Capture One 22 15.2.0 update brings new perspective correction tools and more

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This Capture One 22 15.2.0 update is free to existing users and brings a new set of controls for perspective adjustments with new auto settings which bring it in line with Lightroom’s tools.

Lightroom has long had an edge over Capture one for automated keystone corrections – ideal for correcting converging verticals and other perspective issues – but the Capture One 22 15.2.0 update closes that gap and goes even further.

Capture One’s Keystone Tool redesign now offers two tabs – Guides and Sliders for easier automatic and manual adjustments. Capture One can now detect and correct perspective automatically, which has always been one of Lightroom’s strong points.

Capture One can now automatically correct vertical keystoning, horizontal keystoning or both. What’s more, it now lets you ‘nudge’ control points in fine increments using the arrow keys.

On top of that, the 15.2.0 update brings a new ‘Skew’ adjustment for correction particularly tricky perspective issues with front-on facades of buildings, for example. Previously, keystone adjustments would sometimes leave a small but unfixable ‘skew’ – which can now be fixed!

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Also new in the Capture One 22 15.2.0 update

Capture One has improved the performance on M1 Macs, boosting preview generation speed by up to 100%, Luma Mask rendering by up to 300% and Fujifilm X-Trans raw loading by up to 100%.

The duration of Capture One LIVE sessions can now be set to 1, 3, 5, 7 or 14 days, the software’s Auto Rotate feature has been improved and the Crop tool will now snap to a new aspect ratio straight away. These are a few of a number of usability and feature improvements in this update.

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This release also offers support for a new camera, the high-end Phase One iXM-GS120, and adds support (correction profiles) for the following lenses:

  • Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 20mm F1.4 PRO
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 1.4X Teleconverter
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM
  • Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | C
  • Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C

Capture One Pro 22 is available as a perpetual license for $299/£299 (about AU$515) and as an upgrade from previous versions for $159/£159 (about AU$274). 

It’s also available as a subscription, with prices starting at $20/£20 per month (about AU$34), and if you currently have a subscription to the branded Nikon, Sony or Fujifilm editions (now discontinued) you will be upgraded to the full Pro version.

There's a 30-day Capture One free trial if you want to try it out.

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Rod Lawton
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Rod is an independent photography journalist and editor, and a long-standing Digital Camera World contributor, having previously worked as DCW's Group Reviews editor. Before that he has been technique editor on N-Photo, Head of Testing for the photography division and Camera Channel editor on TechRadar, as well as contributing to many other publications. He has been writing about photography technique, photo editing and digital cameras since they first appeared, and before that began his career writing about film photography. He has used and reviewed practically every interchangeable lens camera launched in the past 20 years, from entry-level DSLRs to medium format cameras, together with lenses, tripods, gimbals, light meters, camera bags and more. Rod has his own camera gear blog at fotovolo.com but also writes about photo-editing applications and techniques at lifeafterphotoshop.com