Phase One is releasing the 12th edition of its Capture One software and the new version has a couple of significant changes and new tools.

The big news is that Capture One will now support third-party plugins.

Phase One is releasing a free Capture One Software Developer Kit (SDK) so developers can create unique plugins to extend the functionality and capability of Capture One. The initial plugins won’t run the full gamut of functionality, though–Phase says the SDK will cover image sharing, sending files to external editors and allowing images to be opened in other applications.

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Beyond plugin support, Capture One 12 has a redesigned interface with new icons, a new slider design and larger fonts. The menu system has also been revamped to make tools easier to find and to make the Mac and Windows version of the program identical.

Capture One 12 also features several new masking tools. There’s luminosity masking for creating masks based on the brightness of pixels in an image. These masks can be applied from one image to another. A Linear Gradient mask lets you adjust the size, shape and symmetry of masks for more precise mask adjustments. Finally, there’s a new Radial Gradient mask tool which creates a fall-off effect and can be adjusted and moved just like the Linear Gradient mask.

Other new features in Capture One 12 include:

• Redesigned keyboard shortcut manager: Users can now search by the specific menu command or by the assigned keyboard shortcut.
• Fujifilm film simulation support so that images edited in Capture One will faithfully retain the look of Fujifilm’s film simulations.
• Extended AppleScript support.
• New camera support, including the Nikon Z 7 and 6, Canon’s EOS R and Fujifilm’s GFX 50R.

Capture One 12 is available now for $299. Upgrade pricing starts at $149.

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