The world’s most flexible digital photo workflow now delivers ultimate image quality faster than ever before
COPENHAGEN, December 1, 2010 — Phase One today released Capture One 6, its most advanced professional raw conversion and image editing software. Its incredible flexibility ensures the utmost in creative control, while delivering uncompromising image quality.
Capture One 6 converts raw digital image files from professional digital medium format systems and more than 170 different digital camera models into the most beautiful photographs. Based on the world’s most advanced image processing engine, Capture One Pro 6 supports a comprehensive digital workflow with opportunities to capture, convert, organize, edit, share and print images with excellent color and detail rendition.
Capture One Pro 6 has been built to support an upcoming iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch application called Capture PilotTM that will allow you to wirelessly view, zoom in on, and pan high resolution RAW, JPEG and TIFF images from leading DSLR and medium format camera systems.
A few of the new features in Capture One Pro 6:
- Local adjustments – edit selected areas of images non-destructively
- Black and white conversion – precisely adjust color channels to create split toning effects when converting to grayscale
- Keystone correction — reduces or eliminates perspective distortion while maintaining dimension integrity
- High-quality, simple to use printing options
Also available in Capture One Express 6:
The basic version of Capture One is now called Capture One Express. It is a complete yet simplified raw workflow software, ideal for enthusiast photographers. It shares many of the new features in Capture One Pro 6, such as:
- Enhanced metadata support including XMP sync, Auto Load and a GPS link to Google MapsTM
- A Loupe tool, which is a powerful magnifier to zoom into an image from 25 to 200 percent
- Integrated movie import, viewing and handling
- Search and filter that makes it easy to find, sort and organize images on the fly
- Advanced, token-based file naming
- Native 64-bit operation and OpenCL/GPU acceleration for substantially improved performance.
Strong Camera Support Backed by Experience
Phase One’s sole focus is photography. As the leading maker of professional medium format camera systems, it is known for its technical innovation and long-term experience in helping the world’s top photographers to achieve the highest possible image quality.
Besides supporting Phase One and selected Leaf and Mamiya medium format cameras, Phase One has developed tailor-made camera profiles in Capture One to support more than 170 different digital camera models, including those from Canon, Epson, Fuji, Konica, Minolta, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh and Sony.
Capture One 6 adds support for Canon 60D and S95. For a complete list of supported camera systems, please see http://www.phaseone.com/camerasupport
Availability and Pricing (Buy Now)
Capture One 6 for Mac and for Windows is commercially available in two versions: Capture One Express 6 and Capture One Pro 6.
- Capture One Pro 6 is available via download for $399
- Capture One Express 6 is available for $129
- Capture One Pro 6 upgrade from a previous Pro version of Capture One is $99
The Capture PilotTM application will be free, and Phase One will advise when it is available for download from iTunes.
About Phase One
Phase One is the world’s leader in open-platform based medium format camera systems and solutions. Phase One medium format cameras, digital backs and lenses are designed to deliver superior quality image capture and investment value. Phase One’s Capture One software helps streamline capture and post-production processes for both medium format and digital cameras. Phase One products are known for their quality, flexibility and speed enabling pro photographers shooting in a wide range of formats to achieve their creative visions without compromise. For more information, please visit Phase One at http://www.phaseone.com. Follow Phase One on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/PhaseOneWW
Phase One is an employee-owned company based in Copenhagen with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Cologne and Shanghai.
Phase One and Capture One are registered trademarks of Phase One A/S. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.