The default path is Pictures ▸ Capture One Catalog ▸ Capture One Catalog.cocatalog. 2 Right click on the catalog file (extension.cocatalog), which is actually a package. 3 Select Show Package Contents. This will reveal a.cocatalogdb file, along with various directories, including Cache and possibly Adjustments. Learn how to activate your Capture One license, as well as how to deactivate your license.-Thanks for watching!Here are some useful links: Download a f. Capture One creates its own cache of images and thumbnails. It also seems to “copy” RAW files to “its own” location, which actually duplicates the RAW files (and causes mess in the folder/files structure). Organizing (moving) files in IMatch breaks the connections in Capture One and vice-versa. When you buy a Phase One back with a standard 1-year warranty it comes only with Capture One DB (it's a bit of a misnomer to say that it 'comes with' it since Capture One DB is always free to download and use and requires no registration or license code).

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The Professional Choice in Imaging Software

Capture One Pro is the world’s best raw converter, rendering precise colors and incredible detail with support for leading high-end cameras. It contains all the essential adjustment tools and fast, responsive performance in one customizable and integrated solution.

Built on the world's best raw processing engine, Capture One Pro is the professional choice in imaging software. It gives photographers the highly responsive, precision tools they need to create stunning out-of-the-box images from leading high-end cameras. With a fast and intuitive workflow, it can be customized to fit unique project requirements.

Capture One Pro and Capture One DB 8 have RAW file support for the following Leaf digital backs:

Credo 80, Credo 60, Credo 50, Credo 40, Aptus-II 12R, Aptus-II 12, Aptus-II 10R, Aptus-II 10, Aptus-II 8, Aptus-II 7, Aptus-II 6, Aptus-II 5, AFi-II 12, AFi-II 10, AFi-II 7, AFi-II 6.

Additionally, Capture One Pro 8 supports RAW files from the following Leaf digital backs:

Aptus 75S, Aptus 65S, Aptus 54S, AFi 7, AFi 6, AFi 5, Aptus 75, Aptus 65, Aptus 22, Aptus 17.

LEAF TETHERED CAMERA SUPPORT:

Capture One Pro has tethered support for the following Leaf digital backs:

Credo 80, Credo 60, Credo 50, Credo 40, Aptus-II 12R, Aptus-II 12, Aptus-II 10R, Aptus-II 10, Aptus-II 8, Aptus-II 7, Aptus-II 6, Aptus-II 5, AFi-II 12, AFi-II 10, AFi-II 7, AFi-II 6.

Additionally, Capture One Pro has tethered support for the following Leaf digital backs:

Aptus 75S, Aptus 65S, Aptus 54S, AFi 7, AFi 6, AFi 5, Aptus 75, Aptus 65, Aptus 22, Aptus 17.

When shooting in the studio, Capture Pilot™ allows you to use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to remotely view, zoom, rate, tag, and pan high resolution Mamiya Leaf and Phase One RAW files as well as RAW, JPEG and TIFF images from most DSLRs while you shoot. The unique and easy-to-use rating and tagging feature of Capture Pilot enables clients and peers in the studio or on location to participate in the shoot and to provide instant feedback.

TAILOR-MADE CAMERA PROFILES

Capture One Pro's tailor-made camera profiles are renowned for providing ultimate image quality for leading digital cameras. Each camera is tested and fine tuned extensively by our image quality team to create a customized profile that brings out the very best in your camera. Capture One Pro can be used with more than 500 different camera models.

NOISE REDUCTION

By default color noise and luminance noise will be removed from any image no matter what ISO it has been shot at. As removing noise is always a compromise between removing noise and keeping as mush valuable information in the image as possible you will have full control of how to set this compromise to fit your preferred taste.

Luminance and color noise can be removed from images with two easy-to-use sliders. There is also a Noise Reduction Advanced slider with two further adjustments. The ‘Details’ slider gives the best compromise between details and noise. A low value gives smooth surfaces maintaining most edges. A larger value gives more details, but possible grain in higher ISO images. E.g. car paint can be made to appear smooth while preserving the edge sharpness in the rest of the image.

CLARITY

The Clarity Tool can improve hazy images by adjusting local contrast. The tool now allows negative clarity values, which helps smooth out local contrast in portrait images.

The new improved Clarity tool gives users a choice of controls: 'Punch' or 'Neutral'. In principle, using a positive value with the Neutral Clarity slider preserves color, increases contrast and reduces haze. A positive value from the Punch Clarity slider increases contrast, reduces haze and boosts color saturation, which gives an image more ‘Punch’

LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS WITH NEW HEALING AND CLONE LAYERS

Use the improved local adjustments like gradient mask, fill mask and more, to fine-tune the details in targeted areas of your images. Non-destructive local adjustments let you edit selective parts of an image for unlimited creative control and results. Handle the most common retouch jobs with a few strokes and control colors, exposure, contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpening and moiré in targeted areas of your image.

The newly added Healing and Clone layers allow you to do even more of the image manipulation on the RAW images, saving the need to do them in Photoshop afterwards.

IMPROVED LCC WORKFLOW

Handling LCC profiles is easier as there is now a specific LCC tool. You can create LCC profiles for more images at once, and apply them to several images at a time. Images used for LCC profiles are now marked with an LCC tag.

The tool now delivers a more efficient workflow, making and it easier to recognize your LCC images as they are now conveniently tagged. Your entire workflow just got more efficient by removing any unnecessary steps in the process. It is almost like having the perfect assistant for professionals! The process for producing lCC images has now been simplified, especially for multiple images in a batch which require an LCC correction.

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Capture One 8 can run in different modes. Capture One Pro is the most common mode and has all the options. Buy a license key and activate it. Or you run a trial for a limited time, before you buy. You can download updates and upgrades, and deactivate your key. Read on for more. Note that this post also applies to Capture One 9 and 10. Later versions of Capture One have different running modes.

Capture One 8 Modes

Once you step into the world of Capture One and fire up the software the first time, you are presented with a welcome screen to select your Product. The most commonly used option is to Capture One Pro listed at the top.

When you select either Pro or Pro (for Sony) you see a second screen that allows you to Try, Buy or Activate. You can run a 30-day trial, buy a license key when your trial has ended (or earlier), or activate the software if you have a key.

But with Capture One 8 you have more options like DB and Express (for Sony). Now it starts to become confusing. The options Pro, Pro (for Sony), Express (for Sony) and DB are the different modes the program can run or different products from a sales perspective.

One Package, All Modes

What you first need to know is that all different Capture One 8 modes are packed in a single download. Next, you can not only select the preferred mode but switch at any time between them, if that ever might be necessary. For example, you started with Express (for Sony) or DB, and later upgrade to one of the Pro modes.

For full coverage of the topic, I only briefly mention the CH mode, or Capture One CH, which stands for Cultural Heritage. This is a high-end product aimed at a specific market and not listed in the Product Selection screen.

Pro and Pro (for Sony)

Capture One Pro is at the top of the stack and gives you all tools for raw editing and processing for all supported cameras plus tethering for Phase One/Leaf digital back and Canon, Nikon, and Sony DSLRs. Capture One Pro (for Sony) is similar to Pro but with limited camera support (both raw editing and tethering): only Sony. The good news is that it is very cheap (almost a give-away) and a no-brainer for Sony camera owners. See also my blog Wake-Up Call For Sony Shooters.

Both these Pro modes can run a 30-day trial. You can buy a license key and use it to activate the program. The trial is fully functional. You can review the mode when you run the program, via Capture One menu > About Capture One (Mac) or Help menu > About (Windows) and you get a screen similar to the one above.

Tips

Phase One and MamiyaLeaf digital back support (both raw file and tethering) is included in the Pro (for Sony) mode. Great for if you have a digital back and a Sony camera. See below the Digital Back Mode.

You can upgrade a Pro (for Sony) license to the full Pro for a reduced upgrade price. This might be of interest if you bought a camera from another brand next to your Sony camera.

Digital Back Mode

The DB (digital back) mode in Capture One 8 is like Pro but now it is limited to Phase One and MamiyaLeaf raw file and tethering support. No activation key is necessary to use it, so there is no trial period. Just select the DB option when you start the program and you are done. It is free! The screen below shows you the program is ‘running as DB’.

Say you have a Phase One digital back, then Capture One DB is all you need. But if you have a DSLR as well, and like to use it with Capture One as well, buy a Pro license.

Changing mode is easy, for example from DB to Pro. First, deactivate DB from the License menu, and restart the program. On the welcome screen, select Pro. In the next dialog select Try, Buy or Activate as explained earlier in this blog. If you have a Sony camera next to your digital back, a Pro (for Sony) license will get you sorted. Activate with your license key and you are all set.

Tip: Capture One DB is also a great read-only tool for customers you like to show your DSLR raw file with edits without allowing them to change adjustments. Capture One DB happens to show the adjustments you made in Pro but due to DB’s limitations, these adjustments are not editable!

Express (for Sony)

The Express mode was the cheaper ‘light’ version. Now, this mode is an all exclusive for Sony shooters. It is another free Capture One 8 mode as DB, supports only Sony raw files, has fewer tools, does not provide tethering and works with a single catalog. Since it is free, just install and choose the Express option to use it. No activation is required.

From the Express (for Sony) mode you can upgrade to Pro (for Sony) or the full Pro. As with the DB mode mentioned earlier, deactivate, restart, and activate with a license key or run the trial.

Updates And Trial Counter

There are three aspects that are of interest in Capture One updates. First, updates are free for current licenses. Updates are newer releases with the same major revision number. Capture One 8 has several free updates like 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3. They are often referred to as point updates. Point updates may contain new features and bug repairs. There are also minor maintenance updates like 8.3.1, 8.3.2 and 8.3.3. Maintenance updates in general only contain bug repairs. All types of updates may provide new camera support. In the screenshot below you see an overview of all Capture One 8 releases to date, from 8.0 up to 8.3.4.

Another need-to-know is that each update is a full download. Capture One updates do not use patching. You each time download the full package. This package includes all the modes mentioned above and the trial mode.
The trial mode counter should be reset at each point update. This has unfortunately not always been the case with Capture One 8 (Mac).

Upgrades And Discount

An upgrade is considered to be the next major version, with a higher number. Capture One 8 is an upgrade over version 7 and earlier. Upgrades are not free of charge. An upgrade fee is considerably lower than the full product: US$ 299 versus 99, or € 229 versus 99 (price point November 2015 for Capture One Pro 8).

Activation

Once you have acquired a license key, you activate the program. If you run a trial you activate on startup or from within the program. You can also deactivate the program and regain your activation. You would like to do this when you stop using Capture One on one computer and start using it on another or before you totally reinstall your computer.

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From the License screen you can review the current state, the number of activations left, and deactivate the program. A standard license has two activations (three for Capture One Pro 9 and later), but licenses with 5, 10, 15 and up to 50 activations are available as well.

When you deactivate your installation, you get the following dialog:

You can manage your activations from the Phase One website. Here you can review and deactivate each license key. Deactivation a license key will regain all activations for that key and disable all activations on the respective computers. In other words, you need to activate your computers again. This is great for when you suffered a hardware failure and were not able to deactivate Capture One from the computer.

When you upgrade a license (key), that key becomes obsolete and you get a new key. Note that you can use a new license key for older versions of the program. For example, my current system runs Capture One Pro 8, but my old backup system still runs Capture One Pro 7 with the same key.

Buy or Subscribe

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With Capture One 8 the subscription model was introduced while the buy option was retained. The only difference is that when you subscribe you do not have to pay an additional fee for upgrades, as is the case when you buy a license. This, in particular, attracts larger cooperations as this is a preferred way to manage costs.

Wrong Mode, Bad Mood

Instead of starting a trial of Capture One Pro, you might have accidentally run a different mode like any ‘for Sony’ or the DB mode. Symptoms are that your raw files are visible but not editable.

Note the eye-icon in the thumbnails and the tools that are greyed-out. This typically happens when you run in DB mode with DSLR images.

Another symptom is that your Nikon, Canon, or Sony camera does not connect for tethering although all the tools are there in the program. Check the mode the program is running and deactivate if you have the wrong mode. Next, restart the program and select the right mode or trial and activate it if you have a license key.

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