Phase One Releases Capture One 5 PRO

Earlier this week Phase One released the latest version of their RAW editing and imaging workflow application, Capture One 5 PRO. For the unfamiliar, Capture One is a professional level application used by a good many working photographers, especially those using higher end DSLR cameras and medium format systems. This latest version adds or enhances a number of exciting features:

• Skin tone enhancer: Perfects, smooths, and softens skin tones
• Focus tool: provides instant real view of image sharpness
• Focus mask: a workflow enhancer that aids in visualizing sharpness and focus faster
• Dust spot removal: remove all dust spots in a series with a single click
• Enhanced workflow accelerators
• Enhanced metadata editing
• New watermarking tool
• And so much more…

Now I realize many photographers are locked into a workflow application already, perhaps Adobe’s Lightroom or Apple’s Aperture, but with Capture One’s tethering capability (ability to shoot directly into the application) and now even more prodigious editing and enhanced workflow abilities, it might be well worth the effort to give Capture One 5 Pro a try. More information and a 30 day free trial of Capture One 5 Pro is available at www.phaseone.com/5. Trust me, you’ll want to check it out.

Press Release

COPENHAGEN, October 28, 2009 — Phase One, the world’s leader in open-platform medium format camera systems and solutions, today released Capture One 5 PRO. Known for rendering superior quality images from a wide range of pro DSLR, Mamiya and Phase One medium format cameras, Capture One PRO is now enhanced with workflow accelerators to handle large volume shoots faster.

Capture One 5 PRO is the RAW converter and workflow application with the broadest tethered shooting support, not only for Phase One digital backs, but also for DSLRs from Canon and Nikon. This version adds support for additional DSLR models and RAW file support for selected Leaf digital backs.

“Today’s pro photographers are shooting with both medium format and DSLR cameras, so having a truly professional quality digital darkroom, that can manage RAW files from both systems, makes life easier,” said Carsten H. Olsen, Phase One product manager for Capture One. “Capture PRO helps photographers reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.”

About Capture One 5

Capture One 5’s simple, intuitive interface is designed to achieve superior image quality through easy-to-use tools that match a professional photographer’s daily workflow requirements. Now pros can:

Get an instant view of image focus with the Focus tool and use the Focus Mask for quick selection of images with correct focus;
Perfect the appearance of smooth, soft skin tones with the Skin Tone Enhancer;
Add vignettes to the edges of your images for artistic effect (follows crop);
Adjust individual color channels easily with RGB Levels and Curves;
Access and edit an expanded set of IPTC metadata fields.
For complete product details, please see www.phaseone.com/5.

Pricing and availability

Capture One 5 is available in three versions: Capture One 5, Capture One 5 DB and Capture One 5 PRO; each version is localized for Chinese (simplified), Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Swedish.

Capture One 5 PRO is available via download for $399 USD and 299 EUR through Phase One’s Online Store www.phaseone.com/store and through leading professional photography dealers worldwide. Capture One 5 is available for 129 USD and 99 EUR.

Existing Capture One 4 PRO customers can upgrade to Capture One 5 PRO for 99 USD and 69 EUR. Existing Capture One 4 customers can upgrade to Capture One 5 PRO for 299 USD and 229 EUR. Please visit Phase One’s Online Store www.phaseone.com/store for other upgrade options and free trials.

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