PhaseOne today announced the release of CaptureOne 4.0 Beta. Best of all, the beta is Free.

Phase One announces the beta release of Capture One 4 – the next generation of Capture One 3 LE — RAW workflow software that helps professional photographers to achieve superior image quality.

Capture One 4 is a new application building on cutting-edge technology, a new architecture, and what users found best from previous generations of Capture One. The first look at the newly architected software is available now at no cost until November 1.

Capture One 4 is available for Windows XP (SP2) and Vista and Mac OS 10.4.8 (or higher) platforms.

Beta versions of software are released by developers to find bugs before the Final Release. Beta versions of software are sometimes very buggy; For example, many initial testers of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom experienced significant problems with the software. The Beta Release will work until November 1st.

PhaseOne is doing something great here though, especially for those of us who use Capture One on many systems – Not only do we get access to the beta for free, but after the final release all current LE & PRO users will have access to CaptureOne 4.0 Free of Charge.

In a PhaseOne/Digital Transitions Seminar a couple months back, I also remember the PhaseOne Engineer mentioning that current PRO users will also be able to upgrade to CaptureOne PRO 4.0 for free, but don’t quote me on that.

You can download the Beta Release and learn about the changes (which are significant) at:
http://www.phaseone.com/4

I’ll report back on my experience after I play with it a little bit more.

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