Capture One Media Pro
Media Pro supports photo and video files from more than 100 different cameras and is built to manage large photo libraries. Find and select your images quickly. Magnify images and evaluate your. And for many cameras and camera backs from Canon, Fujifilm, Mamiya Leaf, Nikon and Sony, Capture One can even take charge of the capture process, allowing you to shoot remotely by tethering your camera to your desktop or laptop. A: Phase One Media Pro licenses can be found on the License Management page under your profile at www.captureone.com. On that page, select the product you'd like to see the license for. You can also view activations and reset them from there if needed. Q: I have lost my Microsoft Expressions Media or iView Media Pro license. Phase One Media Pro (formerly Microsoft Expression Media and iView Media Pro) was a commercial digital asset management cataloging program for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X operating systems.
| Original author(s) | iView Multimedia |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Phase One |
| Final release | 2.1.0.161 / August 8, 2016; 4 years ago[1][2] |
| Operating system | [3] |
| Size |
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| Type | Image organizer and digital asset management |
| License | Shareware |
Phase One Media Pro (formerly Microsoft Expression Media and iView Media Pro[1]) was[4] a commercial digital asset management cataloging program for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X operating systems. It was the next version of iView MediaPro which Microsoft acquired in June 2006, and sold again in May 2010 to Phase One, which also makes the Capture One raw converter software. The software was aimed at professionals and photo enthusiasts who needed a photo manager which made it easier to manage photo and video assets, especially very large resolution image files and libraries with many items.
Features[edit]
Media Pro makes it possible to catalog and sort images and other media files. The user is able to organize and categorize without being limited to assets' actual folder locations, add metadata including IPTC annotations, and locate assets which may spread over multiple folder and drive locations, including offline discs. As well as cataloging, Media Pro can print (into formats like contact sheets and lists), build web galleries, convert to other formats and build slideshows.[5]
Supported formats[edit]
Media Pro supports photo and video files from more than 100 different cameras and is built to manage large photo libraries (especially very large raw, tiff and jpeg files). It is also capable of handling audio, DTP, font, text and HTML files.[6]
Although Media Pro is primarily used to catalog photographic images, it is capable of indexing and converting many additional classes of files. This includes the most popular formats of audio and video files, which can be organized, played in the catalog itself, and converted to derivative file types. This capability makes Media Pro useful for photographers and other media professionals who need to create, manage and make use of different media types.
History and releases[edit]
The original predecessor of Phase One Media Pro is iView, a Macintosh-only shareware gallery application originally from Script Software,[7][8] a company that later changed its name to Plum Amazing. iView went through multiple updates and name changes,[9] being ported to Microsoft Windows,[10] and culminating in a version 3.0 release as iView MediaPro. On 27 June 2007, Microsoft acquired iView Multimedia.[11] Eventually[when?], Microsoft released Microsoft Expression Media, which replaced iView MediaPro 3.[12]
Microsoft Expression Media was released to manufacturing along with other Expression products on 30 April 2007. The RTM news was announced at Microsoft's MIX 07 conference for web developers and designers.[13] In September 2007, Microsoft released Expression Media Service Pack 1 for Windows and OS X which adds support for HD Photo.[14] Expression Media 2 was released in May 2008 as part of Expression Studio 2. Expression Media 2 Service Pack 1 was released in October 2008. The latest version is Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2, which requires SP1 to be installed.
Expression Media however, did not last. On 23 July 2009, Expression Studio 3 was released, but left out Expression Media.[15]
On 25 May 2010, Phase One acquired Expression Media from Microsoft and changed the name.[16] Media Pro was released in September 2011 and features support for larger catalogs, compatibility between Media Pro and Capture One, an updated user interface, support for XMPsidecar files and latest camera formats for photo and video files.[1][17]
As of August 30th, 2018, Phase One has stopped selling Media Pro and has discontinued the software. Phase One recommends migrating Media Pro catalogs into Capture One.[4]
References[edit]
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- ^'Media Pro for Mac'. Download.com. CBS Interactive. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Media Pro FAQ'. phaseone.com. Phase One. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Media Pro discontinuation notice'. phaseone.com. Phase One. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Media Pro 1 photo manager'. Phaseone.com. Phase One. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Phase One launches Media Pro asset management tool: Digital Photography Review'. DPReview. Digital Photography Review. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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- ^'Microsoft Corp acquires iView Multimedia Ltd'. Thomson Financial. 2006-06-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2008-10-31.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Downloads'. iView Home. Microsoft Corporation. 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
Please Note: It is no longer possible to buy MediaPro from any source. MediaPro has become Microsoft Expression Media. These downloads are made available for existing customers only.
CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) - ^'Expression Studio RTM news'. Expression Blend and Design blog. Microsoft. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Description of Microsoft Expression Media Service Pack 1'. Microsoft Support. Microsoft. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Microsoft Expression Studio 3 Released!'. MSDN Blog Schweiz. Microsoft. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Phase One team (25 May 2010). 'Phase One acquires Expression Media Product'. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Media Pro'. nikonians.org. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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With a few tweaks, Capture One is a fantastic Lightroom alternative.
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…and shrink that enormous Capture One catalog file
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One of the most pleasant surprises of going 100% Adobe-free has been the switch to Phase One’s Capture One. It has long been a favorite among pros, but I have to admit that I overlooked it at first after being seduced by the slicker marketing and shinier interfaces of some other self-described Lightroom alternatives. None of those proved to be — or show any real progress towards ever being — a complete replacement for Adobe Lightroom, at least not for many professional photographers.
Capture One Pro 11, on the other hand, is an excellent Adobe Lightroom alternative. Capture One is faster, has more powerful tools (including layers), and does not require a subscription! If only Phase One’s marketing reach matched that of Adobe’s (or Luminar’s for that matter), more photographers might learn that they’ve had a wonderful Lightroom alternative just waiting for them all along.
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I do have one issue, however, with the configuration options of Capture One. Although it is simple enough to import images into Capture One while keeping those big RAW files on my external RAID, the preview and thumbnail images that Capture One creates can only be stored in the catalog file itself, which is actually a macOS package. This is not unlike Apple’s Photos app, and it makes sense for smaller catalogs.
However, the size of the preview files is not trivial. For a large library, the catalog file can reach many gigabytes, even while the database file itself is only a few hundred megabytes. I would much rather store those preview files on the external SSD that I reserve specifically for caches. That way I don’t waste precious space on my internal SSD, and I can exclude that drive from my various backup services. There’s not much point wasting bandwidth and storage space by constantly backing up new preview files that can always be recreated if lost, and, in my particular case, the catalog file size had surpassed the single file size limit for syncing with iCloud Drive, which is a critical part of my workflow.
I was unable to find an answer in the Capture One user forum, but I eventually, and accidentally, stumbled on a solution while testing the Backup Catalog… command. For whatever reason, Capture One creates a standalone database file when exporting a backup and separates out the preview image cache into its own directory.
It occurred to me that this database file was the same type as that found within the contents of the default catalog package, which led to the following 10-step procedure to move the cache to an external drive.
Step-by-step tutorial:
1 Find the location of the Capture One catalog file in the Finder. The default path is Pictures ▸ Capture One Catalog ▸ Capture One Catalog.cocatalog.
2 Right click on the catalog file (extension .cocatalog), which is actually a package.
3 Select Show Package Contents. This will reveal a .cocatalogdb file, along with various directories, including Cache and possibly Adjustments. You may also see Originals if you have opted to store photos inside the catalog, although that would negate the space savings of storing the preview files in a separate location!
4 Copy the .cocatalogdb file (along with the Adjustments and Originals folders, if they exist) to the directory where you would like to keep your new database file. An easy way to do this is to select the files/directories and press Command-C. Click the back arrow in the top left corner of the Finder window to exit the package. If you want to keep your new catalog database file in the same directory as the original catalog package, just press Command-V to paste right there, or navigate to another location and paste the files there. Personally, I choose to store my Capture One Catalog in a directory that syncs with iCloud.
5 Copy just the Cache directory to the drive where you want to store all of your preview images. In my case, I keep the cache in a folder named Capture One on an external SSD.
6 Delete the Cache directory that you just copied (the one in the same folder as the .cocatalogdb file).
7 Here’s where the magic happens. Use the Terminal to create a symbolic link, also known as a symlink or soft link, in the location of the Cache folder you just deleted. This symlink will point to your external cache in a way that is transparent to Capture One. To do this, enter the following at the command line prompt, replacing the first path with the location of your external cache directory and the second path with the original location. Note the backslash escape characters before the spaces.
ln -s /Volumes/My External Drive/Capture One/Cache /Users/username/Pictures/Capture One Catalog/Cache
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Hint: You can drag a directory from the Finder into the Terminal window to paste in the path.
8 Double-click your new, nice and slim .cocatalogdb file to launch Capture One. Et voila! Your catalog should load exactly as before.
9 If everything is cool (and all photos are backed up as always!), you can delete the original, bulky .cocatalog file.
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10 I can’t end at step 9! So go take some pictures!