Picture Instruments Preset Converter Pro 1.1.0 fix (macOS)

(Fix: launch for macOS Monterey)

Preset Converter is a small and useful tool to convert Lightroom presets (.xmp or lrtemplate) into Capture One Styles (.costyle). Since Adobe Lightroom and Capture One are fundamentally different RAW converters with different features and algorithms, we would like to use this manual not only to explain the operation of the software but also illustrate the limits of conversion.

More info: https://picture-instruments.com/products/index.php?id=17

Preset Converter only converts from Lightroom into Capture One and not the other way round. For many features in Capture One we have not found a visual equivalent in Lightroom. Therefore the decision to only work in one direction is purely technical.



Accuracy
Since Adobe Lightroom and Capture One differ fundamentally in their RAW-conversion there are a few technical hurdles that we want to be clear and honest about. Many Lightroom features cannot be converted 1:1 to Capture One since there sometimes is no equivalent feature in Capture One. In those cases the values will be transferred to another feature depending on the optical criteria. In our experience, this leads to similar results in most cases. They will certainly never be 100% identical due to different image processing algorithms. But since every image has a different exposure and since a preset usually only marks the starting point for editing, those differences are usually not very relevant.

Advantages:

• Large choice of Lightroom presets usable in Capture One
• Presets created by users can easily be transferred and then used in Capture One
• Any number of presets can be converted (even simultaneously)
• No need for painstaking recreation, especially for gradation curves
• Conversion of .xmp or .lrtemplate presets
• Creation of individual styles (.costyle) or stylepacks (.costylepack)

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