“For us, it was quite a big task,” Orta says. In an interview with PetaPixel, Capture One’s CEO Rafael Orta explained that the transition to Apple Silicon was a big task for the company: Importing, generating previews, editing and processing will be up to 100% faster allowing photographers to spend more time doing what they love: taking photographs. The new Macs feature incredible displays, faster memory, and better graphics that will make Capture One operate even better to truly showcase the best images from the world’s most demanding creatives.

With the fastest performance yet for Capture One, there’s even more room for creativity.Ĭapture One users can now unlock the incredible performance benefits made possible by the M1 chip. Brushing edits on with Style Brushes is smoother than ever on an M1 Mac, while you can edit with key tools like Crop and Rotate at twice the speed. Running Capture One on an M1-powered Mac will make importing photos with the new Advanced Importer up to 2x faster, while managing those assets in Catalogs and Albums is now 50% quicker. The company says that running Capture One on an M1 Mac offers a major boost in performance compared to Intel, including an up to 100% improvement in editing and processing:Īnd the future looks fast. This means that the app now runs natively on Apple Silicon-powered Macs such as the M1 iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini. Capture One, which is a popular photo editing application for Mac, is now optimized for Apple Silicon.

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