Fifer
Member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2015
- Messages
- 40
- Location
- Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- Classic
- Lightroom Version Number
- LR Classic version 9.0
- Operating System
- Windows 10
I have read several posts in other forums about the supposed advantage that Capture One has over LR Classic when it comes to sharpness. One person on YouTube stated that sharpening in Capture One was 1000 times better than LR! I decided, as a longtime LR Classic user, to investigate for myself. This is not some definitive scientific study, just what I found with one image (actually with a few, but I am showing only one).
I processed a dng file from my Fuji X-T30 (converted from a Fuji raf file) in LR Classic until I thought that it looked good, again just my opinion. I then processed the original dng file in Capture One Fuji Express until again I thought that it looked good, and reasonably matched the LR version. That file was exported back into LR as a tiff file. I viewed both files at 1:1 in LR and took a screenshot of the two files side by side. The png screenshot of that 100% crop (I think that's what it is called) is attached.
The file may be too small to see (or not see) any differences. How would I allow access to the full processed photos since they are too big to attach? There are certainly some slight colour differences, but what about the sharpness? Is there a difference, and if so is it significant?
I have deliberately not identified which photo is LR and which is Capture One. I would be interested in knowing if anyone else has compared the two editors, especially with regard to sharpness.
I processed a dng file from my Fuji X-T30 (converted from a Fuji raf file) in LR Classic until I thought that it looked good, again just my opinion. I then processed the original dng file in Capture One Fuji Express until again I thought that it looked good, and reasonably matched the LR version. That file was exported back into LR as a tiff file. I viewed both files at 1:1 in LR and took a screenshot of the two files side by side. The png screenshot of that 100% crop (I think that's what it is called) is attached.
The file may be too small to see (or not see) any differences. How would I allow access to the full processed photos since they are too big to attach? There are certainly some slight colour differences, but what about the sharpness? Is there a difference, and if so is it significant?
I have deliberately not identified which photo is LR and which is Capture One. I would be interested in knowing if anyone else has compared the two editors, especially with regard to sharpness.