Capture One Pro – permanent licence, no monthly fee
Capture One Pro is a professional RAW image-editing programme, renowned for offering some of the industry’s most highly regarded colour profiles and the best tethered shooting capabilities. This is permanent licence – You pay once, and there are no monthly charges.
- One-off purchase; the programme remains available to you permanently
- AI masks, AI-based noise reduction and automatic adjustments
- Fast and stable tethering for studio photography
- Supports hundreds of cameras and lenses from all the major manufacturers
Are you trying to decide between Capture One and Lightroom? Read our comparison Capture One vs Lightroom.
Capture One Pro – RAW image processing with no monthly fee
Capture One Pro is a powerful programme for processing RAW images, managing image libraries and shooting with the camera connected to a computer. It is particularly popular amongst portrait, wedding, fashion and product photographers, for whom colour accuracy and a fast workflow are essential. Unlike Adobe Lightroom, Capture One Pro can be purchased as a permanent licence: You pay once, and the version you purchase is yours to keep for life.
The industry’s most prestigious colours
Capture One’s camera profiles produce natural skin tones and rich colours from RAW images even before you make a single adjustment. Colour Editor With this tool, you can adjust individual shades with exceptional precision, and layer-based local adjustments make even the most demanding editing tasks manageable.
The best tethering solution for studio photography
Connect the camera to your computer via a cable or wirelessly, and your photos will appear instantly on the large screen. You can control the camera from within the software and automatically apply your settings to every new photo. That’s why Capture One is the standard tool for product and fashion photography.
AI tools speed up work
- AI masks – select the subject, sky or background with a single click
- AI-based noise reduction – clearer images at high ISO settings
- Automatic adjustments and facial retouching – a fast platform for large volumes of images
- Selection of images – artificial intelligence helps you find the best shots from a series
Sessions and Catalogue – organise your photos however you like
Use Catalogue-subscribe to the entire image archive or Sessions- a space where each project is a self-contained unit. Sessions is a favourite amongst professionals because client work can be easily moved and archived.
What does a permanent licence include?
A permanent licence includes the version you have purchased, as well as its maintenance updates, such as bug fixes. New features are released in major versions, which you can upgrade to at a discounted price if you wish. You decide when to update – the programme works without any monthly fees.
Try before you buy
You can try Capture One Pro free of charge for 30 days on the manufacturer’s website, captureone.com. Try processing the same RAW image using Capture One and your current software, and see the difference for yourself.
Better value when bought with a camera
When you buy a new camera, you can get Capture One Pro as an add-on at a reduced price. You’ll find this option on the camera’s product page. View our range system cameras or second-hand system cameras.
Capture One or Lightroom?
We went through the differences in our article Capture One vs Lightroom – which image editing programme is best for photographers? In short: Capture One is for you if you value colour, shoot in a studio or want to avoid monthly subscription fees. Lightroom, on the other hand, is better suited to managing large image libraries and for mobile use.
Product contents
- Capture One Pro licence (perpetual, 1 user)
VERY DIFFICULT to use
Fulfilled all expectations. The necessary tools were found quite quickly and easily.
I haven't had the time to look into the software in great depth yet, but on a quick inspection it seemed to be a very competent and professional program. It is certainly not inferior to competing software, but the fact that you can buy it all at once is a plus.
Having switched from Lightroom, it's a bit annoying that I couldn't transfer images from my own camera directly to the USB cable; I have to use a card reader. On the other hand, the card reader is faster than the USB of the camera. Otherwise, the program has exceeded expectations. The workflow took a bit of searching but good results are perhaps even a little easier to find than in Lightroom. Especially the skin tone management works very well in the program. Capture one seems to respond to commands a little faster than lightroom. The main reason to switch was the possibility to buy a perpetual license, which lightroom no longer offers.vi
It has everything you need, at least for the more advanced hobbyist, with good instructions for the various activities.