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Personally, I think if you are the type of photographer to get to grips with Capture One,- as you say it does require a certain amount of effort and commitment, - then you probably have the time and the skills to come up with your own 'styles'. Given that there are free styles that work with C1 out there, and others eg RNI that cost about the same as the extra that C1 charge, I would take some convincing that it's worth buying an enhanced package.

The only difference between them as far as I can see is the number of styles included, but the price varies quite a lot, ie you do seem to pay a very high premium to get access to C1's own styles. So much so that I think I will buy the licenced version but there are three packages on offer.

#OPEN SOURCE CAPTURE ONE STYLES TRIAL#

I have been using the trial version of C1 and I'm very impressed. I posted a question about this very issue on the retouching forum a few days ago.

#OPEN SOURCE CAPTURE ONE STYLES FULL#

I think I was expecting miracles, and the marketing images looked so impressive, but the Styles are just not work it, certainly not at the discounted price of £200 let alone the full price.Ĭapture One Pro is an impressive piece of software that has a steep learning curve, but do yourself a favour and save the money you would spend on the Styles - just download the free set and leave it at that. And the b/w ones aren't particularly nice either The worst thing is that they are ALL indistinguishable. Maybe one or two actually enhance the photo, but with a bit of tweaking in C1P or Photoshop I could have attained the same. The Styles are generally horrible - I would say 90% simply overexpose the image and 50% add horrible grain. Well, I have never felt more disappointed in an expensive purchase especially one that it is not possible to on-sell. I have had post-purchase dissonance in the past and the good news is that if you spend a lot of money on something and really don't like it, you can always try and re-sell it to recover some money. I am posting this for the benefit of other would-be purchasers in case they also search for Capture One Pro Styles, do yourself a massive favour AND DON'T BUY THEM! I had read some reviews online that were generally positive and the marketing images looked excellent. Late last year I shelled out over £200 for the complete bundle of Capture One Styles.

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