

There are now two modes of clarity: Neutral and Punch.

This cave is a good example on how good the new tool works in comparison with the 6th version.Īs you can see, details from highlight and shadow areas are well recovered, but the image from v7 lacks this nasty flat HDR look from the version 6 image.Ĭlarity is the other evaluated tool in Capture One Pro. The big difference using the High Dynamic Range tools comes with high contrast scenes. Here is an example with a portrait: The left frame is always the non-corrected version and then you can see the difference between the engines of 6th and 7th version of Capture One Pro with only Highlight correction and Highlights and Shadows correction. The tool is working so precisely that you easily achieve an almost HDR effect directly from your RAW file. One of the most important changes (for me) is how Shadows and Highlights sliders in the High Dynamic Range tool work. I say “almost”, because I saw some difference in noise suppression only. Both engines produce almost the same output with settings at default. If you have not made changes on any settings, you’ll not see any difference. If you have made some corrections on the selected image and especially Exposure, High Dynamic Range and Clarity, you’ll notice a big difference. When you hit it, you switch to the new engine of Capture One 7.

(This statement will appear for every image you have imported in C1-6.) Next to this you’ll see a button with “Upgrade” label as seen in the image below. You’ll see a notice at the bottom, stating that you’re using the engine of Capture One 6. You have to go to the Color tab of the editing tools, then take a look at the Base Characteristics tool. The first thing to notice is that there is absolutely no difference with your old images, when you open them in the 7-th version. I will just share my opinion on how good (or maybe bad :D ) is the new version. In the beginning I want to declare that I won’t make here a complete review of Capture One Pro 7, nor have I tested it so deeply to be able to do a detailed review. I am testing the trial version for two days now and I found some very nice improvements. Capture One Pro 7 by Phase One has been recently issued.
