5The Color Tool Tab

Capture One Pro has long had a reputation for producing pleasing, natural-looking colors. Unlike Adobe products, which are designed to produce measurably precise colors, Phase One creates its camera profiles using a combination of measured values, perceived quality, and experience. Experience is especially important when it comes to creating and fine-tuning ICC profiles that can be applied in a wide range of situations. This approach addresses questions such as “How do we deal with deviations from a neutral white point?” or “To what degree should colors shift when a user adjusts the color wheel or the tone curve?”

Capture One’s many options are designed to produce pleasing rather than precise colors.

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