[1] Originally produced by camera maker Phase One, the software department was split off into its own company, called Capture One A/S, in 2019.

In 2022, Capture One released its iPad app with a sub-set of features from the desktop app and Capture One Live,[2] a cloud-based collaboration platform for getting feedback in real-time.

It is localized for Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

[citation needed] Features include[28] smart adjustments, advanced color, styles and presets, high dynamic range, skin tone editing, before and after, film grain, healing and cloning tool, dehaze, layers, keystone correction, black and white conversion, ability to print directly from Capture One, and extension to iPad and iPhone with Capture Pilot,[29] noise reduction, color correction, spot removal, High Dynamic Range tools, lens tools and sharpening tools.

[30][31] On January 18, 2022, the company announced discontinuation of its Fujifilm, Nikon and Sony camera brand-specific run-modes.