COMPANY: Phase One | URL: www.phaseone.com | TYPE: Standalone | PLATFORM: Mac, Windows | PRICE: $199/399 (Pro)
		Photos by Mark Samala
	Phase One's Capture One 5 is a raw converter and workflow software which enables photographers to reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail. Capture One is designed to create the best image quality in the market and holds a series of easy-to-use tools created to match the professional photographer’s daily workflow. Accelerate and Organize Your Workflow Tethered Capture Capture One PRO lets you shoot tethered with your Phase One digital back, selected Leaf and Mamiya digital backs and with Canon or Nikon DSLRs. Live Preview (Enhanced) Speed up image composition, lighting, and focusing with Live Preview. Focus Mask (NEW) Accelerate your image selection by using the Focus Mask for fast verification of image sharpness and focus. Focus Tool (NEW) Get an instant, true view of image sharpness with the Focus tool. Workflow Accelerators (Enhanced) Handle large volume shoots even faster with new and (Enhanced) workflow accelerators. Camera Support (Enhanced) Capture One supports image files from the most popular DSLRs from Canon, Epson, Fuji, Konica Minolta, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax and Sony, as well as Phase One digital backs and selected Leaf and Mamiya digital backs. Workspaces, Tools and Tool Tabs (Enhanced) Customize your Workspace, Tools and Tool Tabs to make your personal workflow more efficient. Viewer Margin and Proof Margin (NEW) Improve evaluation of image composition and colors by setting a viewer margin (and proof margin). Library The Library tool allows access to the images within the Albums you have created as well as to any image collections you have stored in folders on a computer or networked resource. Importer The Import window offers a range of options to make importing a quick and straightforward task. Sessions Use Sessions to organize your captures. Adjustments Clipboard Use the Adjustments Clipboard to copy setting from one image and apply them to a group of images. Local Copy and Apply (NEW) Easily copy and apply individual image tool adjustments to other images and save time. Rating and Color Tagging Rating your images offers a way to quickly find just the photo you want. Albums Album folders are virtual collections that offer an easy way to compare images from different folders, without having to place the images in the same folder. Favorites Add your regularly used folders under favorites to gain quick access. Batch Rename Quickly rename groups of images and easily apply naming rules to individual photos or groups with Batch Rename. Multi-monitor (Enhanced) Support for multiple monitors enables you to configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently. Variants Variants enable you to create virtual copies of your original image without taking up more than a few kilobytes of hard-drive space. Grids and Guides Use grids and guides for instant alignment check in your image composition. Optimize Your Image Skin Tone Enhancer (NEW) Achieve perfect, smooth and soft appearing skin tones with the Skin Tone Enhancer. Spot Removal (NEW) Easily remove spots and dust spots with a single click. RGB Levels and Curves (NEW) Enables you to adjust individual color channels easily and to be creative with colors. Exposure Use the exposure tool to adjust exposure, contrast, brightness and saturation in your image. White balance Achieve your desired white balance with Capture One’s advanced white balance tools. Advanced Lens Correction Explore an easy way to fix classic optical issues like distortion, light falloff, vignetting and purple fringing. LCC based Light Falloff (NEW) With LCC based Light Falloff you are able to even out color and intensity differences in the light and compensate for lens fall off. Creative Vignetting tool (NEW) Add vignettes to the edges of your images for artistic effect (follows crop). Advanced Color Editor (Enhanced) Adjust colors in a smooth way with the Color Editor – and keep changes all natural with Smart Saturation. Color Balance The Color Balance tool allows you to fine tune hue and saturation in your image. Styles Apply creative styles to your images and experience an easy way to be consistently creative with RAW images. High Dynamic Range tool Use the High Dynamic Range tool to recover shadow or highlight detail. Moiré Suppression tool Effectively remove Moiré from your images with the Moiré Suppression Tool. Crop Cropping an image can be done freehand or with the constraints of specific ratios. Rotation The Rotation tool enables you to rotate an image by using advanced precision tools. Overlay The overlay tool provides advanced composition assistance allowing you to place any image as an overlay in the viewer, making it easy to match a certain layout. Sharpening You get a range of sharpening presets, formulated to provide a good starting point for sharpening images for the most general purposes. Noise Reduction You are able to remove luminance and color noise from images using the color and luminance noise reduction sliders. Advanced Noise Reduction Surface Smoothness helps you to gently smooth surfaces of similar color. Clarity (Enhanced) Use the Clarity Tool to improve hazy images by adjusting local contrast and a small amount of sharpness. Output Your Creativity Process Recipes Continue to work while you process high-volume shoots in the background to several output formats using unique recipes for each format. Batch Queue With the Batch Queue you are able to see which images are in queue for processing and which images have been processed previously within the Batch tool tab. Metadata Editing (Enhanced) In Capture One, metadata refers to data that describes your image and how it was taken. Watermark (NEW) Enhance image rights protection and watermark your images. EIP (Enhanced) Image Package (Enhanced) Enhanced Image Package is a convenient way of packing your master file for smooth cooperation with your customers. Web Contact Sheet (Enhanced) Generate all the thumbnails, full sized previews and HTML code required for the finished contact sheet. CMYK Support Capture One Pro can output to any RGB and CMYK color space. Proof Profile Soft proof your colors against a specific output device by selecting the appropriate ICC profile as Proof Profile. Proof Profile is integrated with the process recipes in order for you to easily proof each different type of output.