Phase One C1 Pro upgrade for Mac By
Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource (Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 18:43 EST)Phase One A/S, the Danish company behind the "Capture One" (or C1, for short) raw file conversion program has released a new version for Macintosh users.
"C1 PRO V1.2 for Mac" supports the Canon EOS 1D, 1Ds, 10D, D30, D60 and Digital Rebel, and has a number of updates over the previous version:
Support for Mac OS X (Panther);
Individual noise reduction for each image;
Image saturation adjustment slider
Auto exposure / Contrast wand;
"Quick Develop" allows fast conversion to TIFF or JPEG;
Dual image view to compare 2 images;
Unlimited amount of differently formatted output files per conversion;
Profile editor for adjusting camera profiles;
Embedded copyright in output image;
Alignment grid;
Midtone slider;
Photoshop moire plug-in;
Dual screen support with separate thumbnails browser;
Can run after 30 day trial period (output disabled)
C1 PRO V1.2 costs US$599, plus 25% VAT for customers in Europe (European companies with a VAT number need not pay VAT). A trial version can be downloaded, which is fully functional for 30 days. Note that Phase One requires customers to register and log-in in order to download the trial version.