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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Capture One deployed an AI-powered Retouch Faces tool in May 2025 that automatically detects faces in portrait photos and applies adjustments for blemish removal, skin smoothing, dark circle reduction, and contouring using simple sliders — without requiring manual masks.
Details
Released in Capture One 16.6.0 on May 20, 2025, the Retouch Faces tool accepts portrait images as input and uses AI to automatically detect up to 20 faces. It then applies non-destructive corrections including Blemish Removal (detecting and correcting skin imperfections), Even Skin (smoothing tonal inconsistencies using AI and frequency separation), Dark Circle Reduction, and Contouring (adding subtle depth to facial features). Capture One has stated the underlying AI model was trained on the company's own licensed images. The tool can be applied during tethered shooting or in post-production and supports copying edits across batches.
Products affected
Capture One ProCapture One StudioCapture One All in One
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Capture One: Capture One deployed an AI-powered Retouch Faces tool in May 2025 that automatically detects faces in portrait photos and applies adjustments for blemish removal, skin smoothing, dark circle reduction, and contouring using simple sliders — without requiring manual masks (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/0cd06c21-0a8b-41ea-bb83-ffa4dd4907f5. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/0cd06c21-0a8b-41ea-bb83-ffa4dd4907f5
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- May 11, 2026
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Other practices by Capture One
Data AnalysisCapture One tested an Enhanced Denoise feature in a public beta released May 2026, which uses AI to reduce digital noise in high-ISO photographs while preserving natural texture and skin tones, computed in the background without interrupting the photographer's workflow.Creative GenCapture One integrated Photoroom's AI background replacement service into its software, allowing photographers to automatically remove and replace or expand image backgrounds with AI-generated content directly within the Capture One interface.ProductivityCapture One offers AI Crop, a tool that automatically detects faces or subjects in a batch of photos and applies a consistent crop composition based on a single photographer-set reference, saving time during high-volume shoots.
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