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5 of Our Favorite Capture One Styles Packs (Presets)

Chris Gampat
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07/30/2019
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If you’re looking for presets in your transition to Capture One, here are some of our favorites.

If you’ve transitioned to Capture One and away from the slow processing speeds and sluggish workflow of Lightroom, then you’re probably missing one big thing: presets. If you’re a working photographer then you know presets help speed up your workflow and often help provide signature looks to the work you put out. While Capture One also absolutely gives you better color, we figured we’d share some of our favorite Styles Packs.

RNI Films Capture One Lite

Kodak Ektar 100

What Makes it So Great?: The RNI film simulations from Lightroom made their way to Capture One, and they’re absolutely fantastic. On Lightroom (and for geeks), these are the absolutely tried and true closest things to film simulations on digital. The looks are really fantastic when combined with filmic white balances.

Who Is it For?: Photographers who want that analog look and are too scared to shoot film. Sadly, that’s true, but it’s also fantastic for those of us who shoot film and want that look.

Capture One Styles Editorial Pack

What Makes it So Great?: The Editorial pack is designed for editorial shoots and offers a variety of unique looks that you can’t get anywhere else, even in Lightroom. I truly haven’t seen anything like what’s offered here, but all the editorial styles are pretty handsome.

Who Is it For?: The photographer who wants a look they can’t get anywhere else.

Capture One Styles Seasonal

Seasonal

What Makes it So Great?: The Capture One Styles Seasonal pack was one of the first ones released. It’s designed for natural light shoots that (obviously) take place outdoors and embrace both warm and cooler tones when needed but neither at the same time–thank god!

Who Is it For?: Photographers who want to find a better way to work with natural light.

Capture One Style Black and White Pack

Black and White Matte

What Makes it So Great?: The photographer who loves experimenting with black and white looks is best off working with the Capture One Black and White pack. There are a number of really fun options here.

Who Is it For?: The photographer who is a black and white purist and looking to be inspired all the time.

Capture One Styles Film Pack

What Makes it So Great?: The Capture One film styles pack isn’t as solid as RNI’s option, but it offers photographers a number of unique looks with variations. But, I wouldn’t call these film at all…

Who Is it For?: The photographers who like the “analog” look but really just want to embrace the look of expired films and Polaroids.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.