![]() Compared to Lightroom, the Capture One Luminance Noise Reduction produces smoother results therefore, there’s a slight loss of fine-detail texture, as can be seen in close-up views of this pine forest image below. Because Capture One applies a more aggressive sharpening, the Luminance Noise Reduction is most likely necessary to prevent noise artifacts from being sharpened. It so happens that Capture One applies by default a 50 Luminance Noise Reduction, whereas the default in Lightroom is zero. This can be matched to some extent in Lightroom by adding a small amount of Clarity. This isn’t always evident, but is most noticeable on certain types of images, such as in the photo here of the guitarist, where the contours of the guitar had slightly better definition in the Capture One rendered version. Capture One appears to apply what can best be described as a wide-edged, Clarity-type enhancement that can make the high-contrast edges stand out more. There are other factors to consider here though. This emphasized the difference in edge detail such as on the contours of the guitar. I then added an Invert adjustment layer (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Invert), plus a Levels adjustment layer (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels) set to Auto (to amplify the difference). In Photoshop, I placed the Lightroom-adjusted rendered version as a layer above the Capture One default rendered version and set the blend mode to Difference near the top left of the Layers panel. This next image (above) shows a comparison of the Capture One and Lightroom renderings. Increase the sharpening settings in Lightroom and most images will appear to be just as sharp. At a zero setting, images appear equally unsharp in Capture One and Lightroom. ![]() In case you think this is cheating, you can check to see what happens when the sharpening is disabled. If you increase the Amount sharpening slider in the Detail panel in Lightroom to around 45–55, you’ll see a closer match in sharpness. In all cases, the Capture One sharpening setting is roughly double that applied by Lightroom. With Canon sensors, the default Amount setting is usually 180 (on a scale of 0–1,000), while for the Fujifilm X-Pro1, the default Amount is 140. The intention is to let photographers decide how much further they wish to adjust the Amount, Radius, Detail, and Masking sliders to fine-tune the sharpening effect.Ĭapture One meanwhile, applies higher default sharpening settings, where the indicated values vary from camera to camera. It’s actually a rather conservative amount, and all images will benefit from having at least this much sharpening without the risk of seeing ugly artifacts. The actual amount of underlying sharpening that’s applied varies from camera to camera, but Adobe’s aim is to apply a base-level amount of sharpening that makes all RAW files appear equally sharp at a 25 setting. By default, Lightroom applies a 25 Amount sharpening to all RAW images (on a scale of 0–150). The reason why Capture One is perceived to be sharper than Lightroom is mainly due to the default settings used. Although the comparisons shown here were done in Lightroom, you’ll see the same kinds of results if you work in Adobe Camera Raw. ![]() This article takes a close look at the image processing in Capture One and Lightroom and shows how the two programs are actually more similar than you might think. From this, I concluded Capture One is indeed a solid RAW processor that has a number of unique features that are missing in Lightroom however, these don’t include better sharpness and color/tone rendering. So earlier this year I spent some time comparing the RAW-processing controls in both programs in detail. If you were to count up all the hours you’ve spent processing your files in Lightroom, you’d want to be reassured your creative efforts haven’t been wasted. ![]() Are Lightroom users getting the most out of their RAW files and can they be sure the RAW-processing software they use is as good as Lightroom’s leading competitor? It’s a worrying thought, yet this is the claim being made by some reviewers in head-to-head comparisons between Adobe Lightroom and Capture One Pro.
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