Capture One Pro 8

Introducing the Best Processing Engine Yet

• New Capture One 8 processing engine – virtually all areas of the application now run faster and more stable, especially with Catalog importing and loading speed. Thumbnail generation is also greatly sped up.
• Improved image quality for HDR – same great detail recovery, but without any color shifts when used aggressively.
• Improved image quality for local moire suppression – greater allowance for patterning reduction without affecting clarity or sharpness negatively.
• Improved image quality for luminance noise reduction – enhanced noise reduction while maintaining the overall quality of the image.
• Improved black and white conversion quality, especially for aggressive adjustments – beautiful black and white image generation without any need for outside plugins.
• New clarity method called Natural – Capture One Pro 8 lets you precisely adjust the color channels and create split toning effects when you convert to gray-scale.
• Repair Layers – Take full control  of the content of your images and remove unwanted objects or blemishes.

• Live view direct capture – Shoot from live view itself, instead of just using it as a preview!
• Live view depth of field button – click this button to stop the camera down and preview your DOF effects on your image
• Live View force Orientation
• Customizable tools and tabs in the live view windows

• New Repair tool for cloning and healing
• Film grain tool
• Target colors and other curve tool improvements
• New crop ratio “Original”
• Freehand rotation with the crop cursor by grabbing just outside the corners of the crop frame
• Double-click thumbnail to show viewer and entry in the keyboard shortcut editor for toggling the viewer on/off
• Batch Chromatic aberration analysis

• Local white balance
• Local HDR
• Local noise reduction
• Local purple fringing
• Layer selection points in the viewer

• Hierarchical keywords
• Metadata terms editing in the filters tool
• Synchronize folders for catalogs
• Split importer settings for sessions and catalogs
• Export collection as catalog
• Import sub-catalog
• Session and catalog templates
• Refined metadata editing
• AppleScript (Mac only) support for capturing, processing, document creation and collection management