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C1P 20 25% off

MCAsan said:
https://www.captureone.com/en. Promo code at the bottom. No idea how long that will last.
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Discount now at 30%, so $210. I'm tempted, but I just don't know if it is worth it. I'm using LR 6 and will never go CC, and I've been trying to like ON1 for a year, but just haven't gotten to like it very much. I think I remember that you moved to Capture On. If you did, are you happy with it?
 
I tried Capture One Pro in 2018/2019 and simply couldn't come to grips with it, as it just was not intuitive for me, wasn't the way I think and like to do things, so I gave up on it. The program is excellent, very sophisticated and undoubtedly meets many of its users' needs, but it just wasn't something which clicked with me.
 
It’s an excellent program and my main raw converter. The color editor is superb. Tethering is superb. Layers are nice, sessions are great. If you want it to be Lightroom, it’s not meant to be - C1 DNA goes further back - but the great thing is that we are spoiled for choice with excellent raw converters out there. Like @Clix Pix , self and others, you can choose one that fits your style. Good times!
 
I’ve switched back to using C1 after trying a few other popular apps. ON1 Photo Raw, Exposure X5, Luminar, etc.

For Fuji, the results are far better. Workflow is a bit difficult to get into. It takes time to get it working smoothly.
 
For me too, it took a while to gain proficiency. It was originally designed as a studio tethering tool for medium format cameras so it still has a different take than some of the other raw processor tools. What the company learned from that background really shows itself in the color management capabilities of the modern product, including managing skin tones. I also like its out-of-the-box rendering of my Nikon and Fuji files - superb. Other features I find useful include the ability to completely customize and share your workspace (and to have multiple workspaces), sophisticated scripting for large jobs, dynamic range manipulation in the deep blacks and bright whites, healing brush and many other capabilities. Lots of styles ("presets") are available, along with film emulations if that's your thing, and process "recipes", which provide a lot of simultaneous export options.

Coming from my beloved Aperture, I tried other things in the interim including LR, DxO, Luminar, etc, but what raised my game were the videos and webinars over at learn.captureone.com. I find David Grover to be an excellent teacher and I was able to get further from those than by just "winging it" (my usual way of learning something new 🙂).
 
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