Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
p.1 #1Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
I haven't really seen any Capture One offered styles that jump out at me. Any recommendations for Capture One Styles or Presets? Not looking for anything really specific, mostly looking to explore. I know Mastin has some and I always see social media posts advertising other brands. I'm shooting with Sony if that makes a difference.
Aug 22, 2026 at 09:13 AM
p.1 #2Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
How long have you been using Capture One, and what has been your experience with Capture One?
The reason to ask this is to know whether you are looking for styles out of interest/for fun, or if you have not been happy with what Capture One gives you with the defaults after some trivial adjustments (auto levels, exposure, shadows, midtones...).
The reason to ask this is to know whether you are looking for styles out of interest/for fun, or if you have not been happy with what Capture One gives you with the defaults after some trivial adjustments (auto levels, exposure, shadows, midtones...).
Aug 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM
p.1 #3Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
ruthenium wrote:
How long have you been using Capture One, and what has been your experience with Capture One?
The reason to ask this is to know whether you are looking for styles out of interest/for fun, or if you have not been happy with what Capture One gives you with the defaults after some trivial adjustments (auto levels, exposure, shadows, midtones...).
Mostly just looking for fun. I know Capture One pretty well and use it for my work but haven't played with much of the color grading so just looking for some presets to apply to images to get an idea of what kind of looks that I like before fine tuning it into something that's my own. I've had a couple of the Fuji X100 series cameras and always enjoyed the recipes you could apply to those images. I wouldn't mind trying some of the film looks.
How long have you been using Capture One, and what has been your experience with Capture One?
The reason to ask this is to know whether you are looking for styles out of interest/for fun, or if you have not been happy with what Capture One gives you with the defaults after some trivial adjustments (auto levels, exposure, shadows, midtones...).
Mostly just looking for fun. I know Capture One pretty well and use it for my work but haven't played with much of the color grading so just looking for some presets to apply to images to get an idea of what kind of looks that I like before fine tuning it into something that's my own. I've had a couple of the Fuji X100 series cameras and always enjoyed the recipes you could apply to those images. I wouldn't mind trying some of the film looks.
Aug 22, 2026 at 12:25 PM
p.1 #4Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
I started using Capture One in August last year, and at that time I added and experimented with the styles available from Capture One, from https://www.captureone.com/en/products/styles
Harmony by Vanessa Joy
Nordic Editorial Style Pack
Nordic Lifestyle Style Pack
Film Styles Pack
Latitude
Elevation – Cities and Landscapes by Paul Reiffer
Beyond Film Style Pack
Since that time, I developed my own styles (slightly different for different lenses) that I use as starting points for correction, to apply on raw files.
I should revisit the styles from Capture One, to see how they should look and feel to me now when I have more experience with Capture One in general.
The first impression from last year was that both Nordic packs had styles that looked unique and interesting to me. Some of the Film Styles were interesting as well. However, neither of the Harmony by Vanessa Joy, Latitude, and Elevation – Cities and Landscapes by Paul Reiffer were to my taste.
These styles from Capture One cannot be tested without purchasing.
This is as much as I know about styles available for Capture One.
Harmony by Vanessa Joy
Nordic Editorial Style Pack
Nordic Lifestyle Style Pack
Film Styles Pack
Latitude
Elevation – Cities and Landscapes by Paul Reiffer
Beyond Film Style Pack
Since that time, I developed my own styles (slightly different for different lenses) that I use as starting points for correction, to apply on raw files.
I should revisit the styles from Capture One, to see how they should look and feel to me now when I have more experience with Capture One in general.
The first impression from last year was that both Nordic packs had styles that looked unique and interesting to me. Some of the Film Styles were interesting as well. However, neither of the Harmony by Vanessa Joy, Latitude, and Elevation – Cities and Landscapes by Paul Reiffer were to my taste.
These styles from Capture One cannot be tested without purchasing.
This is as much as I know about styles available for Capture One.
Aug 22, 2026 at 02:30 PM
p.1 #5Capture One Styles/Presets Recommendations
What these Styles do - they typically modify (play with?) colors and contrast.
The modified colors and contrast can change the mood of a photo, e.g., make it more dramatic, or more dreamy, etc. Whether this is beneficial to the photographed scene, this can be difficult to tell.
My concern about the styles is that the resulting picture, even if it should look interesting - it isn't "my" picture. Also the "interesting look" of a style may, subconsciously, feel unnatural.
Thus, even if some viewers may like the rendering of a style more than my own rendering, I would stay with my rendering in most cases.
Here are three examples, of a random see view, all processed in Capture One.
The first rendering is from me.
The second rendering is the result of applying the Oslo style from the Nordic Editorial pack
The third rendering is the result of applying FL-02 style from Film advanced pack.
There is probably an infinite number of ways a scene can be rendered.
Pick the rendering you like most!
The modified colors and contrast can change the mood of a photo, e.g., make it more dramatic, or more dreamy, etc. Whether this is beneficial to the photographed scene, this can be difficult to tell.
My concern about the styles is that the resulting picture, even if it should look interesting - it isn't "my" picture. Also the "interesting look" of a style may, subconsciously, feel unnatural.
Thus, even if some viewers may like the rendering of a style more than my own rendering, I would stay with my rendering in most cases.
Here are three examples, of a random see view, all processed in Capture One.
The first rendering is from me.
The second rendering is the result of applying the Oslo style from the Nordic Editorial pack
The third rendering is the result of applying FL-02 style from Film advanced pack.
There is probably an infinite number of ways a scene can be rendered.
Pick the rendering you like most!
GFX100S II GF20-35mmF4 R WR lens 35mm f/11.0 1/85s 80 ISO 0.0 EV
GFX100S II GF20-35mmF4 R WR lens 35mm f/11.0 1/85s 80 ISO 0.0 EV
GFX100S II GF20-35mmF4 R WR lens 35mm f/11.0 1/85s 80 ISO 0.0 EV
Aug 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM