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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Capture One offers an AI-driven Dust Removal tool that automatically scans a photo for sensor dust spots and removes them with a single button click, replacing the need to manually locate and heal each spot.
Details
Introduced in Capture One 23 (version 16.2, released approximately May 2023), the Dust Removal tool is located in the Refine Tool Tab. When activated, it performs an AI analysis of the image to identify dust spots and automatically places removal corrections. The tool accepts RAW image files as input and outputs an image with dust-spot corrections applied non-destructively. The prior manual Spot Removal tool was replaced by this AI-driven version.
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 an AI-driven Dust Removal tool that automatically scans a photo for sensor dust spots and removes them with a single button click, replacing the need to manually locate and heal each spot (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/f972fb3d-a527-4a3d-b44f-d7abd3738459. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/f972fb3d-a527-4a3d-b44f-d7abd3738459
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
- Last verified
- Not recorded
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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