Hello . I am a new user of Capture One , and I’m making a transition from Photoshop . I’m very disappointed with Capture One not offering the option of editing a single image , Like Photoshop , Luminar , and even Affinity Photo do . I still don’t understand why I need to create an entire session or catalog when I want to just bring one imagine to edit .
Please correct me if I’m missing out on something , otherwise kindly work on this area and give your users a chance to work on a single image when they want , instead of having to create a new catalog and/or session every time .
Thank you .
Kind regards ,
Jaffer Zaidi
FYI, Capture One is more like Lightroom (where you import the photo into the program before using it) than it is like Photoshop or Affinity Photo (in terms of both capabilities and in how you bring images into it). But, as Walter says, Capture One does have sessions and you can use them as he described as a work-around.
Hey Walter , thank you for your prompt response .
I have already done what you just recommended , but that just ends up filling multiple locations on my harddrive/s with CaptureOne folders . What I’m missing is the freedom to simply open one image in Capture One and work on it , and not having to deal with a bunch of CaptureOne folders scattered in different locations ; or having to go through the process of creating sessions or catalogs every time .
I have loved the experience I’ve had so far with Capture One as an editing software , but this could serve as a single sore reason for me to quit using it .
You can have a generic session with no images that you use as a "browser" by using the System Folders section of that generic session. This will let you visit any folder on your system, make adjustments to images where they reside, and export them to wherever you want. The dirty little secret about this is that every folder you visit with that session will get a folder created in it called CaptureOne even if you don't edit any images in that folder.
While this method will give you the freedom you seek, it comes with some downsides.