Capture One: Seamless non-destructive editing of raw + RGB imagesīoth versions of Lightroom and Capture One all offer seamless raw image editing alongside regular JPEG or TIFF files.Lightroom Classic: Same tools as Lightroom, modular interface.Lightroom: Seamless non-destructive editing of raw + RGB images.(Image credit: Rod Lawton) (opens in new tab) Lightroom and Lightroom Classic come with a large range of image effect presets and there are lots more third-party preset packs, both free and paid-for. It also offers a ‘Sessions’ mode primarily designed for studio workflows but which can also works as an Adobe Bridge-style folder browser, with some useful cataloging tools on the side. If you prefer a ring-fenced ‘managed’ catalog it can do that, or it can create a regular ‘referenced’ catalog or even mix the two. This is how Lightroom Classic works.Ĭapture One can do both. Managed catalogs are simple in concept and prevent ‘broken’ image links, but many photographers prefer ‘referenced’ catalogs instead, where your images stay in their original folders and are simply ‘referenced’ by the catalog database. Lightroom’s cataloging tools are more basic than Lightroom Classic’s, with albums but no folders and no smart collections, though it does have Adobe’s Sensei AI subject-based search tool. This is how Lightroom works – your images are all stored remotely on Adobe’s servers. One is to create ‘managed’ catalog where your images are drawn into a big, monolithic catalog file – where they are viewed and managed exclusively by that program. Capture One: Referenced or managed images, SessionsĪll three programs import images into a catalog database, but there are two ways of doing this. ![]() Lightroom Classic: Referenced images, full organizing tools.Lightroom: Fully managed catalog, basic organizing tools. ![]() Adobe Lightroom stores all your images in the cloud, not on your desktop computer and has effective but basic organizing tools.
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