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From Capture One

Capture One client viewer, then the finals on one link.

What Capture One Live does for a client during and after a shoot, read on Capture One’s own pages, and the export recipe and steps that take the finished photos to a link your client keeps.

The short answer.

Capture One’s client viewer is Capture One Live: you share a session, and your client views, rates, color tags and comments in a browser on any device, with no account through the link. The free tier shares one session for up to 24 hours, and Live has no download button. So it is for choosing; for the finals, export with an Export Recipe and send one link.

The export settings.

A Capture One Export Recipe for a client delivery. Names are Capture One’s. Read October 29, 2026.
SettingChooseWhy
FormatJPEGRecipes also write TIFF, DNG, PNG and PSD. For untouched RAW files, use Export Originals.
ICC profilesRGBCapture One’s own example: sRGB for web use, Adobe RGB for print.
ScaleFixed 100% for the finalsLong edge at 2048 pixels for a web copy. Never Upscale stays on.
MetadataKeep copyrightLeave GPS out for a private client.
WatermarkOffWatermark the proofs on the link, not the files the client keeps.

From Capture One to your client.

  1. Open the Exporter.

    Choose File > Export > Export…, press Shift-Command-D (Shift-Control-D on Windows), or use the Export icon in the toolbar.

  2. Pick or make a recipe.

    Set the recipe as above and give it a name, so the next job is one click. Command-D exports again with the last settings.

  3. Export to a folder for the job.

    Name the files by job and number so your client and you are talking about the same photo.

  4. Upload the folder to one link.

    On DropYourFiles, drag the folder into a project and send the link. Your client opens it on any phone with no account.

What Capture One Live is, and is not.

Capture One’s pages say Live is included for free for one session at a time, for up to 24 hours, and that Live Unlimited, a monthly add-on at $5, keeps sessions open for up to 30 days, up to 60 for Studio users, with several sessions, email invites and watermarks. It needs a Capture One Pro subscription or a perpetual license from version 15.1.

A reviewer joins from a link with no account; an email invite asks them to log in to a Capture One account. When several reviewers rate the same photo, the ratings overwrite each other. Comments stay inside the Live session, and the photographer is emailed them when it expires. Its quick start guide says there is no download button, so the finished files go out another way.

What comes back.

On the link, your client taps a photo to pin a note on the exact spot. The notes download as a spreadsheet with each photo’s file name, so you can find it in your Capture One catalog or session by name.

When they press Approve, the Review copy mark comes off and they download the full-size files, or a 1600 px JPEG for screens, from the same address. A film from the same job can sit on the same page.

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Questions.

Is Capture One Live free?

One session at a time, for up to 24 hours, is included. Live Unlimited is $5 a month on Capture One’s FAQ, and is free on mobile at the time of reading.

Can clients download photos from Capture One Live?

No. Capture One’s quick start guide says there is no download button. Send the finished files on a delivery link.

Does my client need a Capture One account?

Not to join from a link. Capture One says an email invite asks the reviewer to log in to a Capture One account to validate their address.

How do I export originals from Capture One?

File > Export > Originals, which copies the source files in their own format with their settings files beside them. From 16.5.2 there is also a Copy Original Files recipe.

Where this comes from.

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