Capture One 11 was released today with a lot of new features and improvements that make it a more attractive purchase than ever. It’s on my short list of software to replace Lightroom, but it will need GFX support to be a serious contender for me. You can see a list of the improvements below.
New Feature Summary
- Annotations
- Export with Assets
- Improved “Back-up And Restore” mechanism for Catalogs
- Duplicate checker for the Importer
- LAB Readouts
- Levels as a Layer Adjustment
- Color Balance as a Layer Adjustment
- Create new Filled Layer
- Presets for Layer capable tools
- Master Layer Opacity
- Feather Mask
- Refine Mask Edge
- Clear Mask
- Greyscale Mask preview mode
- Expanded AppleScript
Performance
- Catalog load speed improved
- More responsive sliders for Mac
- Faster masking
Miscellaneous Improvements
- Redesigned Local adjustments concept (now Layers)
- New Custom tool tab icons
- Color editor logic for blending multiple Layer adjustments
- Layer creation options
- Toolbar Auto tool aligned with Tool Auto
- Added Brightness and Contrast parameter to Auto
You can get more info here.
Tutorial Videos can be found here.
Photorumors received an interesting tip today about a low light high-performance Panasonic GH5 in the works that could be called the Panasonic GH5s to be released in the next 1-2 months. The release of a Panasonic GH5s to compete with the Sony a7S would certainly be a compelling purchase for GH5 fans, but it could trigger the early release of the Sony a7SIII similar to Nikon’s launch of the D850, which is widely believed to have pushed the a7RIII launch ahead of the a7MIII launch. Competition is always good for consumers and Panasonic venturing into low light high-end video cameras is a welcome addition and hopefully speaks to the health of their cameras division. I wonder if the GH5s will have a tweaked 12MP or 16MP sensor for video and how good m43 low light performance can possibly get.