PhaseOne CaptureOne PRO 5.1 Released!

My little birdy source was correct about the release of CaptureOne PRO 5.1. I bought into CaptureOne because of how “right off the bat” my RAWs looked w/o doing additional edits since their PRO 3.7.8.

Download: http://xchange.phaseone.com/Content/Downloads/CO5.aspx

Release Notes (What’s New in 5.1): http://69.64.47.32/330a3505-0085-4247-a029-d396cc74c3c8/33d2a340-5c70-4e46-81e6-58c3ea02ccdd/Capture%20One%205.1%20Release%20Notes.pdf

User Guide: http://69.64.47.32/330a3505-0085-4247-a029-d396cc74c3c8/22944442-4fe4-4bb0-93f3-2895fc8143d9/Capture%20One%20User%20Guide%20UK-US%20hi-res.pdf

I plan to write my own review on 5.1 later this week. For now, I *am* really satisfied with speed improvements and overall fixes and new features added to 5.1. If I have to rate 4/5 on this new update, I’ll revoke a point for:

Not fixing the sharpening on the Web Contact Sheets. Web sized images when applied with the sharpening settings I use for my full resolution RAWS look dreadful! I’d like to make final RAW edits (including capture sharpening) and create web contact sheets for client review. For now, I’ll make my final edits, web contact sheet, and then apply my capture sharpening settings prior to export into Photoshop CS4.

I’d like to have keyboard control to increase/decrease the dust and spot tool. In ACR/LR, pressing the “[" and "]” decrease/increase accordingly. The ability for the newly added Dust Spot to change the sampled source. The spot tool can be used to fix blemishes, pimples, and other minor skin problems. LR/ACR folks can do this well with their “Heal” and “Clone” function.