Capture One’s default rendition is already pretty strong (left), but the version with the SN-04 Style applied (right) is much warmer and richer. Here’s a ‘before’ and ‘after’ shot showing the difference. It brings depth, warmth and contrast to outdoor shots and works particularly well for travel photography, where you’re often trying to capture a more intense yet ‘timeless’ look. The name might be bland but the Style itself is great.

The Style under the spotlight in this post has the rather unromantic name of ‘ SN-04’ and it’s from Phase One’s own ‘ Seasonal’ Style pack. Styles are more complex adjustments made with combinations of more than one tool. Presets are simpler one-click image adjustments which use a single editing tool, such as Curves or Color Balance.

The market isn’t as large as for Lightroom presets, but the overall standard is probably a bit higher to reflect Capture One’s expert/professional audience.Ĭapture One also offers Presets as well as Styles, so it’s worth quickly spelling out the difference. Other companies make and distribute Capture One Style packs too. You do get a selection of Styles built in to Capture One, but most are sold separately via the Capture One website as Style packs – you can also buy Capture One with certain Style packs as reduced-price bundles. These are made with carefully-crafted combinations of image adjustments which you can use as-is or inspect and modify to suit your own tastes. Like other photo-editing applications, Capture One offers one-click preset image effects, which it calls ‘Styles’.

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