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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Capture One offers AI Masking, a set of tools that automatically identifies and selects the subject, background, or specific body parts in a photo with a single click, letting photographers apply targeted edits without hand-painting selections.
Details
First introduced in Capture One 16.3.0 (October 2023), AI Masking includes Subject Masking, Background Masking, an AI Select cursor tool, and AI Eraser. Version 16.5.0 (October 2024) added People Masking, which uses AI to isolate specific facial and body areas such as skin, eyes, eyebrows, lips, and hair. The system accepts RAW image data as input and outputs a precision mask layer that can be used for localized adjustments. GPU acceleration was added in version 16.4.0, making Subject and Background masking up to 4x faster and AI Select up to 18x faster.
Products affected
Capture One ProCapture One StudioCapture One All in One
Sources & Evidence
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Capture One: Capture One offers AI Masking, a set of tools that automatically identifies and selects the subject, background, or specific body parts in a photo with a single click, letting photographers apply targeted edits without hand-painting selections (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/be5bc9d6-027c-4f6a-9885-a84aed17ba41. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/be5bc9d6-027c-4f6a-9885-a84aed17ba41
- Data as of
- 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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