Professional Negative Film used in Portrait Studios; and Black and White “ACROS” reproduces smooth tonality, with a higher D-Max and rich texture.

(There’s literally no reason left not to use Capture One to process your FujiFilm Raw files from cameras like the potent GFX 50S.  This is great, because I’d often have the idea… “I wonder what this file would look like if..” 1.) I grabbed the 50S, 2) plugged it into my computer, 3) powered up the camera, 4) launched the Fuji software and 5) clumsily navigated to my images ala Corel Draw interface to apply the Provia or Velvia looks to them and then really not having any other choice but to export them out of RAF format to TIFF to handle color/tone grading in a program designed in this decade.)

12.0 Camera Support

• Nikon Z7
• Nikon Z6
• Canon EOS R
• Canon EOS M50

12.0.1 Lens Support

• Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM