They are a corporation and there is no such thing as fairness in pricing. Mostly tongue in cheek, but not completely. If I can process the raf directly in C1 then export to Tiif, that would greatly simplify my workflow. If that succeeds I will likely be using C1 exclusively. As soon as I get time, I plan to eliminate all the tabs and customize the Gui to make sense for me. I have not completely abandoned C1, I really like the results it produces, but the interface drives me crazy. The catalog is also backed up so hopefully, nothing lost. I really like the functionality of the Library module and if something goes wrong my Tiffs are backed up so nothing lost other than the collections and key-wording. In fact I have started using a Lightroom catalog for my "Portfolio", but only to store my final processed Tiffs. Capture One renders Fuji files best and produces excellent Tiff files from the RAF. I do use Sessions when I want to export to Tiff. That is why I now save (and backup) all my final processed files in Tiff format. still store the processing work on the hard drive somewhere, so if something goes wrong and that gets lost, all is lost - same as using the more obvious catalogs.
I have come to realize that any software even those that read the the file system, like C1 Sessions, ACDSee, OnOne, etc. Granted some competitors claim to be able to import that xmp info, but I have not heard good reviews on that process. With Adobe I learned to save (and backup) the XMP files which re-import my processing, so nothing lost, but I am still chained to Adobe. I believe my biggest issue with catalogs is when they get messed up you lose all the processing work you did (Done that more than once ). OnOne and Luminar are right behind C1 in that attitude adjustment, but C1 is the most advanced and likely the best alternate/replacement for Adobe. I suspect Capture One may just be the "Attitude Adjustment" Adobe has needed for a very long time. It is a very solid software manufacturer that has been around a long time and at the moment I believe, has Adobe concerned with the loss of so many of its customers (Thus Enhanced DNG to demosaic properly). Capture One is definitely NOT a Fly by night company. Phase One obviously aren't Adobe, and they have had their problems in the past, but they have been around since 1993, and although I still pay my Adobe sub for Photoshop, I use C1 in preference to LR, and I think its a bit unfair to suggest that Phase One are some sort of unreliable here to today gone tomorrow company who doesn't innovate.īoth very good points. It's obviously become much more popular recently, as its added cataloging, support for more cameras, and relatively speaking the price has fallen, and of course concerns over Adobe subs, and the quality of Fuji processing by Adobe have pushed some people towards C1.
Though it did mean that not many people outside professional circles had even heard of C1. It has always been very expensive, and initially only supported a few professional level cameras, so not an obvious choice for most people, even though it has always had a reputation of being the "best" (rightly or wrongly) if you could afford it and owned one of the few cameras it supported. And its a proper DAM, so it will also catalogue sound and video, Word files, PDFs etc, as well as photographs.Īre you aware that Capture One has been around since before Lightroom, and has been a favourite raw processor among professional for a long time (for various reasons, including reliable tethering). It's a nice, low cost, addition to C1 sessions. Once a file has been found, the path is shown in Neofinder so its easy to see which session that file belongs to.Īs well IPTC/XMP tools, it also has its own labelling and metadata tools, so you can carry out additional file management tasks that don't interfere with metadata shared with other programs. And of course a smart folder for Output, does the same for all the output files from all your sessions. This puts all your Capture files from all your sessions in one place for browsing and searching. If you keep all your sessions in a single sessions folder, you can catalogue that folder with Neofinder, and then set up smart folders in Neofinder based on the Capture, Selects, and Output folders. Neofinder is a little rough around the edges, but more powerful than it first looks.