
Capture One Express is an image editor for Sony cameras that provides users the means to realize professional image editing in order to obtain high-quality images. It comes packed with a wide array of options and can be used by novice users with a bit of practice.
Visually, the program has a pretty neat interface with common attributes for nowadays standards. The interface has an abundance of menus, toolbars, and tools, so inexperienced users may find the menu navigation process a bit difficult. Also, though it does come with a few themes, the program misses some more advanced customization options, and it could've had a bigger text font size.
In addition to its various tools, Capture One Express offers support for more than 70 Sony cameras and, with tools like pan, crop, zoom, or select, you can create some astonishing images.
Moreover, you have full control of your photo editing, and its features allow you to organize your photos with ease. You also have the possibility to adjust curve levels, contrast and split tones, as well as configure the color sensitivity and noise reduction.
All things considered, Capture One Express is a powerful image editor for Sony cameras equipped with multiple editing tools. Though it's free, it requires a high-end system, it consumes a high amount of system resources and it's best suited for experienced users.
v7.1 [May 30, 2013]
Important notes
• Catalogs and sessions opened in Capture One 7.1.2 cannot be used by earlier versions of the
application. Back up the relevant catalogs and sessions if the ability to go back to 7.1.1 is
required.
Performance
• Significantly faster multithreaded JPEG file writing.
Camera support
• File support for Fuji X100S (preliminary).
• File support for Olympus XZ-10 (preliminary).
• Improved image quality for Phase One IQ260.
• Improved image quality for Pentax K-01 and K-30.
Bug fixes
• Fixed a number of general stability issues.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where deleting variants could affect layers.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where renaming of files would not rename the associated XMP file.
• Fixed an issue on Mac that in rare cases could cause lens adjustments to be lost.
• Fixed a number of Live View issues on Mac.
• Fixed a number of OpenCL related issues.
• Fixed a camera reconnection issue.
• Fixed a number of issues related to the adjustments clipboard.
• More than 100 other bug fixes and improvements.
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