Capture One 6 is a professional RAW conversion and image editing software from Danish company Phase One, which specialises in high-end medium format cameras. Capture One 6 has all the essential, easy-to-use tools in one powerful package. Import, organize, edit and print images in a fast, flexible and intuitive way to enhance and streamline your digital workflow.

Capture One 6 for Mac and for Windows is commercially available in two versions: Capture One Express 6 and Capture One Pro 6.  Capture One Express and Capture One Pro are based on the same platform and share the same image engine, but contain a different feature set.

Capture One Express 6

A few of the new features in Capture One Pro 6:

  • Local adjustments edit selected areas of images non-destructively;
  • Black and white conversion — precisely adjust color channels to create split toning effects when converting to grayscale;
  • Keystone correction — reduces or eliminates perspective distortion while maintaining dimension integrity;
  • High-quality, simple to use printing options.
  • Capture One Pro 6 has been built to support an upcoming iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch application called Capture Pilot(TM) that will allow you to wirelessly view, zoom in on, and pan high resolution RAW, JPEG and TIFF images from leading DSLR and medium format camera systems.

Also available in Capture One Express 6:

  • Extended Camera Support. Support for most popular DSLRs and digital backs
  • Integrated Movie Import. Import, browse and play video, including HD video, from DSLR cameras
  • Enhanced metadata support including XMP sync, Auto Load and a GPS link to Google Maps(TM);
  • A Loupe tool, which is a powerful magnifier to zoom into an image from 25 to 200 percent;
  • Integrated movie import, viewing and handling;
  • Search and filter that makes it easy to find, sort and organize images on the fly;
  • Advanced, token-based file naming;
  • Native 64-bit operation and OpenCL/GPU acceleration for substantially improved performance.
  • Color editor. Achieve perfect colors through selective color adjustments

Access this page for a complete list of features available in the two editions.

Capture One Express 6 Free License Code (Windows & Mac):

Capture One Pro 6 is available via download for 399 USD and 299 EUR, while Capture One Express 6 is available for 99 USD and 69 EUR. Capture One Pro 6 and Express 6 are paid upgrades to previous versions of Capture One. Upgrade prices start at 69 USD and 49 EUR. But as part of the developer’s  giveaway promotion, the interested users are now entitled to download the full version Capture One Express 6  (Windows & Mac) with  license code / serial number for free.

For anyone who does not have a RAW editor, and wants to start shooting RAW, or any one who already have a program, but want to try a different one, here is the way to get Capture One Express 6 for free:

1. Visit the promo page here (Page in German, use Google Translate if necessary) or here , enter the required details, and then click on the “Seriennummer anfordern” (Request Serial Number) button.

2. Your free license code /serial number  will be sent to your mailbox within few seconds.

3. Download the appropriate package for your system (Windows or Mac) from this link. Install and active full version with received license code / serial number.

Updated: The old promo (I shared on on Jul 14, 2011) is still working and I found another new promo for Capture One Express 6. I change the date published for this post to make it up. Hope you will enjoy this professional RAW conversion and image editing software. Thanks to Harry for the new promo.