Photoshop User - USA (2020-02)

Company: Phase One

Price: $299 (perpetual license); $129

(Capture One Pro for Sony and Fujifilm)

Rating:

Hot: Faster color editing; improved HDR and

cropping tools; cleaner, high-ISO rendering;

new keyboard shortcuts; editing automa-

tion; nondestructive layer copies

Not:

Review by Michael Corsentino

Powerful Image-Editing System

Just Got Better

Capture One

Pro 20

Venerable image-editing software Capture One Pro is 20!

Version 20, that is, and there’s plenty to celebrate with this major

update. Leading off the many new features is faster color editing

via Capture One Pro 20’s new Basic Color Editor. Compact and

easy to use, this tool lets you click anywhere on an image and

intuitively edit colors via a floating palette with sliders.

Capture One Pro 20’s new High Dynamic Range tool provides

precise contrast control, so that you can rescue highlights, open

shadows for increased detail, brighten the lightest parts of an

image, and control black point with one compact tool. With

Capture One Pro 20, noise reduction also sees major improve-

ments, resulting in cleaner, more colorful rendering of high-ISO

images than ever before.

Cropping is now more flexible and intuitive with visible crop-

ping handles added to the Crop tool. Modifier keys now allow

you to quickly crop from the center of an image, rotate the

cropping frame, and lock the cropping aspect ratio. The most

frequently used tools can now be pinned to the top of the tool

palette, as needed, for faster access.

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